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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Visual Sunday: Fully Commited 6 years, 11 months ago
Pinnacle or not, that’s how to take a cut!
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Britain's Historic Drag Racing Scene Retains Its Good Health 6 years, 11 months ago
I’m astounded this still goes on given the politics of the local council; long may it continue indeed. I’ve never been down myself because it’s a billion miles away from my headquarters, but I have vague plans to […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Holiday Classic Car Spotting 6 years, 11 months ago
You had more spotting success than I had in Poland.
That Land Rover… has the owner somehow managed to get it registered in the US with the same sequence as the original UK registration? The US plate under […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Rotating Displays and Perspex Body Panels 6 years, 11 months ago
See, on many sites people would just look at the pretty colours and be happy with that. We obviously have a better class of commenter.
One thing that occurs to me (beyond management alienating the workers and […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Rotating Displays and Perspex Body Panels 6 years, 11 months ago
We like overthinking here, Zack.
I think it was a different kind of pride on display. The stock trade of Pathe News was always pomp and flag waving patriotism disguised as factual reporting. When they were […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Rotating Displays and Perspex Body Panels 6 years, 11 months ago
Social pride? Steady on… it was still about churning them out and making money in the fine capitalist tradition! :)
I think the last time I visited the British International Show was probably 1994 at the B […]
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 6 years, 11 months ago
Our International Editor was notably pleased with himself when he presented his latest Prime Find to the world last week. He’d come up with a “quintessential Japanese saloon” in the form of a very brown 1979 T […]
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 6 years, 11 months ago
It’s long been fashionable to undermine British Leyland and recycle the same old comments about them producing rubbish cars. So embedded has this attitude become, that it’s accepted as unthinking fact app […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Type 64: The World's First Porsche is Coming to Auction 6 years, 11 months ago
Well… I think it’s fair to say that sale didn’t exactly go as planned…
Aside from the small matter of $70m vs $17m…(!), it’s interesting that Porsche themselves seem to have no interest in buying it. It’s te […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Both Classic Cars and Bikes alike Congregate at Capel 6 years, 12 months ago
So you roll up here, report from a field full of valuable and collectable historic cars, and proceed to choose a customised Bedford CF van as your favourite?
Yeah, you’re going to fit in around here just fine.
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Which is the Perfect Match for Me? 7 years ago
Anders, will you ever truly settle…? Has it occurred to you that at least part of the answer may lie in joining one of those carsharing classic car “clubs”, the kind where you pay your annual membership and get a […]
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 7 years ago
As I write this, Europe is in the grip of a significant heat wave. The mercury has been rising and the whole continent has been melting. Here in the UK the beaches and parks have been packed with people, and the […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, The Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional, Part 2 – Ordinary Classics from Around the World 7 years ago
The Rio is a new one on me too. I must admit I would have just assumed it was an Alfetta. I have been educated.
Talking Alfas, those late model 33s are neat looking things, aren’t they. I’m also staggered by […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional, Part 1 – Honouring the Humdrum 7 years ago
Tony, that was an unexpected compliment for the Montego, I’m quite taken aback! I share your reservations over the Cavalier Calibre though; it’s a period piece for sure but hasn’t dated well… I feel a bit conflic […]
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 7 years ago
It’s been many years since I last made the trip to the Isle of Man, but this year saw my return. We’d travelled over at the invitation of some friends who had been sufficiently organised to book a cottage dur […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Engine Swap – The Easiest Way to a Better Life? 7 years ago
A friend has recently made the decision to swap his BMW 2002 Tii M10 engine for a (barely modern) M44 from an E36. He agonised over the change but came to the conclusion that his current engine needed a rebuild […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, To Drive, or not to Drive – That is the (Classic) Question 7 years ago
I often wonder about the stories behind humble cars with genuinely very low mileages and there’s often a somewhat gloomy story behind them. Eccentric millionaires aside, it usually transpires that some terrible f […]
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 7 years ago
Here at ViaRETRO, we’re spending the summer visiting some of the UK’s historic and most iconic hillclimb venues. Tony Warwyk made the journey to Prescott and I recently reported from Shelsley Walsh, both of whi […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Did Sally Carrera Doom the 996? 7 years, 1 month ago
Claus, your impassioned article certainly provides food for thought but I’m not sure cartoons are supposed to offer consumer advice, or define your purchasing decisions. Saying that, I wouldn’t touch anything fro […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, The Volvo Moved! 7 years, 1 month ago
Actual LOL at the smiling driver in the owner’s manual.
:)Knowing you’ve had this parked up so long makes me feel better about my guilty secrets. It’s lovely and I hope you get it going again. Erm… just in […]
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