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Author grandads car collection. update: pics of the beetle.
Ben G
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8th Aug 12 at 12:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
went down my grandads garage yesterday as he sold his morris minor traveller (which he restored) and wanted to see it one last time.

also got a pic of his current daily (the camper) and a 43 year old humber and beetle.











gathering dust been here over 40 years.







all you can see of the beetle:



camper and mine together:









he's going to be cleaning the beetle up soon so will get some more pics of it.

[Edited on 09-08-2012 by Ben G]
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Them moggys are proper shit.

Bet the camper and beetle are worth a few quid once restored etc!
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Bloody awesome. How long did it take him to restore the Morris?

Sorry to ask a noob question, that Silver car? Volvo?

love the Camper & beetle too.
Ben G
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he's had the morris 4 years and done 9 miles in it in that time he finished restoring it last summer iirc.

the silver car is a 1969 humber. i'm unsure what it is tbh but it's very prestigious looking inside.

camper is very cool and worth quite a lot. unsure on the beetle. i'm 24 and that's the most i've ever seen of it since i've been alive
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There's one of those morris cars over the road from me. Seen it around for years but have never known what it was.
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Ah that's it Humber. Looks lovely. That also a project? What's your Grandfather's daily if he has one?

You need to get more involved Ben.
Ben G
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they just have a merc a class and a polo for daily cars but are currently being loaned out to other family members hence they are driving the camper around.

i would get more involved but i wouldn't want to mess anything up

the morris sounded lovely. proper old skool sound.
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you should do the beetle up and drive it.

does it have all the tools then? Surely you could V10 the Z4 in that place
Ben G
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the place is huge. has an outside bit that can fit 2 cars, then another 4 cars inside. proper garage though so nothing fancy or clean

i could do things to my car in there but it's 15 miles away from my house (about 30 minutes drive each way).
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Your grandads awesome !!!
MatthewR
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Will that all be left to you Ben??
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Regardless of the vehicle, you can't beat talking to the old guys about cars and listening to how things were back in the day.
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quote:
Originally posted by MatthewR
Will that all be left to you Ben??


don't want to think of that tbh mate. he had a heart attack on christmas day last year, which is partly the reason he got rid of the morris.
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
quote:
Originally posted by MatthewR
Will that all be left to you Ben??


don't want to think of that tbh mate. he had a heart attack on christmas day last year, which is partly the reason he got rid of the morris.


Didnt mean any offence or anything mate just be nice to own all them one day - carry on the legacy
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i have a few customers with morris minors, hate the rusty pieces of shit

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Got cars, got huwse, no grandad, but av loadsa cars


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love beetles and campervans
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quote:
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love beetles and campervans


Me too

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went back down there today and he was moving the beetle out so he can restore it.

i absolutely love it. it's a 1303 engine, which he said is lovely to drive.

















the last tax disc on the window was from 1998 been sitting in the same place for 14 years
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mine are both still alive this one is 74 and has good car stories. the other one is 80 and has good war stories.

can't wait until this is done. going to drive it about like a PIMP.
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also saw this coming back from the olympic park. it lands near my parent's house so will have to go and have a look at it.




[Edited on 09-08-2012 by Ben G]
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The blimp is based at cardington air ship sheds isn't it?
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quote:
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The blimp is based at cardington air ship sheds isn't it?


I do believe so. I think one of them is used as a film set these days.
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quote:
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The blimp is based at cardington air ship sheds isn't it?


this one is at damyns hall in upminster, essex mate.

it's a goodyear one.

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