"Svend" (svend)
04/27/2018 at 05:44 • Filed to: None
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"Svend" (svend)
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Went out to my local and favourite butchers and reversing out of a parking space was this old bloke looking rather dapper in a 1927 Lancia Lambda Torpedo Seventh Series.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Svend
04/27/2018 at 06:08 |
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good on him for pulling it out of his garage and using it
arl
> Svend
04/27/2018 at 06:14 |
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Well, that’s Goddamn awesome.
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Svend
> pip bip - choose Corrour
04/27/2018 at 06:14 |
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He just climbed in and she started up straight away. It was the sound of the engine that really got my attention.
It just had that old mechanical start up sound and then fired right up. He just through it into reverse, pulled out and off he went. No fuss or attention seeking, just like it was a Vauxhall Corsa or something.
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Svend
> arl
04/27/2018 at 06:15 |
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Yep, you don’t find that sort of thing at many butchers car parks. Lol.
Wagon Guy drives a Boostang
> Svend
04/27/2018 at 06:19 |
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Extremely awesome thing to see.
kanadanmajava1
> pip bip - choose Corrour
04/27/2018 at 06:39 |
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Maybe he does this every day?
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pip bip - choose Corrour
> kanadanmajava1
04/27/2018 at 06:40 |
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hopefully
InFierority Complex
> Svend
04/27/2018 at 06:43 |
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Absolutely incredible.
sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> Svend
04/27/2018 at 06:47 |
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Love it.
bhtooefr
> Svend
04/27/2018 at 06:51 |
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Who needs a VR6, when you can have a Lancia narrow-angle V4?
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Svend
> bhtooefr
04/27/2018 at 07:18 |
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According to the licence plate it is 2,350cc.
I love old cars in that they did six and a third, two and a third, six and three quarters, etc... litre engines.
AuthiCooper1300
> Svend
04/27/2018 at 09:05 |
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I want to end up being a old citizen like that. I’d love to have the Lancia too, but keeping that attitude towards life would probably be enough.
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Svend
> AuthiCooper1300
04/27/2018 at 09:20 |
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We’ve a few characters like that around here.
Sadly over the years we’ve lost a some.
I’ve had the privilege of knowing and knowing of a few of these people, the world is a poorer place because of it.
Sorry for getting soppy there, just remembered a couple we’ve lost.
fintail
> Svend
04/27/2018 at 09:28 |
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Landmark car, IIRC unit body and independent front suspension pioneer.
When I was a kid ~25-30 years ago, there was an older guy in town who regularly commuted in a very unrestored looking Model A Tudor, but this is on a different level of obscurity.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Svend
04/27/2018 at 09:39 |
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All of the wheelbase
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Svend
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/27/2018 at 09:52 |
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The picture doesn’t do it justice but the bonnet was quite long and the seating area was veeeeeery long indeed.