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by Major_Tom
Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:24 am
Forum: Parts For Sale/Wanted
Topic: Passenger door mirror
Replies: 7
Views: 77

Re: Passenger door mirror

I've frequently heard that Hackney taxi cab mirrors fit, never tried one though. I heard this too, but thought it wouldn't be fare :sorry: But seriously does anyone have a picture of one installed? If it's not too TAXIng a question.. don't give up the day job :D :lol: :lol: :lol:
by Major_Tom
Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:16 am
Forum: Parts For Sale/Wanted
Topic: Passenger door mirror
Replies: 7
Views: 77

Re: Passenger door mirror

I seem to remember it being an FX4 passenger mirror which was a mirror image ( :xd: ) of the larger, drivers side (int. adjust) one. So the front aspect would then be symmetrical rather than the un-matched pair fitted? Problem is that the FX4 is now pretty obsolete itself I`d have thought, so parts...
by Major_Tom
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:52 pm
Forum: Parts For Sale/Wanted
Topic: Passenger door mirror
Replies: 7
Views: 77

Re: Passenger door mirror

pbar wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:38 pm I've frequently heard that Hackney taxi cab mirrors fit, never tried one though.
I heard this too, but thought it wouldn't be fare :sorry:

But seriously does anyone have a picture of one installed? If it's not too TAXIng a question..
by Major_Tom
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:59 pm
Forum: Parts For Sale/Wanted
Topic: Passenger door mirror
Replies: 7
Views: 77

Passenger door mirror

..heil gents 🙋

As per the above, what options are there other than standard Capri ones? Mine has long since rotted off at the base. And the mirror has also come off.
by Major_Tom
Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:38 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Public Information Films
Replies: 16
Views: 310

Re: Public Information Films

And my favourite, teenager gets distracted by Hitler

by Major_Tom
Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:52 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 26
Views: 274

Re: Capri Assembly Line

SCP440 wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:13 pm
Major_Tom wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:41 pm
They do 'Educational Tours' too, from £16 per pupil, but I think we're a bit old for that :lol:
We could lie about our age ? :xd:
Dress up in ill-fitting blazers and trousers that are too short :lol:

Who will masquerade as the teacher though 🤔
by Major_Tom
Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 26
Views: 274

Re: Capri Assembly Line

Hmmmm it looks like they do, but it's run by a contractor called Eventbrite. And it's £30.

They do 'Educational Tours' too, from £16 per pupil, but I think we're a bit old for that :lol:
by Major_Tom
Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:34 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 26
Views: 274

Re: Capri Assembly Line

I wonder if we can do tours round the JCB Factory! I'll look into it.
by Major_Tom
Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:59 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Feeling safe at night
Replies: 16
Views: 261

Re: Feeling safe at night

In some parts of the world its dangerous to leave your home, a good friend went to Brazil for work last year. in the evening he got dressed up and was about to leave the hotel and was stopped by the doorman, apparently if he went out of the hotel on foot he would be abducted and his family would be...
by Major_Tom
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:25 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 26
Views: 274

Re: Capri Assembly Line

the first Capri's off the line Tut tut! :lol: Andrew. Oh I was well aware :D But there is a rule whereby a word may not appear correct or become changed without extra punctuation. So, it could become Capriss, rhymes with kiss. See? That's why, you will note, I usually add the apostrophe :) See me a...
by Major_Tom
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:11 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Public Information Films
Replies: 16
Views: 310

Re: Public Information Films

Some of the sillier PIFs we have today..

Man's dog gets him killed



Man's bike, nagging wife and low intelligence gets him killed



Lad's walkman, blindness and changing the rules of how level crossings work to fit the stupid narrative gets him killed

by Major_Tom
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:02 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Public Information Films
Replies: 16
Views: 310

Re: Public Information Films

On the subject of train safety, I'm fascinated by these street running trains that run in some of America's small towns. I would imagine that the H&S police in the UK would have a fit with massive freight trains mixing with traffic and pedestrians on the public highway! :lol: BRZkMoi2at8 Andrew...
by Major_Tom
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:57 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Feeling safe at night
Replies: 16
Views: 261

Re: Feeling safe at night

To feel safe as I live on my own I have a cricket bat under my bed. The bastards would be knocked out of the ground if I could get up quick enough. Well this is the insane thing about the law today: if you have that cricket bat for self-defence, you are on the wrong side of the law. If you happen t...
by Major_Tom
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:53 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Feeling safe at night
Replies: 16
Views: 261

Re: Feeling safe at night

We empower people in the wrong ways too. A feeling of entitlement won't save you from a criminal that does not care about society or the rules. But you're not longer allowed to carry a weapon for self defence, like the old "life preserver' leather bound, weighted cudgels from the Victorian era....
by Major_Tom
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 26
Views: 274

Re: Capri Assembly Line

nemo wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:45 am
Andrew 2.8i wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:08 am
pbar wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:54 am the first Capri's off the line
Tut tut! :lol:

Andrew.
Let him that is without sin eh???
Tee hee :lol:
by Major_Tom
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:47 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 26
Views: 274

Re: Capri Assembly Line

There's just something about car assembly line and factory pics. This is Halewood January 1969. Makes you think doesn't it, I know my Capri came from the Reich, but it was still built by a bunch of men, all in one factory essentially. Today it's bits from here, computers from there, shared bodies, ...
by Major_Tom
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:43 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 26
Views: 274

Re: Capri Assembly Line

Andrew 2.8i wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:08 am
pbar wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:54 am the first Capri's off the line
Tut tut! :lol:

Andrew.
:lol: well spotted
by Major_Tom
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:17 am
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Anyone know or got a Veetech 3.5i Cologne?
Replies: 12
Views: 602

Re: Anyone know or got a Veetech 3.5i Cologne?

Nimbus28 wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:33 am Hi all, I know this post is a little dated now but I have a new 3.5 built by dave davies
Welcome to the forum! I didn't think The Kinks were into their cars :lol:
by Major_Tom
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:18 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Feeling safe at night
Replies: 16
Views: 261

Feeling safe at night

..it's getting more and more common to hear this phrase. "Women don't feel safe walking through a city at night", for instance. Telling people they should "feel safe" is some of the worst advice society gives out. There is a huge difference between "feeling" safe and ac...
by Major_Tom
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:14 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: A funny forum passtime...
Replies: 49
Views: 1095

Re: A funny forum passtime...

As my olde mate (God rest his soul) used to say when you feel embarrassed or you're unexpectedly on the spot.. "feel the rush!" :lol:

Love the pub analogy. Was it Oscar Wilde that said: "there's only one thing worse than being talked about... Not being talked about." 🖤