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by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:10 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Feeling safe at night
Replies: 16
Views: 315

Re: Feeling safe at night

Mc Tool wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:35 pm
pbar wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:32 pm Countries with such troubles make you thankful that you live in the UK.
:xd: see , here's the thing pbar , I watch english police doco's and Im pleased I dont live in the UK :lol:
I can understand that, I won't watch those programmes as they are too frightening!
by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:03 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 61
Views: 826

Re: Capri Assembly Line

Major_Tom wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:52 pm Dress up in ill-fitting blazers and trousers that are too short
You will look like something from Tom Brown's School Days.
by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 61
Views: 826

Re: Capri Assembly Line

Maybe there are OAP concessions?! Is that term still in use I wonder, don't seem to hear it much now.
by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:21 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Classic Ford Magazine Special Edition
Replies: 4
Views: 92

Re: Classic Ford Magazine Special Edition

andyd wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:16 pm I have a few from the 50th in 2019, think around £6.00 then!
That's funny, when I first saw the pic I thought I already have that. But yes it's the previous one. Might be being cynical but 55 years, which isn't even a significant number really, seems a bit like cashing in do we think?
by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:32 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Feeling safe at night
Replies: 16
Views: 315

Re: Feeling safe at night

Countries with such troubles make you thankful that you live in the UK.
by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:26 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Classic Ford Magazine Special Edition
Replies: 4
Views: 92

Re: Classic Ford Magazine Special Edition

£10! Goodness me how magazine prices have risen. Looks good though, thanks Nick.
by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 61
Views: 826

Re: Capri Assembly Line

You can get tours of the Mini plant in Oxford, very interesting and it takes about 2 hours. It starts at the body assembly showing how it is built up from 100's of parts and you end up at the end of the line with cars having there wheels put on and driving off. The only part you dont visit is the p...
by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:16 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 61
Views: 826

Re: Capri Assembly Line

Paul G wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:17 am Looks like a Corsair in the background.
I think you're right Paul, and in fact where that pic came from there was a close up of a Corsair on the production line. You know your stuff Paul.
by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:13 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 61
Views: 826

Re: Capri Assembly Line

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, stuffed with gizmos from all round the world and put together by robots, then imported on huge s...
by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:08 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 61
Views: 826

Re: Capri Assembly Line

Yes but... there is never an apostrophe in the plural, surely? I mean one sees it all over the place: `Carpet`s for sale`, `Mobile Phone`s unlocked` , they`re wrong? Possessive form or replacing letters, that`s what we were taught. edit - I`m sorry Paul, that`s me being thick and a bit up my own ar...
by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:59 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 61
Views: 826

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 :)
by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:54 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Feeling safe at night
Replies: 16
Views: 315

Re: Feeling safe at night

Paul G wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:10 am I have a cricket bat under my bed. The bastards would be knocked out of the ground if I could get up quick enough.
I bet you'd give Clive Lloyd a run for his money Paul :)
by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Feeling safe at night
Replies: 16
Views: 315

Re: Feeling safe at night

I hear echoes of what you have said there Paul about the police all the time, they just don't seem fit for purpose any more.

You could ring them for help with something and they give you a crime number for the insurance and they think they've done their job.
by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: New Car Programme on TV Soon
Replies: 754
Views: 264317

Re: New Car Programme on TV Soon

I can only assume with that figure, which does seem high, that some owners who spend a lot on their cars, such as costly restorations or resprays push that average figure up. It's easy to spend thousands on a classic car if you don't do the work yourself. Also it may take other things into account, ...
by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:54 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 61
Views: 826

Re: Capri Assembly Line

The caption which accompanied that pic stated that they were the first Capri's off the line. A real moment in time if that's the case.
by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:51 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 61
Views: 826

Re: Capri Assembly Line

Great photo! I half expected to see somebody in the background with a cigarette in hand! :) Hehe, I bet that old school-ness was the reality of it, and everyone was on best behaviour for the picture. And certainly, with every job I've had, when people are visiting then the place is given an unnatur...
by pbar
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:45 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Feeling safe at night
Replies: 16
Views: 315

Re: Feeling safe at night

I think the reason we have so much crime is because mostly the crims are getting away with it That's certainly a major part of it. Along with the fact that, in the UK at least if you intervene you can end up in more trouble than the criminal. So we've sort of created a society where they can do wha...
by pbar
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:38 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Capri Assembly Line
Replies: 61
Views: 826

Capri Assembly Line

There's just something about car assembly line and factory pics. This is Halewood January 1969.

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by pbar
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:23 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: A funny forum passtime...
Replies: 53
Views: 1304

Re: A funny forum passtime...

I just thought I'd glance at the birthdays to see what this game is all about, and with over 4700 members...today there isn't any birthdays! Hehe :lol:
by pbar
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:16 am
Forum: Q & A
Topic: RS 13 INCH RIM CODING
Replies: 9
Views: 191

Re: RS 13 INCH RIM CODING

We have another member on here from NZ, forum name McTool, might be worth contacting him, could help each other with sourcing parts, etc. perhaps. All the best with your car.