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rail · April 3rd 09, 01:40 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london

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On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 20:39:55 +0100, Recliner wrote

And I can't remember when I last saw a first generation Ford Escort
from the same era.

My mate a mile up the valley from here has one in his garage.

Of course, if it spends most/all of its time in his garage it rather
proves my point about any other surviving 1960s machines being treated
as preserved equipment, rather than being in full-time use like the 1967
stock.

It is hardly valid to compare a car, built to a design life of ~60,000
miles and ~5 years, with a train, built to a design life of many
millions of miles and ~30 years.

I thought Ford cars of that era were built with a design life of warranty
period plus 1 day...

As opposed to Vauxhalls, which were designed for a life of mean time in
showroom minus 1 week.

The rally boys seem to be notably good at keeping old Frods going, though
how much of the shell is original by now has to be an open question.

AIUI the frod mechanicals were fine (apart from the wipers!) it was the body
which was apparently made from a thin layer of paint with rust sprayed onto
the inside.

As to long-lived stuff, there's a '38 Morris 8 in daily use around here
(as it has been over the last 27 years), and a '30ish Royce 20 which does
at least twice-weekly shopping trips (a 1930 Royce shooting brake parked
outside Aldi is an interesting juxtaposition)

:-)

Nearly bought a Roller once, going remarkably cheap. Trouble is I knew why
it was going cheap and didn't want to meet any of his Italian creditors who
might not have heard about the transfer of ownership.

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Graeme Wall

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