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Looked at many cars in the 80s with one of these

andyd wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 6:03 pm Looked at many cars in the 80s with one of these s-l500.jpg

Bought a Capri Cameo when It was 2 years old with 6 miles on the clock, oh, and one of those stickers . Price was good though
Who remembers those useless 'anti static' strips on the bumpers too..

Caprifan Rob wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 6:34 pm

andyd wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 6:03 pm Looked at many cars in the 80s with one of these s-l500.jpg

Bought a Capri Cameo when It was 2 years old with 6 miles on the clock, oh, and one of those stickers . Price was good though
Who remembers those useless 'anti static' strips on the bumpers too..

If that was 106k miles, that car did alot of miles in 2 years Might have been a clock change?

Ahhh yes the anti static strips

andyd wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:20 am
If that was 106k miles, that car did alot of miles in 2 years Might have been a clock change?

Was definitely a clock change, all their cars had 0-10 miles & one of those stickers. They were mostly ex rep mobiles with prices about 2/3 of the average. The owner got around it with one of those stickers. He sold cars by the barrel load and retired in the '90s a very rich man

Those door edge rubber bump stops were popular too.

Caprifan Rob wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 6:56 am

andyd wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:20 am
If that was 106k miles, that car did alot of miles in 2 years Might have been a clock change?

Was definitely a clock change, all their cars had 0-10 miles & one of those stickers. They were mostly ex rep mobiles with prices about 2/3 of the average. The owner got around it with one of those stickers. He sold cars by the barrel load and retired in the '90s a very rich man

Those door edge rubber bump stops were popular too.

I think alot of 'car dealers' got rich over the years with dodgy tricks

Those door rubbers were a good idea but water trap, Needed to remove them to keep the area clean and dry

Caprifan Rob wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 6:34 pm Who remembers those useless 'anti static' strips on the bumpers too..

Goodness me yes, so many cars had them back in the day, a very common sight.

Good marketing , invent some useless piece of crap and then convince people they can't live without it, like some if the exercise equipment for sale now

pbar wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:57 am

Caprifan Rob wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 6:34 pm Who remembers those useless 'anti static' strips on the bumpers too..

Goodness me yes, so many cars had them back in the day, a very common sight.

Present from my girlfriend, now wife, as she kept getting shocks, still did

Mc Tool wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 11:27 am Good marketing , invent some useless piece of crap and then convince people they can't live without it, like some if the exercise equipment for sale now

She bought some of that too. Just as effective

Didn't not the nine o'clock news do a parody of kids coming out of the Cumbrian nuclear processing plant glowing like that and the slogan was "Windscale Flakes make your kids glow in the dark".

Windscale is now Sellafield for those that don't remember.

I never ate ready Brek, mum made real whole oat porridge instead and I still prefer that now, but with a couple of spoonfuls of sugar on it.

"Your husband is either bald or good looking......."

Fordoholic Nick wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 6:25 pm https://youtu.be/SVAvA6fP8Xw

Ready Brek - good one Nick. You know that an advertisement is supreme when it makes it into the public psyche. Even now, decades later, when someone mentions Ready Brek you will hear comments like 'you will be glowing when you go outside'.

pbar wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 10:53 amReady Brek - good one Nick. You know that an advertisement is supreme when it makes it into the public psyche. Even now, decades later, when someone mentions Ready Brek you will hear comments like 'you will be glowing when you go outside'.

You might find this funny Paul if you see where I'm making the ready brek link....

They’ve had Chernobyl Brek since 1986

Used to love those little water games, and was thinking about them quite recently too Nick. Great fun

We never had cool stuff like that as kids , poxy Domino's ,drafts and pick up sticks ....oh and spirograph if you were spoilt , I had a bow and arrow that mysteriously disappeared when I got to be to good a shot for my brothers safety, and I did have a near full size plastic 303 but that also dissappeared when I scared the living shit out of the nieboughs ,and I broke Dads golf umbrella parashooting off the fence ,and then I got my arse kicked again when my brother broke his collar bone after recieving parashooting lessons from me .....willy hunt ......he later confessed (under extreme duress) to poking holes in the new sofa with a knitting needle......yeah ,that was me too ........never thought I would see a hearth brush disintegrate after just one beating .......willy hunt I think the old man only let up coz he nearly dislocated his shoulder ....fuck he was livid .....and I still haven't fessed up to that one, Im saving that till the old boys on his death bed.....and my brother is somewhere else

Mc Tool wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:27 am I did have a near full size plastic 303 but that also dissappeared when I scared the living shit out of the nieboughs

What a Lee Enfield? The toy guns in the 80s were awesome.

As you say... the beatings were too, that ice cold fear descending on you when you broke something is something I'll always remember

pbar wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:01 am Used to love those little water games, and was thinking about them quite recently too Nick. Great fun

My younger sisters (7+8) have recently got these and are obsessed with them - they love it!

D366Y wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 12:22 pm

pbar wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:01 am Used to love those little water games, and was thinking about them quite recently too Nick. Great fun

My younger sisters (7+8) have recently got these and are obsessed with them - they love it!

That's brilliant Danny, there is still hope for the future of our world! I thought proper toys were a thing of the past for many.