Not in the wedding chapel are you?

He was a Ford re-hire and look at all the shit they managed to fuck up.

I know....One's ability to dress in the finest cast-offs is now severely curtailed.

Cocooned arrogance. Probably additionally self-sanctified by having just dumped a load of shit into the charity shop.

Warren t claim wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 6:40 pm What does the MOD buy now that the classic Defender is no more?

Ricardo Ocelots apparently, at least for the more protected vehicles.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocelot_(vehicle)

The last one I received from Rockauto was a good'un, though....

Yes there are exceptions - Anand Mahindra is certainly one. Enfield is really a case of it having proved profitable to continue slow development of an established icon, much the same as occurred with the Hindustan Ambassador. Indian politicians effectively killed that off though....

Warren t claim wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 5:15 pm rs221.PNG

Hotrodders went to any length back then for a Jag IRS.

Hooli wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 5:15 pm

Warren t claim wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 5:13 pm rs219.PNG

Interesting mix of reflective & proper number plates.

They would have been an extra cost option at the dealer then. I think Ford prices included numberplates (and delivery) at that stage so you really were paying extra for shinies....

What did we actually expect, though? Run by the same ethnicities as the whole country and several major metropolitan areas. They do not share our cultural values. Not a racist slant but a practical and factual one. They don't care about stuff like this, that's all. They move on and to fuck with the ...