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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: A Super Fiesta Supersport 5 years, 5 months ago
@yrhmblhst: An interesting insight, I don’t immediately associate the US market of the 70s and 80s with superminis.
Incidentally, the Healey Fiesta you saw on the cover of Road & Track was the only one they […]
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 5 years, 5 months ago
This will make you feel old; the Ford Escort XR3 is a full 40 years old. Lately, I’ve been idly pondering which tax and MOT exempt classics could serve as tolerable daily drivers, and cars from the 1980s are now w […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: A Super Fiesta Supersport 5 years, 6 months ago
Interesting. I’m aware of the stillborn Healey Fiesta, and the fact that the range was adapted for the US market, but did they ever really sell many over your way? I’d imagine any Fiesta must have been pretty […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: A Super Fiesta Supersport 5 years, 6 months ago
I did see the Salvage Hunters episode, and got the impression the buyer wasn’t exactly short of pennies. It was a nice car, but as you say, a lot of money…
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: A Super Fiesta Supersport 5 years, 6 months ago
Yes!!! I’m sure you remember my excitement, Tony, when we stumbled across a full set at the NEC, what seems like a hundred years ago but was actually only 2019 if memory serves.
I want one, if only for the […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, No more adding lightness: Farewell to the Chapman-Ethos 5 years, 6 months ago
A timely article, Mr Ebberfeld.
I think we now only have the Mazda MX-5 and the forthcoming replacement for the Toyota GT86 left to fly the flag for affordable, normally aspirated, reasonably lightweight, […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, The Best Car for Mayhem? 5 years, 6 months ago
As much as I hate to admit it, solar and wind generated electricity is the way to go. You could get into making combustible juice from coal and biomass but the industrial plant required is probably not back-garden […]
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 5 years, 6 months ago
If you make a motoring related list of “things that don’t happen anymore”, somewhere near the top of the list you can put people fixing their cars at home. Amateur car maintenance is a rarity these days, partl […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Alfa GTV and Ferrari 308 same price? When the market is wrong! 5 years, 7 months ago
Whoever laid out the spacing on the Ferrari’s number plate deserves a strong talking to…
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Revive Racing on Public Roads 5 years, 7 months ago
Ants everywhere…
I would have to disagree regarding encouraging smaller-engined cars because encouraging tends to end up as mandating in the modern world, and that would lead to a lot of unhappy people with […]
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 5 years, 7 months ago
I can’t say I’m normally a big fan of New Year and all its associated shenanigans, but I’ll be delighted to consign 2020 to the bin.
For a child of the 1970s, the year 2020 sounded optimistically futur […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Revive Racing on Public Roads 5 years, 8 months ago
A nice flight of fancy, but even if it were to happen (which I calculate as a […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Historics Hold Successful Final Sale of a Difficult Year 5 years, 8 months ago
Some interesting lots there. I’m all for unusual colours, but I’m not surprised the magenta Roller failed to sell…
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Historics Hold Successful Final Sale of a Difficult Year 5 years, 8 months ago
Tony, you definitely want to address that error with the DVLA asap as I expect it will delay you claiming historic VED exemption if not corrected.
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, An Everyday Hero, the Avenger Turns 50 5 years, 8 months ago
I always fancied an Avenger and some years ago I went to view a lime green example which looked ripe for conversion into a competition car. Despite being sold as a road legal rolling restoration, the underside was […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Black is the Colour of Death and Company Cars 5 years, 8 months ago
I did have a hearse-like black company estate car a while ago, but in an act of defiance my last two company chariots have been bright red. Not only have they really stood out in the office car park, they’ve stood […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: A Rare Rekord 5 years, 8 months ago
An interesting ‘Find. Opel were clearly taking much inspiration from their parent company at the time and captured the transatlantic styling cues very effectively, particularly with the Admiral and Diplomat. I’m […]
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Dave Leadbetter wrote a new post 5 years, 8 months ago
Who doesn’t love a commercial vehicle? Who doesn’t love a retro-futuristic Japanese Domestic Market commercial vehicle? Who doesn’t love a gastropod based pun…? No? Well suit yourselves, but from my perspec […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Visual Sunday: Colours, Style and Laughter 5 years, 8 months ago
The BMW 3.0 CSI was introduced in 1971 so I’m assuming this press shot dates from the same year. However it was a full TWO YEARS before Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid achieved worldwide fame and commercial […]
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Dave Leadbetter commented on the post, Help! I've Just Bought My First Italian… 5 years, 8 months ago
I have to agree they are quite good looking cars, if appearing to be a little heavy at the rear. That being said, although you state the design suffers from having too much metal around the rear wheelarch, your […]
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