Isle of Wright pensioners in MIMBY mode in 5...4...3...2...1...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/53579682

Isle of Wight wades in on TT success

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of- ... t-success/

SiC wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:18 pm Even spending well over a million quid doesn't get you a rust free car that hasn't been patched on the floors.

OOh err!
Does that mean the Discovery of Doom has just shot up in value ;
since I discovered rust holes in the boot floor ...

^ Correct, but in both cases, the Airworthiness and entire manufacturing were done by Scottish Aviation, including the extensive in service Mods.

AMCrebel wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:48 pm I was confusing them with the Bristol 170 - which there are quips about all over the place saying that in some cases where there was a decent headwind it would be quicker to walk.

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220px-Scottish_Aviation_Scamp_1966_red.jpg Electric car, 12 prototypes built by Scottish Aviation. The firm also built a cab for Ferguson tractors, I hope they made a better fist of their planes. Anyway, never heard of this thing, and don't know why you'd do 12 before you realised it was shit. Just...

@Panhard65, Those battery leads are err... "interesting"!
Looks like he used meter tails, did he buy the wrong battery?

Are there any more bits of household wiring in use?
Bathroom cord switch to turn on the fog lights perhaps

Well I bought a P38 Range Rover this afternoon. I go more by the seller and what they are like than looking at the car, It is easy to spot a chancer from a genuine seller. 800 Quid and he will deliver it to me as well. 6 months of boris mot and it will no doubt have some problems but the main bits ...

chadders wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:15 pm <snip>
Normally it can be fixed by replacing the bushes or, if you're lucky, spending a bit of time on selling it.

FTFY

Good show, but is it legal? 41/2 litre weights about ton-and-a-half, so would have thought does a stripped Continental plus that trailer....? Well, someone should call the Manufacturer, Bentley Motors Ltd at their Cricklewood Headquarters for the Manufacturer's towing weight limits for that model. ...

I helped sort out the mess when a MCN Journalist rode one of the Kawasaki Press Fleet z750Turbo down The Sloc Road, riding like that.
Somehow he survived.