Khon Kaen Dave Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 The Deerhunter. You are incorrect,my confused friend.The Ford consul 375 lowline up to 1962,carried a 4 cylinder straight engine,1500/1600 i believe. It came in a soft top version and a hard top.It was bigger than the Cortina and i suppose it would have been the early forerunner of what became the Granada Mk1 google it and it gives the specifications. I await your reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 11 minutes ago, The Deerhunter said: Consul 315, not 375, puhlease!!!!! Nostalgia has to be correct or some people younger than 60 will never understand how cool a 4-door budget version of the original Capri really was. My dad had a 315 as a work car in a local council job. In the darkest corner of the Commonwealth, no less. How cool was that? I dined out at an expensive private school for months on that. There was a Consul 375.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khon Kaen Dave Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 The Deerhunter. Cant say i remember the 315,was it a van type vehicle.You said your dd had one as a work car.I will google it later,to educate my self Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 23 hours ago, Khon Kaen Dave said: Transam Belling ham,home of the Cooper Boys.Bellingham Boys Boxing Club. The Fellowship inn.Had a few in there .The Hard man of the Aria was a guy call Clive Garthwaite,a real monster(deceased) My mums family were out of Moremead Rd.And my grandads Boozer was the Railway Tavern,just under the bridge.He used to run a loan club out of there.The beer was 'Beezleys' And my old grandad drank Brown and Mild. During the war(he was too young for the first,and too old for the second) he was the black market geezer to see.Roles of carpet.Boxes of Scotch,anything you wanted.My nan(who could manage a few choice words) used to get very,,,angry you might say when drunken mates would knock him up at 3 am asking for a bottle of gold watch for the road. Back to Henry. When i was a kid,i used to go to the London Transport sports days(the LT had a very big sports side) And if i won a race or a field event,it was usually 'Our Enry' who gave out the prizes.I met him on several occasions.Years later ,when i was working on the Insurance company refurb in Holburn,i went to WH Smiths at the top of leather Lane to get Muhammed Ali's book.'The Greatest' I met him and shook his hand and was very happy to know that id'e met the two men who fought back in the day,And how Henry Cooper nearly got a knock out,But for Angelo Dundee cutting the Glove,i think Cooper could have won it. I knew Clive....Was the true meaning of crazy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khon Kaen Dave Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 The Deerhunter The 1961 consul 375 also had a bench seat with column control gear shift. I think that the early Granada was also called a conul.They are very collecatble now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Just now, Khon Kaen Dave said: The Deerhunter The 1961 consul 375 also had a bench seat with column control gear shift. I think that the early Granada was also called a conul.They are very collecatble now. Yes it was a 4 pot version of the 6 pot Zephyr/Zodiac, but had a shorter front end. The first of the Granada's were called Consul Granada, I had a '72 3ltr GXL then a '76 3ltr Ghia, both auto's, fab cars.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Deerhunter Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 3 hours ago, Khon Kaen Dave said: The Deerhunter. You are incorrect,my confused friend.The Ford consul 375 lowline up to 1962,carried a 4 cylinder straight engine,1500/1600 i believe. It came in a soft top version and a hard top.It was bigger than the Cortina and i suppose it would have been the early forerunner of what became the Granada Mk1 google it and it gives the specifications. I await your reply. Sorry about that. Yep, you (and Google images) are right. I recognize the car but not the model number. I will go stand in a corner for a minute later as punishment. (much later). My mate Ian's dad who was a chiropodist had one of those consuls but not a rag top. It was a 3 speed column shift, bench front seat, nice looking, but under powered like (almost) all English cars back then. The 315 was really modern and sexy with the quad headlights and the back-to-front rear window shared with the Anglia 105 and the general look of the Capri which was a scaled down US Ford Galaxie. I had a friend, Sam, who had one of those Galaxies. He was a little guy and it was HUGE. BTW the original Ford Cortina started as a Ford Consul Cortina but they eventually dropped the "Consul" part. Sorry again. PS remember, Nostalgia is not what it used to be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacherpaul Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 On 10/10/2016 at 9:33 AM, lemonjelly said: Eastenders Thai soaps make Eastenders seem Shakespearian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lemonjelly Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 16 minutes ago, teacherpaul said: Thai soaps make Eastenders seem Shakespearian. Or Dickensian..... Bleak Expectations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petesie80 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Deffo religion of any type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Americano555 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Yaba, Ice....Wrecked a lot of people & families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 5 minutes ago, Americano555 said: Yaba, Ice....Wrecked a lot of people & families. Interesting to note its been around a lot longer than I knew. Sold over the counter in German shops as Pervitin in the 1930's then used by Nazi troops during WW11. http://www.spiegel.de/international/the-nazi-death-machine-hitler-s-drugged-soldiers-a-354606.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusion58 Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Napster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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transam Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Sherbet Dab...Cos I want one and they don't make 'em now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tifino Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Space savers; run flats; and cars that have no spares at all, when your Note7 battery has fused, & you van't get that free tyre service callout that you prepaid at the auto Dealers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonjelly Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Dutch "cuisine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Berkshire Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 This is a bit off-the-wall, but just for fun, automobiles. Not only the rampant pollution, but people dying every day from auto accidents. A life with no cars? It just takes a bit longer to get where we're going. Disclaimer: I drive every single day and could not live without my car. But if I never owned one, I'd never know what I was missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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