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DominicBest · #331 Post by **DominicBest** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:10 pm

RobertArthur wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:01 pm @ DomicBest, nice mirror, but to prevent a stiff neck this makes it even better.

Thanks. I tried but when I edited the picture it still uploaded on its side.

DominicBest · #332 Post by **DominicBest** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:16 pm

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No V8, original pushrod brakes, very much as Henry intended.

Hotrodder · #333 Post by **Hotrodder** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:35 pm

I love those "A" spring steel bumpers.
Your Pony in the background?

Nomoss · #334 Post by **Nomoss** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:44 pm

Spectrum wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 9:40 am The other slogan for ESSO was " Put a Tiger in your tank" when you filled up with enough petrol you was given a tiger fur portion of tail, it had two red ribbons on so I used to tie them to my bike aerial, I Know, a push bike with an aerial, I wasn't normal

I was never offered a piece of tail when I filled up

DominicBest · #335 Post by **DominicBest** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:09 pm

Hotrodder wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:35 pm I love those "A" spring steel bumpers.
Your Pony in the background?

No, it belongs to a couple I know, it’s really lovely.

DominicBest · #336 Post by **DominicBest** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:16 pm

Hotrodder wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:35 pm I love those "A" spring steel bumpers.
Your Pony in the background?

This photo looks as though it could have been taken on the same day but in fact they’re 18 months apart. The first one was mid summer 2021 and this one New Years Day 2023. Different parking places but both next to the Charente river.

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Spectrum · #337 Post by **Spectrum** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:50 am

Nomoss wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:44 pm
Spectrum wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 9:40 am The other slogan for ESSO was " Put a Tiger in your tank" when you filled up with enough petrol you was given a tiger fur portion of tail, it had two red ribbons on so I used to tie them to my bike aerial, I Know, a push bike with an aerial, I wasn't normal

I was never offered a piece of tail when I filled up

It would have been early to mid sixties.

Liz · #338 Post by **Liz** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:42 am

The front of a brochure printed by The Nuffield Press Ltd. in 1954, for Ets. P. Decrose s. a. in Brussels

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curtis · #339 Post by **curtis** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 11:13 am

And as always, the artwork making the car look 25°/° larger than life.

Hotrodder · #340 Post by **Hotrodder** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:22 pm

Spectrum wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:50 am
Nomoss wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:44 pm
Spectrum wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 9:40 am The other slogan for ESSO was " Put a Tiger in your tank" when you filled up with enough petrol you was given a tiger fur portion of tail, it had two red ribbons on so I used to tie them to my bike aerial, I Know, a push bike with an aerial, I wasn't normal

I was never offered a piece of tail when I filled up

It would have been early to mid sixties.

It was easy enough to make your own arrangements back then.

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