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Title: ,a little
Post by: omegaman59 on 07 April 2009, 00:04:17

hi,a little bit more about me as a newbe,59 years old and a newbe ha ha.I am more of a motorcycle man realy,i own four triumph's---a 94 speed triple--a 96 sprint---a 98 T595 daytona,and a very special Bonniville.Having passed my bike test way back in the 60's on a humble BSA C12.I sucessfully raced sidecar outfit thoughout the 70' and 80's.I passed my car test in the late 80's,my first being  Vauxhall viva "HA"then moved on to an HC.from then on i had a few Jaguars,a 420,a 3.8s,then a smaller one that i did up,bought it siezed up.from then a hillan hunter,a hillman imp even(went on to race imp engined outfits-----118bhp out of a 3 bearing engine that i used to rev to 9000rpm)a few MGB'sa couple of 3litre capri,sand even a split screen reliant(wow i hear you say)and 4 years ago bought my first omega,first registered 12april 94----one of the first.still have the car,but it has gone into retirement having just purchased a 98 2.5 cd eastate.might get round to restoring the old gal 1 day.For my work i restore vintage farm tractors,i specialise in Field Marshalls,having restored over 1 hundred to date,and help many rebiulds by e-mail abroad------hope you might find this interesting and will reply to all messages
             Happy Omegering
                                     Dave

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: largecol on 07 April 2009, 01:31:15

Hello mate, welcome to OOF!  :y

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: Welung666 on 07 April 2009, 01:57:09

Welcome to OOF Dave :y

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Post by: Jimbob on 07 April 2009, 06:59:43

Hello & Welcome  :y

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Post by: Cliffo B on 07 April 2009, 08:07:08

Hello Dave,and Good morning welcome to the Forum :y

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: djm1964 on 07 April 2009, 08:11:36

hello and welcome to the forum , its a great place  :y

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: HolyCount on 07 April 2009, 08:40:58

Hello and welcome  :y

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: Elite Pete on 07 April 2009, 09:00:04

Hi Dave and welcome to the forum :)

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: AndyVXR300 on 07 April 2009, 09:03:58

Hi Dave and welcome to the forum :y

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: Seth on 07 April 2009, 10:12:55

Welcome bud!

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: mantahatch on 07 April 2009, 11:12:37

Quote

hi,a little bit more about me as a newbe,59 years old and a newbe ha ha.I am more of a motorcycle man realy,i own four triumph's---a 94 speed triple--a 96 sprint---a 98 T595 daytona,and a very special Bonniville.Having passed my bike test way back in the 60's on a humble BSA C12.I sucessfully raced sidecar outfit thoughout the 70' and 80's.I passed my car test in the late 80's,my first being  Vauxhall viva "HA"then moved on to an HC.from then on i had a few Jaguars,a 420,a 3.8s,then a smaller one that i did up,bought it siezed up.from then a hillan hunter,a hillman imp even(went on to race imp engined outfits-----118bhp out of a 3 bearing engine that i used to rev to 9000rpm)a few MGB'sa couple of 3litre capri,sand even a split screen reliant(wow i hear you say)and 4 years ago bought my first omega,first registered 12april 94----one of the first.still have the car,but it has gone into retirement having just purchased a 98 2.5 cd eastate.might get round to restoring the old gal 1 day.For my work i restore vintage farm tractors,i specialise in Field Marshalls,having restored over 1 hundred to date,and help many rebiulds by e-mail abroad------hope you might find this interesting and will reply to all messages
             Happy Omegering
                                     Dave

Hi Dave, and welcome to the forum, my brother did a lot of chair racing through the 70s and 80s His name is Kev Thomas and he had a number of riders Danny ***** and his last one was John Hill. Ring any bells ?

Mike

P.S I did not learn to ride till my mid 20s and never raced.

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 07 April 2009, 11:30:17

Hello Dave and a very warm welcome to you! :y

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Post by: VX1 on 07 April 2009, 11:42:32

Hi dave and welcome to OOF :y

Paul :y

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: cam2502 on 07 April 2009, 12:50:13

Hi Dave,welcome to OOF :y

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: tomoco on 07 April 2009, 13:31:47

Welcome Dave :y

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Post by: dbug on 07 April 2009, 15:06:01

Welcome to OOF  :y

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Post by: p j morgan on 07 April 2009, 18:27:55

hiya mate welcome to oof :y

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: waspy on 07 April 2009, 18:48:18

Good evening Dave. Welcome along :)

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Post by: Mr Skrunts on 07 April 2009, 19:48:29

Hi, welcome to the forum.   :y

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: omegaman59 on 07 April 2009, 21:55:02

thanks for all your welcome messages,be assured im here to stay,not the here today gone tomorrow type. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: GG on 07 April 2009, 22:17:55

Hello and welcome  :).

Sounds like you could bring a lot of knowledge to the forum, keep an eye on the general help section as you maybe of help to people in there, often the problems in there boogle my small knowledge  :y

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: Entwood on 07 April 2009, 22:21:36

"Hello" and Welcome :)

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Post by: sidewaysmv6 on 08 April 2009, 12:30:06

welcome!!

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: crazyjoetavola on 09 April 2009, 14:57:54

HiYa Dave, welcome to the forum.

Title: Re: ,a little
Post by: dieseldean on 11 April 2009, 18:42:59

welcome to oof :y