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07-27-2012, 09:31 PM | #1 |
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Antique car in Olympics
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Did anybody recognize that antique car that briefly appeared in a film clip during the Olympic Games opening ceremony this evening? Doug
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07-27-2012, 10:20 PM | #2 |
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Re: Antique car in Olympics
Can you post a photo?
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07-27-2012, 11:28 PM | #3 |
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Re: Antique car in Olympics
Looked like an early Austin.
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Re: Antique car in Olympics
If you are referring to the one in the Rowan Atkinson (Mr.Bean) Chariots of Fire skit It was an Austin Seven Sedan. England's answer to the Model T. Plenty of them here where they are referred to as Matchbox Cars. Very small motor about 15 inches long, very economical, but useless on the hills, as an Austin 7 owner once said to me, "It wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding"
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Re: Antique car in Olympics
The saying here for underpowered vehicle is: "it couldn't pull a hen off her nest"
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07-29-2012, 12:31 AM | #7 |
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Re: Antique car in Olympics
They also couldn't pull a maggot off a pork chop.
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The saying here for underpowered verhicles is:
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Roughly translated, does that mean, "Not enough power to fart?" Bill W. (I will attempt a pic of my '32 Bantam Dragster.)
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Hi Bill
Nice one too... makes me consoling as im old and i lost power, but still have enough to ..... Greetings Christoph btw Der zieht die Wurst nicht vom Teller = It doesnt pull the sausage off the plate... |
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Hood on car is out of proportion, original hood was less than half that length! My 1/4 X 5/16 flathead is clear inside the cowl, fun car! NO TROPHIES! I'm 76 now, pic was from 1956. I'm OLD, but as long as I p** & p**p good, I guess I'm doing O.K. Bill W.
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Im green with envy ;-)) Over here in Europe, we had no pre WW2 cars left at that time. Here you will find what was racing about (in 1982) Last edited by Christoph; 07-29-2012 at 02:32 PM. |
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lateron we found bigger race-cars
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And once we could afford to use BIG-engines, we as well found out about wheelies
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BTW Im sorry as i feel im high-jacking this thread somewhat
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HMM! I must be doing something wrong, my "wheelies" do it on the front???? Are you in REVERSE? I could understand it if you lived "Down Under" with Lawrie where a lots of weird phenomenoms take place. Bill W.
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