RE: [doc] RE: RHD cars - intrigued

["Richard Hanlon" <rahanlon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have fond memories of going away on Scout camps in one of  those that had 
been partially Hammerited in silver!  Classy!

(Often with a 3/4 tonne trailer on the back and four of us across the back 
seat!)


>From: "Claire Usher" <claire.usher@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [doc] RE: RHD cars - intrigued
>Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:25:36 +0100
>
>Nothing wrong with that Mike!!
>
>You could say it was France's answer to the Ford Cortina - and when did you
>last see one of those in relation to the numbers made.
>
>Good luck keeping it going - you may even find you can still get parts
>through your local Peugeot dealer.
>
>Regards
>
>Claire
>#2292 and the 1980's collection of Vauxhall's
>DOC171
>
>
>From: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>Mike Sumner
>Sent: 28 September 2005 23:17
>To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [doc] RE: RHD cars - intrigued
>
>*      Okey doke.  Well frankly it's nothing that anyone could get
>passionate about (unfortunately) but at the end of the day it's a 24 year
>old car that's been in there for about half it's life as it was replaced 
>and
>my Dad didn't want to get rid of it (first new car he'd ever owned . . .
>sentimental reasons . . . .etc, etc).
>
>It is a 1981 Talbot Solara.  And before anyone dies laughing I'd like to
>point out that I had it running recently and I swear the starter motor
>sounds exactly the same as a DeLoreans.  Not just slightly but exactly the
>same.  Maybe it's that the car's from the same era or maybe it's the same
>part, I couldn't say.
>
>Anyway, the thing's got absolutely no rust whatsoever and I've not seen one
>on the roads for at least a decade and I'm hoping that one day I'll have it
>running again as I remember from my childhood that it really is a smooth 
>and
>comfortable car.
>
>I don't know why but I've always had a thing about wanting to drive cars
>that were around when I wasn't.  I've no idea why but I just like the idea
>of driving something that was build before I was even alive.  Plus I think
>there's a certain character that older cars have that new ones just don't 
>as
>well which makes them more appealing, hence my fascination with the
>DeLorean.
>
>Anyway, there you go.  If anyone is a fanatic of the Talbot Solara and 
>wants
>to see one in showroom condition then I'm your man.  Don't all Email me at
>once though please.
>
>Regards,
>
>Mike Sumner - 178
>
>
>Phill Wright <psw@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>OK, just intrigued (and nosey)
>
>what's squirreled away then ... something rare, its a shame if its not
>being seen!
>go on ... fess up :-)
>
>Phill W
>
>
>
>
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