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14 hours ago, bokelley said:

Thanks Graham! The 2002 Turbos were pretty cool cars for their day...back in the early '70's 170hp in that little body was pretty impressive. I wrenched for a BMW specialist mechanic for a couple of years between engineering jobs back in the mid '80's. The guy who owned the shop was always looking for rare BMW's to add to his collection and he did manage to import a turbo. Hard to do for if I remember correctly, there were only 269 ever built. 

I love the old Rovers...and keep my eyes peeled for a 90 series. However, in the US they have become quite collectable so prices are way up.

There certainly weren't many Turbos produced.  The "Touring" made a nice semi-estate and a pretty quick one in Tii guise.  Today it would probably called a Sportback.

As for the 90, good luck with finding one.  Since production stopped a couple of years ago prices of real Land Rovers have been gradually heading skyward, that includes the earlier Series, cart sprung versions.  I'm thankful I bought the present one more than 10 years ago.  Typical Land Rover though, it has had the rear section of chassis replaced (then the whole thing galvanised), the bulkhead (firewall) repaired and galvanised plus a lot of other things that tend to succumb to the old tinworm.  Cost me quite a lot to have done.  Several friends said don't bother, just buy a newer 90, but I didn't want all the vehicle electronics and potential issues with my ham radio gear.  It should see me out I reckon and is only 30 years old in December. At nearly half my age I'm sure it will outlast me by a long way :)

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DIY Lotus construction, Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, Leeds, AL

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Just love all the Exotica - back to a more daily driver..   M-P240/35mm Summicron ASPH

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Le Mans winning R8.  This facility used to be near my office so I could drop by anytime to see what they had on display.  Now it's 2 or 3 KM away.

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2 hours ago, pattyfrank said:

DIY Lotus construction, Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, Leeds, AL

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Wow, look at all of the Eleven variants on the wall. Patty, do you know if all of those were produced by Lotus or just the aluminum bodies? While they look to be quite large vehicles, in reality they are tiny. Good stuff!

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This looks to be an Apache NAPCO 4x4. Quite valuable. The attached link has a promo video Chevy did back in '57 climbing Pikes Peak off road with NAPCOs. A stunt like this could never happen in today's world.

https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/video-1957-chevrolet-pickups-conquer-pikes-peak/

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21 minutes ago, bokelley said:

Wow, look at all of the Eleven variants on the wall. Patty, do you know if all of those were produced by Lotus or just the aluminum bodies? While they look to be quite large vehicles, in reality they are tiny. Good stuff!

Mr. Barber has 50+ Lotus race cars! A number of them listed here and don't miss this museum if you are anywhere near.

https://www.barbermuseum.org/collection/lotus-collection/ 

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At a New Year's day gathering 2018 not too far from me up on the Cotswolds:  A SI and SIII Land Rover, plus a couple of other cars in the background:

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Leica C typ112  f8, 120s, 1600ISO, 29mm equiv

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I'm not much of bike man, but here's one of a friend's Moto Guzzis (he has a few).

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3 minutes ago, Graham (G4FUJ) said:

At a New Year's day gathering 2018 not too far from me up on the Cotswolds:  A SI and SIII Land Rover, plus a couple of other cars in the background:

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Nice! and an 02 (Baur Cab?) dressed in Golf Yellow to boot! 

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Land Rover 101FC 1-tonne.  One of the rare radio bodied variants.  This one used to promote the Tank Museum at Bovington.

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Digilux2  f2.2, 1/6s, ISO 200, handheld  Taken during a "behind the scenes tour" 3-1/2 years ago

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One from a gathering at Defford air Day a few years ago (a friend's AC Ace partially obscured by the radiator mascot)

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Quintessentially British...

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1909 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost. 

This car was totally restored by official Rolls Royce dealer P&A Wood, which is about 4 miles from my home.  They are said to be able to restore any RR, from any period.

(There's always something of interest at P&A Wood. One day when I was driving past, John Lennon's psychedelic Phantom V was on the forecourt, having been shipped over from Canada for the launch event of the latest RR Phantom VIII. The Lennon car had gone to P&A Wood for a check over whilst over here. And yours truly had no camera with him that day.....However, seeing such an iconic car 'in the flesh' made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!).

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