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S10NPH
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by S10NPH » 20 Jun 2012 06:00 pm
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nvdw
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by nvdw » 20 Jun 2012 07:50 pm
What a lookers, all of them!
That pic with your 345's "twin sister" is GR8 4 SPOTTIN' MODEL YEAR DIFFERENCES
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MCHUDD
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by MCHUDD » 20 Jun 2012 07:53 pm
Hi mate.
Some great photos there.
Who owns your cars twin?
Cheers Mark.

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Chris_C
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by Chris_C » 20 Jun 2012 07:59 pm
I'd love to have had a better look around TWO 400Y, I had a 5 min look in the morning but then the world became hectic

It looked a really really nice car from my first looking over of it!
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by V6 Man » 20 Jun 2012 08:21 pm
I did find it amusing that the winner and runner up in the 300's class both belonged to V3M'ers, and not beardies.
Congrats to SteveP and Andy (Helldriver) for 1st and 2nd respectively.
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Chris_C
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by Chris_C » 20 Jun 2012 09:11 pm
Neither of them daily their winning cars, so I reckon that makes them beardy polishers even if they are V3Mers...
Plus Steve just bought his car in that condition, there's no chance he's worked on it!
(ok, congratulations from me too

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'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast
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Hell Driver
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by Hell Driver » 20 Jun 2012 09:56 pm
Chris_C wrote:Neither of them daily their winning cars, so I reckon that makes them beardy polishers even if they are V3Mers...
Plus Steve just bought his car in that condition, there's no chance he's worked on it!
(ok, congratulations from me too

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In fact both cars were both bought like that

At least I've had to repair the radiator and now might have a water pump to change (although I think thats fixed itself after a run!).
It is bit unfair to to compare daily cars with those that might only do 1000 miles or less a year, but I suppose judging is already lengthy enough without having separate juding for daily/non daily in each class.
In my defense, I do at least manage to do few more thousand in the GL which I did put in the show 2 years ago.
Did anyone have a count up of 300's, I made it 17, must be a record in recent years?
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SteveP
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by SteveP » 20 Jun 2012 10:29 pm

Sod off Chris, I bought some new wheels, new tyres and spent the whole of Saturday cleaning it - the engine bay was an absolute state

There aint much else wrong with it, so it hasn't needed any real work yet anyway

Besides, why would I daily it - you should see the V40

Dekay would be proud. Absolutely agreed - I could never keep a daily like this! So perhaps I've been a beardy polisher, but what the heck - it's the only car I've ever owned that warrants it

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S10NPH
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by S10NPH » 20 Jun 2012 10:58 pm
Yes, 17 is how many I counted too. An excellent turnout.
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by macplaxton » 21 Jun 2012 12:59 am
nvdw wrote:That pic with your 345's "twin sister" is GR8 4 SPOTTIN' MODEL YEAR DIFFERENCES

Indeed, the ins and outs of the MY79 and MY80.

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by Chris_C » 21 Jun 2012 07:53 am
You two know I'm jesting

'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast
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by MCHUDD » 21 Jun 2012 10:04 am
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by Hell Driver » 21 Jun 2012 05:31 pm
Chris_C wrote:You two know I'm jesting

Of course

360 GLE Saloon (D 86)
360 GLS (A 84)
343 DL (W 80)
340 GL 1.7 (G 89)
360 GLS (Y 83)
440 Turbo (J 92)
Transit Tipper 125 T350 (02)Alive Again!
Transit Tipper Smiley face Q reg
Mitsubishi Colt 1.1 (54)
R.I.P. 77 343 DL vario 
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Alex Laidlaw
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by Alex Laidlaw » 22 Jun 2012 01:21 pm
Looks like a really great weekend this year, sadly I couldn't make it!
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by pettaw » 01 Jul 2012 11:13 pm