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Bob Stringfield
United Kingdom
854 Posts |
 Posted - 08/11/2013 : 19:23:24
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At my local Online Austin 7 Club, an announcement was made that the number of pre-war Austin Sevens now in use or preservation now exceeds 10,000.
Given the well-documented and general lack of interest in vintage vehicles by younger people, - my descendants included - just how many Austins, and MGs for that matter, will end up back on the scr@pheap?
At the recent Lupin Farm charity meeting in Staffordshire, some members of a local MG Club asked me to move the PA, a man with an SV saloon pointing out that theirs was an MG Club for modern cars, 'not that old stuff'.
Rescue plan, anybody?
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greg
United Kingdom
833 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2013 : 19:47:45
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| I cant see mgs being scr@pped there too nice but i can see other cars of the same era which arnt so sporty being scr@pped |
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greg
United Kingdom
833 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2013 : 19:50:21
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| It will be nice if 1920s 4.5 litre bentleys were being scr@pped then i could go and get one |
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Onno
Netherlands
1044 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2013 : 20:04:36
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No need in the end all will find a home.
They may not reach the prices they reach now but there are enough young enthusiasts.
Point is they now don't have the money so it will take a few years for them to save up
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Colin McLachlan
United Kingdom
991 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2013 : 09:11:19
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What's wrong with the letter "a", as in "scr@pped"?
Edit: scr@pped
No, that didn't work. Oh, cr@p!
Colin
PA 0613
MG3242
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Edited by - Colin McLachlan on 09/11/2013 09:14:28 |
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Colin McLachlan
United Kingdom
991 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2013 : 09:12:37
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Aaaahh! So it's the software that does it! I wonder if I can edit that out - here goes.
Colin
PA 0613
MG3242
Register No. 2591 |
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Nick Feakes
USA
3372 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2013 : 12:35:05
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We have a "bad word" filter. cr@p is in that list. I didn't realise it would find words within words. So presumably that famous seaside town on the North Lancashire coast won't spell correctly either.
Nick
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Colin McLachlan
United Kingdom
991 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2013 : 10:01:36
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Thanks, Nick.
Colin
PA 0613
MG3242
Register No. 2591 |
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PeterL
United Kingdom
1722 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2013 : 12:21:24
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Lincolnshire, not Lancashire...
Cheers
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Nick Feakes
USA
3372 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2013 : 12:52:21
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Quite correct Peter, my mistake. Thank you. "So presumably that famous seaside town on the North Lincolnshire coast won't spell correctly either".
Nick
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bigtony12461
United Kingdom
103 Posts |
Posted - 12/11/2013 : 22:09:23
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| S****horpe's not on the coast. Yet. |
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Peter Scott
United Kingdom
1240 Posts |
Posted - 13/11/2013 : 11:31:14
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I sincerely hope that our engineering skills are better than our geography 
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talbot
United Kingdom
718 Posts |
Posted - 13/11/2013 : 16:26:38
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Don't worry Bob. In a couple of year's time there will be on modern MGs left. The hydrolastic units for MG Fs are no longer available and the ones on cars are failing every day and a modern TF is woth more in parts than as a running car.
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3238 Posts |
Posted - 13/11/2013 : 18:04:56
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Saw a really nice Austin 7 Chummy on a trailer this sunny afternoon.
There are a couple of 7s in the village I live in, given their slow speed and the impatience of modern drivers I reckon it must be hazardous driving them on todays crowded roads. One of the cars is an early saloon and the owner has placed a red triangle on the rear to warn that the car has a low top speed.
Still one the positive side the cars are very popular with VSCC trialists ...
George
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Bob Stringfield
United Kingdom
854 Posts |
Posted - 13/11/2013 : 18:50:30
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The fact that any A7 is 'on the ragged edge' in modern traffic was half of the reason why I sold our long-term '29 Chummy; the other was my decreasing mobility making the little car uncomfortable. The latter is already affecting my servicing of the PA.
This was my point. From where are future owners to come, given pressure on finances, the attractions of the virtual world and lack of houses and flats with garaging available to younger owners, unless Daddy can pay? A MMM was a cheap first car for myself and others. Not so now.
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greg
United Kingdom
833 Posts |
Posted - 13/11/2013 : 20:33:04
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| My mum has a very nice chummy i like it very much but i cant see a future for cars like that. Its a top end car worth about 18k i want her to cash it in as its only used twice a year. I think theres going to be a big crash very soon. I think 20s 30s and 40s cars will half in value. Top end 60s 70s sports cars are the thing to invest in. |
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