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I love how the cars are racked up scrapyard style, and the volume of different examples of the same car. I like the Marina perched over the Ital, and the collection of commercials with their lived in look. Spotted a tenuous link....for the first time ever the Standard Atlas got a mention as "Ever Sheared off a bleed nipple" in true FCF style veered slightly off topic.....and hidden amongst your photos is the Leyland 2O its incarnation following the dropping of the Standard Atlas name.xantia_v6 wrote:It is quite a nostalgic experience, I think that about 60% of the collection is captured in those photos, but I had been wandering around for more than an hour before I thought to take any, then rushed back through the building catching as many as I could before closing time.
Yes I had a chat with the owner today and the trouble was.........the condenser. They were taking it to its winter hibernation place but barely got 200 yards before conking out.NewcastleFalcon wrote:Quite a nostagic spot, visual, auditory and yes.....olfactory![]()
Heard it before I saw it.....one of these chugging and stuttering along heading for the inevitable stall.
next the nostalgic audio of probably 20 off the belt attempted starts......I like the one where you get that whine and whirr from the starter after the failed attempt. Course some of the atttempts resulted in faint splutterings, bit of heavy right foot to attempt to keep it going.
a few attempts of that nature, soon had the whole village pervaded with the unmistakable smell of unburnt fuel exiting the exhaust.
Have to give the driver some credit, he didnt descend into a Basil Fawlty, but after the first few faillures, he should have at least popped up the bonnet and got a tin of wd40 out!, checked his points distributor cap, and HT leads
Regards Neil