Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

MOT day for the trusty Lexus. It’s chucking it down , 8am appointment . Funny how the years whistle by. Specially when theres a bill comes with it.
House sale fell through yet again . Im supposed to just sit here and say nothing. I know moaning and groaning and yelling at four walls doesn’t achieve anything——- but it makes me feel a hell of a lot better!
Im getting withdrawal symptoms, i need to see an old fart or two again, even Seebold would do,
Just hope the March meeting at Tavares is on, believe me there wont be as many of the old bastards turn up for the next one as there was at the last one!

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We even have these illogical, impractical pieces of kit over here. Took the Lexus in for its annual MOT , (which it passed with flying colours) and there it was. awaiting its annual MOT. a ridiculous umpteen foot long 18 seater Hummer , fit for WHAT? Like i said many times before, common sense has gone completely out the window. Can you imagine what the outcome would be if one of these things was involved in a any sort of motorway accident ,! 18 people would only have a very slim chance of survival. Or am i just being an OLD FART.

Ye Gods...nobody is a bigger misery than me, but seeing this chariot even puts a smile on my face....It's hardly going to be used as a communal minibus or for ferrying the lads from the Lodge to Ascot Raceday..It's for the young'uns to promenade about in on their special days, it's for "having fun".....I can remember a Winnabago towing a raceboat flying past me on the M4 one time...written on the side was "racing for fun"...I wonder what ever happened to that fella?..... There must be some serious steelwork under that bodywork to keep from bending though..a work of art in it's own way.....:rolleyes:

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Ye Gods...nobody is a bigger misery than me, but seeing this chariot even puts a smile on my face....It's hardly going to be used as a communal minibus or for ferrying the lads from the Lodge to Ascot Raceday..It's for the young'uns to promenade about in on their special days, it's for "having fun".....I can remember a Winnabago towing a raceboat flying past me on the M4 one time...written on the side was "racing for fun"...I wonder what ever happened to that fella?..... There must be some serious steelwork under that bodywork to keep from bending though..a work of art in it's own way.....:rolleyes:

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Therein lies the problem Phil, FUN, i can still remember that ! but now that im old, feak and weeble Common sense tells me that stretched Hummer is a death trap for a score of youngsters on a given occasion.
WORK OF ART!??? You’re having a laugh Phil. Pile of Dog sh-t or a cow clap is art to some idiots .
A hummer in any shape or form is just a slab of dull uninteresting metal, pretty much like a manhole cover or a frying pan.
That was no “ WINNIBAGO” That passed you on the motorway, that was the most beautiful GMC six wheeler RV motorhome ever built by any manufacturer anywhere in the world . 100 mph and proud of it.

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Therein lies the problem Phil, FUN, i can still remember that ! but now that im old, feak and weeble Common sense tells me that stretched Hummer is a death trap for a score of youngsters on a given occasion.
WORK OF ART!??? You’re having a laugh Phil. Pile of Dog sh-t or a cow clap is art to some idiots .
A hummer in any shape or form is just a slab of dull uninteresting metal, pretty much like a manhole cover or a frying pan.
That was no “ WINNIBAGO” That passed you on the motorway, that was the most beautiful GMC six wheeler RV motorhome ever built by any manufacturer anywhere in the world . 100 mph and proud of it.

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and here all this time, i thought a hummer was nothing more than a glorified JEEP!!!!!!

Yair..GMC of course I ought to remember...We had the guided tour the following day. By "work of art" I was referring to the work that had to be done to the underneath to achieve the overall effect...y'know a bit like Jayne Mansfields bra's...

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Yair..GMC of course I ought to remember...We had the guided tour the following day. By "work of art" I was referring to the work that had to be done to the underneath to achieve the overall effect...y'know a bit like Jayne Mansfields bra's...

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Jesus wept Phil, you cant even get the bird right! Jayne bloody Mansfield——- Was MARYLYN you dipstick. Or was it Jane Russell? when she did the OUTLAW for Howard Hughes ?
Lot of water has gone under the bridge since then, Ladies have come and gone, Friends have left for ever . Art has come a long way, just wish someone had taken the time to tell me ART ISNT JUST PAINTING when i was a teenager, life might have taken a different direction. Was turned 75 before i realised there are many forms of art, although most of it starts with the female form and old Mother Nature .

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They haven’t made Knockers like that since the sixties Phil.

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Thats the last GMC 6 wheeler i ever had. Still think its the best RV ever made.
Even today, the 2 million dollar RV’s. Dont have anything that that one didnt have .
In any drag race, i would bet the farm against all comers.

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Thats the last GMC 6 wheeler i ever had. Still think its the best RV ever made.
Even today, the 2 million dollar RV’s. Dont have anything that that one didnt have .
In any drag race, i would bet the farm against all comers.

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Always liked them.
Might like a rear wheel drive diesel more...

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Always liked them.
Might like a rear wheel drive diesel more...

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After the 1969 Thanksgiving 'MASSACRE'-----ECK and Bunky Knudsen built a similar rig---using the same TORNADO driveline components---

Never came to maket-

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After the 1969 Thanksgiving 'MASSACRE'-----ECK and Bunky Knudsen built a similar rig---using the same TORNADO driveline components---

Never came to maket-

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Now that is something I really old like to have seen. Any old pictures anywhere Gene.
Wasnt it the Olds 400 auto box. They were used on all sorts of American vehicles. I once bought a brand fire new motor and gearbox. Never did use it, but im damned if I can remember what happened to it

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