Pic of the day

[RoaryRati]

Double celebrations a few days ago - this



and Mr RoaryRati's birthday.
We enjoyed it all around here: (including the Black Mountain road, famed by Mr Clarkson - empty, apart from sheep,)

 

[Nayf]

Forgot to post these from SMMT test day. The Quattroporte was great. I didn’t drive the MC20 sadly

 

[Oneball]

Took my sister nearly an hour. Mrs C more like 20 seconds, although she did say 'I thought it was grot on your screen'!

C

Grot is a word I don’t think I’ve heard since childhood!

 

[P5Nij]

Something different for a Sunday afternoon - Twiggy with her 1968 Wood & Pickett Mk2 Mini 1000....

 

[Lozzer]

Grot is a word I don’t think I’ve heard since childhood!

Like when you grot on someone

 

[Phil H]

The second of my Renault 16's the TX from 1975 now up and running.
Same engine that Colin Chapman put into the Lotus Europa

The latest edition of Classic & Sportscar (August 2021) features a back-to-back with the 1750 Maxi and Renault 16TL.

 

[Harry]

Why isn’t there a video of the Maxi starting up?

 

[Swedish Paul]

Why isn’t there a video of the Maxi starting up?

You have to ask

 

[Oneball]

Why isn’t there a video of the Maxi starting up?

Phil only buys French dross. There must be a French equivalent of Phil who buys English dross.

 

[Oneball]

If you ever wondered where you Dairy Milk and Fruit & Nut comes from

 

[Vampyrebat]

Grot is a word I don’t think I’ve heard since childhood!

Twas also the name of the shop in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin!!

 

[Swedish Paul]

If you ever wondered where you Dairy Milk and Fruit & Nut comes from

View attachment 88206

That’s not any Tescos I’ve ever seen...

 

[P5Nij]

If you ever wondered where you Dairy Milk and Fruit & Nut comes from

View attachment 88206

A mate of mine lives there, says he can't stop putting on weight....

Meanwhile, down in the Surrey stock broker belt in 1966, Beatle George treats himself to a DB5....

 

[philw696]

 

[Oneball]

View attachment 88209

Is that a Manta at the front?

 

[Oneball]

Like when you grot on someone

Im not sure I want to know, don’t think it meant that when I was little!

 

[moonmonkey]

Is that a Manta at the front?

Yes that’s a Manta A, preferred the Manta B myself, had 5 over the years

 

[philw696]

Yes that’s a Manta A, preferred the Manta B myself, had 5 over the years

My 88 GSi here in France to recommission.
My first Opel and Manta.

 

[Oneball]

Yes that’s a Manta A, preferred the Manta B myself, had 5 over the years

Our resident automotive Francophile has gone all Teutonic and got a Manta GSi

 

[philw696]

Our resident automotive Francophile has gone all Teutonic and got a Manta GSi

Variety is the spice of life mate not been on the road since 98 and only done 50,000 miles from a lady owner.