Le 11 juin 13 à 19:15, Chris Barker a écrit :
> I'm impressed with these mileages, chaps.
>
> Chris
>
> On 11 Jun 2013, at 13:18, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> My first car was a 1961 ( I think) VW 1200cc Beetle.
Had one too - lasted 17 years - egg shell white it was whatever that
means as German eggs are all white ...
>> I ran up 100,000 miles
>> on an already reconditioned motor in 5 years. 12,000 m a year going
>> to work
>> 50 miles a day, 8,000 m a year doing my stuff, mostly going skiing.
>>
>> Then I had to recondition it again; of course, because ( I imagine)
>> nitriding
>> etc hadn't been invented then. It was followed by a 1967 Peugeot
>> 404 KF2
>> with Kugelfisher fuel injection. I ran up 170,000 miles on that in
>> about 15
>> years. Wonderful car..
My Dad had two of them - the latch to the petrol tank was hidden
behind a swinging number plate.
I loved the silver circle that trigger the horn :-)
Wonderful memories of long trips on bumpy roads then.
Pininfarina had designed the body, and then resold it at a smaller
scale to Morris/Austin
http://tinyurl.com/nnt5f7q
>>
>> My little Toyota Starlet has 330,000 km on the clock and it worth
>> at least
>> another 125,000. Could see me out the door.
>
>
Keep ticking!
Amitiés
Philippe
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