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PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 4:27 am 
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I remember all these cars and vans!



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:50 pm 
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Spot the foreign cars - There's hardly any as most on the film are British.


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PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 7:42 am 
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I know all those cars. Showing my age

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 7:54 pm 
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Kremmen wrote:
I know all those cars. Showing my age


Me too! I am not sure I would have the same success if the images were filmed today


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:58 am 
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As a teenager in the 70s I could tell you what almost any car was even if it was little more than a dot on the horizon. Now they're practically impossible to tell apart even close up.


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 6:54 am 
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That's due to computer design for wind resistance :?

Remember the Allegro that had a better drag coefficient going backwards ? :lol:

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Aircraft are the same, no character!

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:49 am 
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Aye, it were mooch better before they made all them planes aerodynamic.


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ecky thump!

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:56 am 
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What about those magnificent steam trains that sped though Hayes, had a book with the names viewed from the ad boards near top of the bridge on the left coming from Harlington, I know Brian remembers.


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