Bonney
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Registered: 14th Nov 04
Location: St Helens
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That is a cracking peice of work, Would love to know how it drove compared to a modern car!
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waters
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Registered: 28th Jan 08
Location: Todmorden, West Yorkshire
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Originally posted by Bonney
That is a cracking peice of work, Would love to know how it drove compared to a modern car!
the ride is great but you have to 'drive' it....you have to watch traffic well ahead as it has rod brakes (no hydraulics) so you have to give yourself plenty of time to stop and when that time comes, you have to stand on the pedal nice and steady or all 4 wheels lock up and it skids.....especially when the road is wet
apart from that it'll keep up with modern traffic and gets plenty of looks everywhere it goes
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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never mind the alvis wtf is happening to the simca
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M2RTY
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Registered: 25th May 01
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Hope the old chap has seen it since it was finished, bet he loved it
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Gaz
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Registered: 24th Aug 03
Location: Widnes, Cheshire
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Fantastic!
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Thomas.hosker
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Amazing work, really is. Well done
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waters
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Registered: 28th Jan 08
Location: Todmorden, West Yorkshire
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I know I don't post a lot on here, but some of you may be interested in the latest on my old car......
firstly, theres been a colour change on the old girl......
and I've had her at a couple of shows over the last couple of months (not won anything as the chrome work still needs doing)
secondly, and more important there's been a couple of laws changed recently regarding old cars.....
wedding use of old cars.....old cars used for weddings now have to have a taxi license and be MOT'd every six months (just like a taxi) regardless of age (see below) and must have insurance to suit.
MOT exemption....from the 18th of November any car built before 1960 will be MOT exempt except if it's used as a wedding car.
I hope you don't mind me updating this thread, I rarely post on corsasport but do come on as a guest daily.
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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looks great
One of our suppliers at work has this Alvis which they don't normally run as a wedding car but this was for one of my colleagues weddings
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random dav
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: NSW
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Hows the Simca getting on?
WRLFC !
Project cars
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BeetleGav
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Registered: 27th Jun 10
Location: lancashire, nelson
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think i saw you drive past boundary mill in colne the other day?
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Dan295
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Registered: 9th Oct 06
Location: London
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I live a stonesthrow from the Alvis factory, if you ever want anything bought I can gladly collect and post to you
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nibnob21
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Registered: 16th May 10
Location: South Derbyshire
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There's an Alvis showroom in Kenilworth, West Mids, that I drove past the other day. Lots of lovely old cars in there. They then went on to make a lot of military vehicles. In the 80s they even helped make a vehicle for Supacat who make military vehicles for the special forces nowadays. Plenty of Supacats out in Afghanistan.
MX5 Project Thread
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Dan295
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Registered: 9th Oct 06
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Yeah, I live round the corner from that kenilworth showroom 
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