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British Leyland: the deathmatch (19-05)

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alpenrose
alpenrose
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11:09am, 9 Apr 2019
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Most people I knew with Triumphs were always breaking down.
TRO Saracen
TRO Saracen
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So the TR7. A masterpiece, or a tragic, unreliable rust bucket.

Mate of mine bought an old one, restored it and it's worth big £££'s now, bit of a classic in the eyes of some.
Diogenes
Diogenes
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Mine was okay, and very easy to fix when it did. Plus it was British Racing Green
Dvorak
Dvorak
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A walkover for the E-type Jag, surely? With some support for Land Rover.

First family car I can remember was a dark green Morris Minor. It had a starting handle. From when I was about three. Cried when it was traded in. For a grey Singer Chamois :-o
GregP
GregP
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Singer Chamois being a Hilman Imp with heels and lipstick?
Wriggling Snake
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Depends, are we voting for the best of a rum lot, or the truly indicative* BL car? By indicative I mean the Allegro, Maxi or Princess.

I feel deathmatch invented the indicative votes process that has become de rigueur amongst the members of a certain house. Indicative in that the participant go through a long, tortuous process in order to find something we they all agree on, only to find the final solution is something nobody wanted.

Or has this been said before?
GregP
GregP
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I'd have gone for the Marina as the 'most BL car'. Terrible thing.
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
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Ah yes, I've sat in a Marina, but I think I can beat it, one of my uncles had a Moskovitch, probably for political reasons as much as cost:-

en.wikipedia.org
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
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ok, it's not BL...but a close cousin.
Lizzie W
Lizzie W
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With the Mini being one of the better examples.

About This Thread

Maintained by GregP
Deathmatch CLOSED 18/04/19

GOLD: 1948 Land Rover (Rover)

SILVER: 1962 Triumph Spitfire (Leyland-Triumph)

BRONZE: 1975 Triumph TR7 (BL)
BRONZE: 1959 Mini (BMC; Initially badged as the Morris Mini-Minor and later Austin Se7en then Austin Mini)
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