alfsboy

Just read on planet F1 that Liberty may want to ditch F1 partially or completely .Makes sense,Maybe Bernie will return.who knows

Mine was only 6 years old and 9 were imported .Mine was originally used by Shell.I kept looking at the one in the Science Museum wondering if I could nick some bits off it .I didnt lose money when i sold it and years later my cousin bought it back and restored it.His father was one of the original classic car restorers in the 60,s.Unbelievably the rotor seals I needed were make in Seven KIngs near where I worked .They had boxes full from cancelled NSU orders but kept them just in case...doh .NSU could have told me .I still have the sales brochure .

I suspect I have owned one car no one else has .An NSU Wankel Spider.Nice little sports car until it went wrong and NSU didnt support spares as its 2000 run didnt require it ...doh

I owned an Xr3 and an XR3i.The XR3 was one of the first German built ,4 speed box and a big carb .The exhaust went and I managed to get the last genuine ford 4 speed box exhaust in the country .It had been Zeibarted from new and gained for a previous owner blowing the engine and showering the engine compartment with oil and also rustproofing it .I was the 2nd owner .The original guys wife ended up as the driver and just after she sold it to me she had a massive crash when a motorcycle landed on her windscreen and went into the cabin .The rider was doing well over 100 and it killed him .She was in crutches and bandages for years and was saved by being in a largish Merc .She would have been killed in the XR3 .After fitting a souped up carb after some trouble the thing went even quicker and I loved it .Sadly it hit about 240,000 and the floor went as prophesied by my Escort part man. The car still looked new but it was all paper thin and a Beemer sang its song to me of thicker panels ,autobox (my legs were playing up at that time ),still bloody quick and still red.As my wife muttered "still a drugs dealer special"

It took Littleschu quite a while to get into the groove in F3 so maybe not a hot shot from day one .

We all lusted for a white Gibson SG custom after that .i gather that the stars were amazed they werent segregated in hotels , restaurants,trains etc.

Iconic event for all us blues oldies .

i thought my day felt incomplete .Who are you exactly?

You dont really believe a Panda will follow a Sat nav .Its italian, get used to it

I heard his base boards wont do EM only 00 and p4 .............

So let me see.Chinese Chips ,made in China with a Russian anti virus .No problemo. Assume everything is hacked ,whacked and spat out thoroughly red bled and shed.

I get mine from the local chemist.

I think Hornby will leave the Isle of Wight versions to others.

We bought a set of Chinese stuff that fetch about 40 -50 quid .We paint 15 from a guy who got it for his grandkids over from Australia for a while and reported favourably .It contains lots of plastic track ,points and a noisy loco .God what scale the coaches arer ,they look like S and a quite well moulded ,Any way out grandkids ,boy 7 and girl 3 ,played for hours with it and still get it out .Its taught them alot about playing trains without anything plugged in so was money well spent .Not about it at its full price though .We use Gumtree a lot for kids toys .

Was inevitable really ..Hornby are the train set of Britain and should never be ignored .