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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Essential Knowledge About Youngtimer Windows 7 years, 4 months ago
Excellent, I have literally learnt something; the dots enabling heat dissipation.
It’s not just windscreens of course, you’ll find them on rear windows and even fixed side windows of new cars too. The whole […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Reunited, and It Feels So Good 7 years, 5 months ago
Dogs do rule, but he’s got a privacy clause in his contract.
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 7 years, 5 months ago
Regular readers will recall how I recently mistreated my old BMW and wasn’t entirely repentant. As a rally car, it’s often at risk of inspecting the scenery but I don’t make a habit of going off. Still, if you don […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Stylised Taillights – The Booty of Your Car 7 years, 5 months ago
Inspired by the 911…? Class :)
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Roulette Winner 7 years, 5 months ago
“Any regular reader of ViaRETRO will know that I had quite a prolonged build up before finally buying my first daily classic driver.”
That’s an understatement… Glad it’s working out after all that! It looks fab […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, A Numbers Game 7 years, 5 months ago
Dave approves.
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, When Does an Old Car Evolve into an Enthusiast Car? 7 years, 5 months ago
Have some clickbait to back up my example:
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, When Does an Old Car Evolve into an Enthusiast Car? 7 years, 5 months ago
There’s an interesting nuance here in that “classic” may not carry the same definition as enthusiast owned. But I am drawn to consider at which point specialist publications make the distinction. Nowadays the s […]
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 7 years, 5 months ago
As I write this, I have the flu. As you read this, I probably still have the flu. Not just some sniffles. Actual proper flu. Actual proper man-flu, so bad I’m probably the genesis of a pandemic or something. All I […]
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 7 years, 5 months ago
In my other life where I have a job which I must attend every day, my role comes with a mandatory company car. Attempts to convince the company that a Fiat 131 Abarth or a BMW 3.0 CSL would fit the bill have not […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: Fit for a Prime Minister 7 years, 6 months ago
David, you’re completely correct, BMC did use them as service barges; Peter Browning’s excellent book “The Works Minis” makes reference to this in Chapter 11, Anatomy of a Monte which details planning and […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Is It Real? Or Is It Memorex? And Does It Matter? 7 years, 6 months ago
For me it’s quite simple. If it’s done well, that’s fine with me. Take for example a Martin & Walker Technic 550 Spyder or a Hawk Stratos. Both well engineered cars and in the case of the latter, so good that […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, A Numbers Game 7 years, 6 months ago
@Paul – local indexes used to much more locally specific, didn’t they. I used to have a Norwich registered Capri on an ONG, but these days it would just be a generic A for Anglia coupled with one of many let […]
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 7 years, 6 months ago
I am overwhelmingly brilliant, but even I’ll admit I have quite a poor memory for the names of people, names of places, names of things, numbers, times, facts, figures, extended relations, fairly close r […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: Estate or Shooting Brake? 7 years, 6 months ago
It’s remarkable the difference a set of rostyle wheels make to a Viva, making them look much more purposeful. It’s a pity that the market for three door estate cars has gone, or at least nobody makes them anymore. […]
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 7 years, 7 months ago
A few months ago I rammed my BMW 2002 headlong into a Forestry Commission ditch. I didn’t do it deliberately but it happened nonetheless. Unlike Anders’ attempt at producing similar damage last summer, this was […]
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 7 years, 7 months ago
I don’t particularly enjoy New Year’s Eve. I’m too grumpy to mingle with revellers. This time I fell asleep before midnight. That was just as well really, because New Year’s Day required an early start and a clear […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, New Year’s Day Delights at Brooklands 7 years, 7 months ago
I’m so far over my side of the fence, I can’t even see the fence anymore.
But coming back to this article has given me the opportunity to gaze longingly at the Mercedes Fintail Estate. I missed it on my first […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, New Year’s Day Delights at Brooklands 7 years, 7 months ago
Some great finds there, Tony. Good to see the Pontiac Parisienne turn up on these pages again, and the silver Celica 2000ST Liftback is a favourite of mine. I’ve always thought the first generation of Celicas, e […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Practical Monteverdi: The Safari 7 years, 7 months ago
Monteverdi always seemed to succeed in the difficult task of creating “boutique “ cars that were less desirable than the models they were based upon, which when you consider it is quite an achievement. I’m glad […]
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