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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 8 years, 3 months ago
Recent Prime Finds have featured dependable saloons from Germany and Japan, but for dependability with a dash of style I’m going to turn to Sweden.
The Volvo 120 Amazon is a favourite of mine and still a […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, How the Chinese Could Make Lancia Great Again 8 years, 3 months ago
A revived Chinese Lancia would be taxidermy at best. The pulse has long since ceased…
Even if it happened, there are only two ways I could see it going. Either it would become a sub prime brand for cheap […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Hagerty's Sunny Drive-it Day 2018 8 years, 3 months ago
Claus, if you’re visiting JLR I assume you’ve also made plans to visit the heritage centre too? It’s just 45 minutes up the road at Gaydon:
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Spring is here – is the Alpine? 8 years, 3 months ago
Wow, every time I think I pay too much tax I just remind myself what would happen in Denmark! The car is looking spectacular though.
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Automatic for the People 8 years, 3 months ago
Yes, horses for courses but a good automatic is a thing of wonder. Clearly, they operate via witchcraft and dark arts and are therefore ruinously unfixable when they break for no apparent reason, but that’s all t […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Japanese Prince Conquers the Race Tracks 8 years, 3 months ago
They were robbed! Fabulous stuff though. The lazy statement is that the Japanese motor industry was built by sneakily copying European designs and the R380 having a modified Brabham chassis supports the charge. […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Old Bandit Beats New Mustang? 8 years, 4 months ago
I didn’t know about this until 4 minutes ago but now I medically need one.
Incidentally, one of those Burt Reynolds photographs in particular needs replacing with additional Sally Field content…!
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Fill Her Up, Highland Style 8 years, 4 months ago
Absolutely, derelict petrol stations are a cliché but I had to allow myself just one!
All of the above can found on what is now branded the North Coast 500. The whole “NC500” trend has been a blessing and a cu […]
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 8 years, 4 months ago
The romance of the old derelict petrol station is the subject of a thousand photo streams. Usually situated in the American dust bowl or down a French backroad, they sit overgrown and decaying, the pumps still […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Treasure Coves Still Exist 8 years, 4 months ago
This place is a one man band?? The mind boggles!
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Do You Secretly Dream of a Purple Car? 8 years, 4 months ago
Not enough colour on the roads these days, all black, white or shades of grey. I can never decide if Triumph Magenta is a little too pink but it suits a Dolomite down to the ground. BMW Techno Violet is fabulous […]
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 8 years, 4 months ago
Our look at 50 years of the Ford Escort picks up again at the start of a new decade. In Part One we followed the story from the mid-60s to the very end of the 70s when change was on the cards. So it was that […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Techno Classica vs. Retro Classics: 100 photos from Europe's two largest classic shows 8 years, 4 months ago
Claus, using your shoe leather so we don’t have to, surely you fulfil a fine public service.
The thought of 25 Mercedes Gullwings and Roadsters is remarkable and triggers my inner reverse snobbery so I’ll tak […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: Alfa Romeo Arna 8 years, 4 months ago
A brave attempt at platform sharing and it should have been brilliant – Italian flair and Japanese reliability. It’s a shame those characteristics were transposed and nobody wanted Japanese styling with Ita […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Austin Gone Savage – Apache 8 years, 4 months ago
That’s a great brochure, I didn’t realise the Apache was marketed in such an aspirational manner. Ball gowns and a night out at the Beefeater! Must be that Italian styling.
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 8 years, 4 months ago
It seems hard to believe, but 2018 marks half a century of Ford Escorts. The last Escort may have rolled off the production line 14 years ago, but they are still very much part of the motoring landscape, with the […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Movie: The Mythical Rendezvous 8 years, 5 months ago
Shall we just see if we can borrow a 6.9 Merc and have a go ourselves? I’m free this evening.
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Movie: The Mythical Rendezvous 8 years, 5 months ago
Yes, it’s become iconic but am I the only person in the world who would have preferred to hear the honest sound of the 6.9 Merc instead? I wonder if somewhere in a secret vault, a version with the real soundtrack exists?
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Acquisition Through Compulsive Self-Justification 8 years, 5 months ago
You underestimate your powers of shrewd investing, Anders. When does your museum of unfocussed automobilia open anyway? Will we be able to review it on TripAdvisor?
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, The "Make Lancia Great Again" Project 8 years, 5 months ago
I wish the comparison to Singer hadn’t got into my head because they’re hateful and cynical things.
Will the reborn Delta be a success? Almost certainly not as I just don’t see that there’s a large enough […]
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