A huge thank you to Jim(BritBoy) there in Canada who so kindly gave me his unwanted lovely Mk3 steering wheel as a gift.. what a lovely kind gesture.. many thanks JimboMan& another
God Bless you Jim for your kindness.. it will be treasured with all my other steering wheel collection/Fetish!! >>>
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With my kind regards.........
Grant
A kind Gift From Britboy
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lovely old typewriter on your desk Grant. Perhaps you should update it to one of these
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Hahahaha... brilliant AndyAndy Hamblin wrote:lovely old typewriter on your desk Grant. Perhaps you should update it to one of these
The house is full of these dust traps, no more needed Andy thank you, on another note.. All steering wheels welcome!!
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Grant,
It's just dawned upon me who you remind me of.
He was a bit eccentric too.
And he was full of praise for the Jensen FF.
It's just dawned upon me who you remind me of.
He was a bit eccentric too.
And he was full of praise for the Jensen FF.
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Hello Adrian, Great to hear from you after what seems so long .. People have said before that I am eccentric and I don't really fully know what it means, so never sure if it's good or bad.. so I'll just be happy with it, although I wouldn't be offended if it's bad anywayAH1951 wrote:Grant,
It's just dawned upon me who you remind me of.
He was a bit eccentric too.
And he was full of praise for the Jensen FF.
I hope I do look like that man when I am old.. well I am old now look>>, so should I say older, he looks kinda cool to me.. Who is it Adrian please?.. tell him to pop round and have a tup a Tea here.. I could try his hat on
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Famous author and motoring correspondent.
Died in 2005.
Google him and you'll find lots of interesting books and articles what he wrote.
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I was thinking of LJK Setright too!
I enjoyed reading his musings in Car magazine in the 70s and 80s.
He, unlike Grant didn't like the Interceptor though!....
The car which gave us most furiously cause to think was Jensen’s 1966 prodigy, the FF. Was ever a car more eloquent in its demonstration of more things than it set out to show? The staggering improvements offered by its sensitively modulated four-wheel-drive system in handling, in road holding, in traction, in anti-lock braking and in overall safety, were comprehensively proved. The conventional two-wheel-drive Interceptor was by contrast a rotten car, but it looked almost identical to the FF and no less handsome, and was a lot cheaper – so people brought the Interceptor, which should never have been put on the market at all....
I enjoyed reading his musings in Car magazine in the 70s and 80s.
He, unlike Grant didn't like the Interceptor though!....
The car which gave us most furiously cause to think was Jensen’s 1966 prodigy, the FF. Was ever a car more eloquent in its demonstration of more things than it set out to show? The staggering improvements offered by its sensitively modulated four-wheel-drive system in handling, in road holding, in traction, in anti-lock braking and in overall safety, were comprehensively proved. The conventional two-wheel-drive Interceptor was by contrast a rotten car, but it looked almost identical to the FF and no less handsome, and was a lot cheaper – so people brought the Interceptor, which should never have been put on the market at all....
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In all honesty the Interceptor on original crossplies was a handfull. I have tried it and in the wet it was a bit scary. That said so was everything else even mildly powerful. The Interceptor was more forgiving than say a Jag S-Type on the same tyres. I enjoyed LJKS's writing too, books and columns alike that I read from the 70ies onwards.
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Not only English cars these days, an Italian is part of the stable again
Not only English cars these days, an Italian is part of the stable again