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Re: 1959.....innocent times.
« Reply #15 on: 25 July 2019, 12:28:58 »

What year was L reg? 74? I must have been 21 when I hired that car, seems a very distant memory  :(

'L' reg ran from 1st August 1972 to 31st July 1973.

Yep, my first company car was a brand new L reg 1972 Ford Escort Mk1, in red.  I thought I was the bees knees as none of my friends had such luxury! :D :D ;)
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« Reply #16 on: 25 July 2019, 12:31:09 »

What year was L reg? 74? I must have been 21 when I hired that car, seems a very distant memory  :(

'L' reg ran from 1st August 1972 to 31st July 1973.
Right, I must have been 20 then.
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Re: 1959.....innocent times.
« Reply #17 on: 25 July 2019, 12:40:40 »

What year was L reg? 74? I must have been 21 when I hired that car, seems a very distant memory  :(

'L' reg ran from 1st August 1972 to 31st July 1973.
Right, I must have been 20 then.

.........perhaps the mighty Imp was a few years old by the time you got your hands on it. You could have been 30 if the Imp was a decade old.
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« Reply #18 on: 25 July 2019, 14:33:05 »

What year was L reg? 74? I must have been 21 when I hired that car, seems a very distant memory  :(

'L' reg ran from 1st August 1972 to 31st July 1973.
Right, I must have been 20 then.

.........perhaps the mighty Imp was a few years old by the time you got your hands on it. You could have been 30 if the Imp was a decade old.
Brand new hire car.
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Re: 1959.....innocent times.
« Reply #19 on: 25 July 2019, 16:27:03 »

What year was L reg? 74? I must have been 21 when I hired that car, seems a very distant memory  :(

'L' reg ran from 1st August 1972 to 31st July 1973.
Right, I must have been 20 then.

.........perhaps the mighty Imp was a few years old by the time you got your hands on it. You could have been 30 if the Imp was a decade old.
Brand new hire car.

A very smart motor for a young man from up North!  :y
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Re: 1959.....innocent times.
« Reply #20 on: 25 July 2019, 16:31:58 »

What year was L reg? 74? I must have been 21 when I hired that car, seems a very distant memory  :(

'L' reg ran from 1st August 1972 to 31st July 1973.
Right, I must have been 20 then.

.........perhaps the mighty Imp was a few years old by the time you got your hands on it. You could have been 30 if the Imp was a decade old.
Brand new hire car.

A very smart motor for a young man from up North!  :y

Agreed......no indoor crapper or bath but a brand new car. Lino everywhere.

I imagine they thought you were getting too big for your boots. :)
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Re: 1959.....innocent times.
« Reply #21 on: 25 July 2019, 16:41:16 »

Personally speaking I thought the Imp from 1963 far superior to the Mini.........despite it's many faults.

One parked outside the local Halfords the other day, immaculate condition.
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Re: 1959.....innocent times.
« Reply #22 on: 25 July 2019, 19:09:13 »

What year was L reg? 74? I must have been 21 when I hired that car, seems a very distant memory  :(

'L' reg ran from 1st August 1972 to 31st July 1973.
Right, I must have been 20 then.

.........perhaps the mighty Imp was a few years old by the time you got your hands on it. You could have been 30 if the Imp was a decade old.
Brand new hire car.

A very smart motor for a young man from up North!  :y

Agreed......no indoor crapper or bath but a brand new car. Lino everywhere.

I imagine they thought you were getting too big for your boots. :)
You forgot about having the old newspaper on the dining table as a cloth. ;)
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« Reply #23 on: 25 July 2019, 19:12:42 »

What year was L reg? 74? I must have been 21 when I hired that car, seems a very distant memory  :(

'L' reg ran from 1st August 1972 to 31st July 1973.
Right, I must have been 20 then.

.........perhaps the mighty Imp was a few years old by the time you got your hands on it. You could have been 30 if the Imp was a decade old.
Brand new hire car.

A very smart motor for a young man from up North!  :y

Agreed......no indoor crapper or bath but a brand new car. Lino everywhere.

I imagine they thought you were getting too big for your boots. :)
You forgot about having the old newspaper on the dining table as a cloth. ;)
Old newspaper?   :-\

Ahhhhh.....you mean toilet roll.  :y
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Re: 1959.....innocent times.
« Reply #24 on: 25 July 2019, 23:28:34 »

Had an Imp van[early ones were badged Commer Cob]that was a great little car.Always liked the look of the Sunbeam Stiletto/Hillman Imp Californian even though they were less aerodynamic than the standard saloon.
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Re: 1959.....innocent times.
« Reply #25 on: 25 July 2019, 23:44:48 »

Aero doesn't matter much with a top speed of 64mph.  :D
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Re: 1959.....innocent times.
« Reply #28 on: 26 July 2019, 11:44:54 »

Priced using the tried and tested ' think of a big number ' method.
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Re: 1959.....innocent times.
« Reply #29 on: 22 June 2020, 19:40:34 »

1959 was a vintage year.  :) ::)

Issigonniss launched the Austin Mini Seven, and in great British tradition, it was under *developed, poorly engineered and still a great success for 40 years. 

*My dad had one that leaked from the floor when it rained and had 3 gearboxes under warranty.

I remember seeing one or two early Mini badged as Austin Seven.

There was a Morris Mini Seven and an Austin Mini Seven, and later a BLMC mini and a leyland mini, and eventually a Rover mini. all as shite as the last. (Says the man who despite his father's advice owned 4 at different times. (2 at once)
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