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[bored bigyin54]

As a kid I used to follow my big bro. around the breakers yards
While he was getting stuck into removing bits for his mini`s, I could wonder off & sit in the luxury motors . I remember always seeking out the other versions of my dads westminster or jags.  My first driving lesson was in that westminster with it`s silky smooth straight 6.   
My mum passed her test in a ford Consul & didn`t like dad`s wezzy.
I went with him to the vauxhall dealership in the seventies as he traded the old girl in for a Viva. I could tell he wasn`t happy, he called it a tin can. I passed my test driving that viva.

the sad thing is , you cant go in to the yard now ,gone to much health +safety now.

[SIR Philbutt]

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First car was a 2.3 V6 Granada LX only  ......

Like this? 

Wow  Andy that has had some TLC since I last saw it 

[Andy B]

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Wow  Andy that has had some TLC since I last saw it 

Unfortunately Phil, it's not a recent photo  It was always like the photo when it was in regular use, but now he has the Kia it doesn't really get used. the Kia is so much cheaper to run. 

[dbug]

3 tonne Bedford army truck - crash box (off road)
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Surely it would have been a 3 ton truck if it was old enough to be a working Bedford ......   

Well spotted mate - so used to dealing in tonnes

[Sir Tigger KC]

Little Grey Fergie tractor. 

I was about 9 or 10 years old in the field and once my Dad felt that I'd got the hang of it, off he went for a cuppa leaving strict instructions ringing in my ears about letting the clutch go gently and not to much throttle.    So of course once he'd gone, just  to see what happens, I did the complete opposite, opened the throttle wide, dropped the clutch and pulled a wheelie!! Only a small one, but enough to make me kak myself!!! (not literally)