The Dark Wob

Am I miss identifying or is there a selection of semi classic japs in Liverpool?

They were bleeding everywhere back then....Almost everyone I remember in the late Seventies seemed to be switching to Jap. Teachers, grandparents, neighbours. The socialogical drivers for this would fill a small book but basically people were fucked off (or programmed to be fucked off) with lack of supply of British cars, quality issues with them and with French and Italian ones alike. With the Germans effectively pricing themselves out of many choices it was left to the Rising Sun to flood the market.

Almost daily it seemed another Viva, 1100, Landcrab or Avenger was being chopped in for a bright orange, red or turquoise Datoyota with each new owner proudly showing off the tinted glass, radio (with rakish aerial running up the A pillar) and shiny toolkit in a PVC roll.

Wasn't there some scheme in the south of England where lots of Asian men imported Toyota crowns, some kind of tax dodge? Or something. Heard this story years ago.

Can't remember that story, although Octav Botnar (one time head of Nissan UK) was a dodgy fucker. I do recall some kind of scam being talked about just before Hong Kong was given back to the Chinks where Jap-market cars were being semi-stripped and sent to HK as "parts" before being built up and infiltrating the Chinese market thereby circumventing import duty.

This is brilliant.

I thought that too....Like something out of a Nick Park animation!

Tbh I thought the tripe was at Goodison Park these days.

AA outfit v Standard. Cheltenham. Dad worked AA patrol on sidecars, he quit because management was only interested in his membership sales, he was only interested in fixing breakdowns.

I hope that fella saluted in time.

A cyclist caused that