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# British Leyland
I miss your shades of brown, beige and orange, and your sticky vinyl upholstery

(driverchris, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 13:55, archived)
# Triumph Herald bonnet catches
are a thing of beauty (until you go over 60 then the vibrations unlock them and the bonnet flies off)
(I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 13:57, archived)
# pfft
woo hoo
(I helped save b3ta! bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Wed 7 Mar 2007, 13:58, archived)
# And yet we don't have a car industry
I simply can't work it out.
(driverchris, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 13:59, archived)
# because it is cheaper
to do elsewhere, no other reason...
(I helped save b3ta! Firkinfedup last shat on your wife's tits at, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:21, archived)
# the bonnet can not fly off as it opens from the front...
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 16:36, archived)
# My car was originally painted 'Sandy Beige'
Which was BL's fancy name for grey.

Actual beige would have been quite exciting in comparison.
(I helped save b3ta! Funkster, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:00, archived)
# Sandy Beige is a colour on the poo chart at the hospital
(I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:18, archived)
# brilliant on three levels
1)an amusing post
2)spot on nostalgia
3) tagline reminds me of 'the princess bride'
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:00, archived)
# Are you the Dread Pirate Roberts?
:P
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:02, archived)
# i would love to be
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:09, archived)
# heh
"TR7 Owners' Club Meeting - why not push your car along and join us?"

/Not the Nine O'clock News book
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:00, archived)
# haha
(I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:03, archived)
# NTNoCN
Shurely the Spitting Image book?

Push your car to one of our meetings for kind words and solace
(driverchris, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:05, archived)
# Was it?
My memory's not what it was.
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:14, archived)
# Arf.
Reminds me of sniffpetrol.com (SFW)
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:01, archived)
# Good link dude
some genuinely funny stuff on there.
(I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:24, archived)
# I lived in Leyland until the age of 5
FACT!

and woo for your pic
(I helped save b3ta! swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad., Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:02, archived)
# I bought this Moggy Minor
from Leyland.

ALSO FACT!

(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:03, archived)
# Yay for Leyland
and Yay for FACTs!

edit: and woo for that pic too
(I helped save b3ta! swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad., Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:04, archived)
# i had some acceptably nice tapas in leyland the other week
but it isn't otherwise particularly yay as a place
(I helped save b3ta! plentyofants more ghee, vicar?, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:10, archived)
# I know
i didn't want to mention it
(I helped save b3ta! swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad., Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:15, archived)
# Aye,
we hightailed it out of there and went to Blackpool sharpish.
Which was, perhaps, a little foolhardy on our first drive of a 1957 car.
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:17, archived)
# hahaha
that's where we moved to after living in Leyland.
the roads are quite good though round there
(I helped save b3ta! swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad., Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:23, archived)
# by the looks of the vehicle pictured
where you're going, you don't need roads
(I helped save b3ta! plentyofants more ghee, vicar?, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:26, archived)
# I doubt I'll ever hit
88 mph, though.
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:31, archived)
# Woo
Hooray for flying Volkswagans.
(DaveyDoodlebug the one and only tripster, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:33, archived)
# sticky vinyl upholstery?
it all depends what use you were putting your car to
(I helped save b3ta! plentyofants more ghee, vicar?, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:07, archived)
# I have two BL-era British cars.
Neither one is drivable right now.

I don't have the time to weld floorpans back on.

Edit: Also, woo :D
(Generator cannot be named for legal reasons, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:28, archived)
# Rarest car on earth
A Stag moving under its own power.

Woo!
(I helped save b3ta! HairyTwatter certified eel and sodium salesman, Wed 7 Mar 2007, 14:30, archived)