Nee-naaah, nee-naaah, nee-naaah!
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- Dave B
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Re: Nee-naaah, nee-naaah, nee-naaah!
Nice looking car, potential for use in 70's TV / film set but a little ambitious at £5295 though ?
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1970 2500 Mk2 in pimento red[/col
Toyota Avensis T4 Tourer
1970 2500 Mk2 in pimento red[/col
Toyota Avensis T4 Tourer
- englishbull
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Re: Nee-naaah, nee-naaah, nee-naaah!
Quite like that..................as very different.......
Lee Godfrey Club Member 7075
1960 948 Herald Coupe in Alpine Mauve
1962 1600 Vitesse Convertible in White
1961 Standard Vanguard estate
1960 948 Herald Coupe in Alpine Mauve
1962 1600 Vitesse Convertible in White
1961 Standard Vanguard estate
Re: Nee-naaah, nee-naaah, nee-naaah!
I know its original but the Toledo hubcaps look awful (imho)
Colin and Amanda Radford
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'75'N' 2500S CARMINE ESTATE France easter'09, RBRR'10,'12. TEAM 48 RBRR'16 'HOE'
'71'J' 2.5PI VALENCIA SALOON France easter'10, RBRR'14 'FRanK'
'69'G' VALENCIA SALOON c/w BMW 2.5 24valve and 5spd box 'JO'
Register Show Organisers and Directors
'75'N' 2500S CARMINE ESTATE France easter'09, RBRR'10,'12. TEAM 48 RBRR'16 'HOE'
'71'J' 2.5PI VALENCIA SALOON France easter'10, RBRR'14 'FRanK'
'69'G' VALENCIA SALOON c/w BMW 2.5 24valve and 5spd box 'JO'
- Alan Chatterton
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Re: Nee-naaah, nee-naaah, nee-naaah!
Often wondered why they used those hub caps.
Alan Chatterton
Location; Redditch
DEL 33 1972 Lines Stag Estate Tartan Red
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Location; Redditch
DEL 33 1972 Lines Stag Estate Tartan Red
Blog http://vml3m.blogspot.com/
Re: Nee-naaah, nee-naaah, nee-naaah!
A tendency to lose the TC hub caps on bends when driven vigorously
and they do rattle a bit.
and they do rattle a bit.
Richard
Compulsive PI'er Daughters have Heralds. Son-in-laws have 2.5's
Compulsive PI'er Daughters have Heralds. Son-in-laws have 2.5's
- Alan Chatterton
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Re: Nee-naaah, nee-naaah, nee-naaah!
Knew that about pi trims but not the normal tc ones?
Shame, should have fitted minilights!!
Shame, should have fitted minilights!!
Alan Chatterton
Location; Redditch
DEL 33 1972 Lines Stag Estate Tartan Red
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Location; Redditch
DEL 33 1972 Lines Stag Estate Tartan Red
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- kevinw
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Re: Nee-naaah, nee-naaah, nee-naaah!
Is it a traffic car, or an area car? When this car was new, I was working as a field service engineer for a computer company and one of my regular calls (they were not especially reliable systems) was to the "information Room" at New Scotland Yard. I was there so frequently that I had a reserved parking space around the back, amongst very similar looking cars. Parking my company Cavalier amongst the big saloons probably had a subliminal effect on me!
There were usually a number of similar looking cars with roof spotlights and central blue light, patriotically i 3 different colours - red, white and blue. White ones looked like traffic cars, blue ones were area cars and red ones were diplomatic squad. Most of the traffic cars were Rover P6Bs in "jam sandwich" livery.
Looks like the car for sale has the standard gear selector, not the Police special of P-R-N-D. I wrote the tale of a former acquaintance who was "JBD"* for a Flying Squad team describing the effects of driving an automatic as though it were a clutchless manual and vigorously going from 2 passing D, going through N and ending up in R at about 50 mph.
Looks like a nice car - hope he achieves the asking price (although know I might be in a minority in thinking that our cars are worth much more than they usually sell for)
Kevin
*JBD - "Just the Bl**dy Driver"
There were usually a number of similar looking cars with roof spotlights and central blue light, patriotically i 3 different colours - red, white and blue. White ones looked like traffic cars, blue ones were area cars and red ones were diplomatic squad. Most of the traffic cars were Rover P6Bs in "jam sandwich" livery.
Looks like the car for sale has the standard gear selector, not the Police special of P-R-N-D. I wrote the tale of a former acquaintance who was "JBD"* for a Flying Squad team describing the effects of driving an automatic as though it were a clutchless manual and vigorously going from 2 passing D, going through N and ending up in R at about 50 mph.
Looks like a nice car - hope he achieves the asking price (although know I might be in a minority in thinking that our cars are worth much more than they usually sell for)
Kevin
*JBD - "Just the Bl**dy Driver"
Kevin Warrington
No longer any Triumphs in the garage
but there is a bright red Mercedes SLK250
No longer any Triumphs in the garage
but there is a bright red Mercedes SLK250
- Andy Thompson
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Re: Nee-naaah, nee-naaah, nee-naaah!
I heard they used to lock the brakes and the hub caps spun and chopped the valves off - urban myth? Probably just flew off on hard cornering and almost killed someoneAlan Chatterton wrote:Often wondered why they used those hub caps.
Perth WA
1970 2500PI estate
1964 2.7PI saloon
1973 2100 EFI Megasquirt
1972 Stag
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Very Big garage
1970 2500PI estate
1964 2.7PI saloon
1973 2100 EFI Megasquirt
1972 Stag
http://triumphwestoz.blogspot.com/
Very Big garage
- Jonathan Lewis
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Re: Nee-naaah, nee-naaah, nee-naaah!
Apparently Rover had complaints of hub caps on Police P6s rotating under acceleration and chopping through the valve, and actually changed the production hub cap design to stop this, so I don't think it's an urban myth... Possibly the same thinking behind the Toledo caps on the Triumphs, though with the PI trims the chances of one going frisbee under hard driving must have given cause for thought...Andy Thompson wrote:I heard they used to lock the brakes and the hub caps spun and chopped the valves off - urban myth?Alan Chatterton wrote:Often wondered why they used those hub caps.
The 'S' registration and 1978 entry-to-service date is interesting as well. Presumably the Met must have stockpiled some big Triumphs at the end of production; I believe that they did the same with Rover P6Bs pending assessment of the SD1 for Police use.
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Jonathan Lewis
2.5PI Mk2
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