The new old film #11 Cars Discussion thread

I may have an actual old photo (c.1999) for this, if I can remember where I put them. How long do we get for entries?
 
Strappy said:
I may have an actual old photo (c.1999) for this, if I can remember where I put them. How long do we get for entries?
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We will work around your time frame for this one Dean, looking forward to seeing the shot!

Mark
 
Strappy said:
I may have an actual old photo (c.1999) for this, if I can remember where I put them. How long do we get for entries?
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New old film challenges run for 7 days then 3 days for voting.
 
Cool, mines up already.
 
Makes me sound old....I'm a grandad too :D My father had a two door maroon one at the same time:-

 
Richard (@medwaygreen ) nice Sprite! My first car was the second version, still had no door handles on the outside, and sliding windows unclipped just like yours, but had a lockable boot, and more ordinary headlights. I did like that car, a whole lot of fun. £200 for a 6-year old car. I was thinking of getting a hard top for it, but then I realised that I'd never get the doors open on winter mornings: the water would collect in the sliding window gutters and freeze, and you had to undo the hood to get at the door handle! Whoever invented external door handles was a genius... :)
 
ChrisR said:
Richard (@medwaygreen ) nice Sprite! My first car was the second version, still had no door handles on the outside, and sliding windows unclipped just like yours, but had a lockable boot, and more ordinary headlights. I did like that car, a whole lot of fun. £200 for a 6-year old car. I was thinking of getting a hard top for it, but then I realised that I'd never get the doors open on winter mornings: the water would collect in the sliding window gutters and freeze, and you had to undo the hood to get at the door handle! Whoever invented external door handles was a genius... :)
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Thanks Chris and I know what you mean about the elements getting in,I can still remember the rain dripping down my neck. :)
 
medwaygreen said:
Thanks Chris and I know what you mean about the elements getting in,I can still remember the rain dripping down my neck. :)
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Off track, but later in Oz I had a MGB that had a roll bar fitted; this meant you could either have the hood up, or off the car, as it would not fold back. Wouldn't fit in the boot either. So in the morning I had to decide whether the weather would be good enough to leave the hood at home. Several times I remember the difficult job of getting the pool of rain water out of the tonneau cover without letting too much into the car, and also the speed I needed to drive for the rain to go over my head rather than onto it!
 
ChrisR said:
Off track, but later in Oz I had a MGB that had a roll bar fitted; this meant you could either have the hood up, or off the car, as it would not fold back. Wouldn't fit in the boot either. So in the morning I had to decide whether the weather would be good enough to leave the hood at home. Several times I remember the difficult job of getting the pool of rain water out of the tonneau cover without letting too much into the car, and also the speed I needed to drive for the rain to go over my head rather than onto it!
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Exactly as my frog eyed bar on hood on, bar off hood off,but,bar off tonneau cover on the car got swamped.:clap:
 
I know time in the f&c section has it's own rules but "New Old Film" comps are supposed to run for 7 days and voting for 3, I know I posted mine on Wednesday but this should have closed on Tuesday and voting should have finished by now, come on Mark get the poll sorted (y)
 
You can now add a poll to the pictures thread... for next time... :)
 
I did try to edit my first post in that thread and add one but it didn't offer me the same option of a poll that was offered to me in a new thread. I just looked again before posting this and it wasn't obvious how to do that. What did I miss?

M
 
... don't know, but I added a poll for the Stratford meet, and it didn't seem difficult at the time!
 
Reading through this thread, I would [and still might] swop all of @Yv 's cameras for a Ginetta G15 like @ChrisR 's ;)

Last time I tried to buy one, from a copper in Bristol, we ended up £50 apart on £800 ... I reckon the cameras could make the difference! :D
 
Top man! Mind you, from memory you need fur-lined boots as the heater was a fug-stirrer about knee level. I did love that car...
 
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