davethailand

4 hours ago, SteveBC said:

At Hedingham Castle i believe ???

Certainly is, tried to put that in the post but it wouldn't let me?

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18 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said:

Now i just loved this colour, Starmist Crimson on my TVR Chimeara 500, it was a metalflake paint and looked brill with the tan leather interior.

 

Love that.

Mine looks a bit cheaper than the 8c in that colour. 😄

Love this colour. Alfa Romeo 8c red or Rosso Competizione. 

£1500 option on my car when new although I wouldn't pay that. Luckily bought mine secondhand with it on already. 

Named after the Alfa 8c below. 🙂

1 hour ago, Bazle said:

You are very assertive, but I'm 99% certain you are wrong. Take a look at some of the Alpines from the 70s and 80s - e.g. here: https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/events/cca-june-2017-classic-car-sale/cca-june-2017-classic-car-sale-sale/cca-june-2017-classic-car-sale-sale-session/1981-renault-alpine-a310-v6

 

Your right its an early Alpine. 🙂

20 hours ago, nampla69 said:

You still doing the old delivery Dave ??

Must be murder these days with all Sadiq Khan's road closures ..... I drive as little as I can these days

Yeah, its ok as although we do the City we also cover all of Essex and a lot of Suffolk etc so its not always the same, spend a lot of time in the depot as well now as step up fleet technician,

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I drive for a living so I reckon I do between 200 and 800 miles a week work alone.

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Just now, Derek Dangleberries said:

You may be correct but in my head it was "Hand Rock Bar" . This was before Blues Factory was opened around 97 I guess .. My only reference with time is the girl that I was with ..... I met her in the cake shop that used to be behind Kiss.. so it must have been around that era ..

Blues Factory opened in Feb 2001 although I didn't go until Aug 2001, I remember next to JP the beer bar on the corner (later became Tiger Bar)  had a band and it had been there for a while, only really remember because we used to sit in JP and watch.

Later on the Hard Rock bar was on the opposite side of JP, come to think of it it may of been Hand Rock because I'm pretty sure that the real Hard Rock Cafes legal team wouldn't of stood for that lol.

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22 hours ago, Derek Dangleberries said:

Before Blues Factory opened there was a bar in front it called "Hand Rock Bar" with live music and pretty girls. Great place !!!

Hard Rock Bar wasn't it or was that opposite? My mates (Hot Tuna Bars) sisters owns that.

There was another one next to JP that had the bloke in the silver mask in the band (2001 etc)

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Used to go quite often when I lived there as also on trips after, always nice and good value.

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2 hours ago, Jambo said:

If I fell off one in Scotland it would not cost 150K to put me back together again like it did at BPH. Mind you, they would probably charge 500K baht these days.

When you live in Thailand you get used to seeing everything priced in baht. It is only now when I am converting sterling into baht in my head that I realise how much the cost of living has gone up in Thailand.

Also realize how cheap some things here are.

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8 hours ago, lazarus said:

Love Beetles, had one here in the UK and one while I was in Pattaya.

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Went to the national Alfa show last week, the wife took these pics as I was too lazy.  😃

On 2/23/2021 at 9:11 AM, lazarus said:

This was my Dads.

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17 hours ago, misteregg said:

Not read the whole thread but I’ve had dealings with Whitespider for many years and he’s a top man.
All the best.

Agreed.

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No real change at all for me 😞 Still working 4 days a week, find myself do mainly pm shifts now, don't see the point of being off all afternoon when I can't go anywhere, also stops me from walking around Tesco's spending money on stuff I don't need through boredom. 😄

Probably hitting the scotch a bit too much on may days off though. 

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Punch and Judy.

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I don't think I ever met Phil but have exchanged messages in the past, he seemed like a very nice Guy.

Rip and condolences.

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1 hour ago, Butch said:

That, and the 1988 911 Turbo in Red are my fave ever porkers, with a small soft spot for the 959. I've only ever seen one 2.7RS, and that was at a car show in Mannheim in 1999. I couldn't afford one then, and I certainly can't afford one now!.

I've driven a 959, wasn't supposed to but couldn't resist a spin around the block.

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Can't think of the name but I used to use it on door2door.

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Never been to one in the UK neither has the wife.

I've already told her if she wants to go with mates etc I don't mind but she's not too bothered. I personally don't want to go to one

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7 hours ago, BarryL said:

yes, story is ferrari would not allow its cars on MV but so many copies like that one made deal. stop copies and we give you 2 testarossas.

MV say hell yes and crokett drive testarossa next lol.

I think he kept one also didn't he?

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Obviously not mine but some favourites that I've driven.

I used to drive Bentley's the same as this occasionally when I worked for an Arab family.

The Porsche is a 959, My Dads Saudi client bought one and my Dad went over to Stuttgart to pick it up on a trailer with delivery mileage. A mate and I took it out around Bayswater in the early 90's, It didn't even have number plates fitted. The Z1 was owned by the same Guy and my Dad used to look after it at home.

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I think my wifes happy enough, According to her she doesn't want to go back to Thailand to live. She's got a few mates, a job with other Thai's and her car etc if she wants to do her own thing.

Food wise she gets hold of most stuff she wants but she's also quite good with eating western stuff. She's not massively religious so not into the temple scene etc which suits me as I wouldn't go with her anyway so theres no issues there. 🙂

She comments to me about our relationship being different from many of the Thai girls here that she knows, they seem to be together every minute of the day and the husbands gives them an allowance etc and they clean the house, cook the dinner and run around after the husband. Personally not into that but we have also lived together for 17 years now, 13 of those years in Pattaya so we've always both had our own freedom (not in that way lol).

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5 hours ago, Sir_Fondles said:

His other toys aren't too shabby either.......... wish I had deeper pockets !!

 

Barracuda and a Camero, lovely.

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