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I honestly can't remember if sending by sea would be any better - the roads up there simply weren't built to accommodate, say, a 100ft long load once you get off the boat. Getting out of Wick/Scrabster by road to the final destination would be just as hard if not harder than reaching the destination itself by coming up the Braes on the road, I imagine.
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1960 Cadillac. Sooooooo cool. They really don't make 'em like they used to.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284483660696


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Edit: just over 5.7 metres long :shock:
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I like the colour. Single digit MPG or are we in GPM territory?
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Beany wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:17 pm I honestly can't remember if sending by sea would be any better
Ignoring commercial traffic for a mo', a cruise ship goes/has gone from Tilbury stopping off at Scrabster and knowing that annoys me all the more there isn't a car ferry that does similar. It wouldn't even have to go up as far as that, north-ish England would do, far enough to avoid half the main road closures & diversions that run overnight.
Back to those cranes; that was a long ol' drive they had https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Windh ... e0!5m1!1e4
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Sundayjumper wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:48 pm 1960 Cadillac. Sooooooo cool. They really don't make 'em like they used to.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284483660696


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Edit: just over 5.7 metres long :shock:

I prefer that view to the front, and the wheels would have to go, otherwise 8-)
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I'm OK with the wheels, those and the air suspension are just enough bling without going all restomod and ruining it. IMO.

Wifey wants this, which is also lovely in its own way:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363574333095


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I'm struggling to resist, I don't know why, I just am :D

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/12393078
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In before Ascender compares its interior colour scheme to his bowel movements ;)
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Carlos wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:46 am I'm struggling to resist, I don't know why, I just am :D

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/12393078
Have you suffered a recent head injury ?
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Sundayjumper wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:48 pm 1960 Cadillac. Sooooooo cool. They really don't make 'em like they used to.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284483660696


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Edit: just over 5.7 metres long :shock:
I'd rather a 62-63 Caddy or Lincoln Continental but there's a big want for a full size 4 door on airbags.

Have you seen this?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165118471575 ... SwfCZhTbQr
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Mito Man wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 1:13 pm In before Ascender compares its interior colour scheme to his bowel movements ;)
Let's just assume we've all made that joke and move on.

Its a unique shade of brown, of that there's no doubt.
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Sundayjumper wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:06 am I'm OK with the wheels, those and the air suspension are just enough bling without going all restomod and ruining it. IMO.

Wifey wants this, which is also lovely in its own way:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363574333095


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Even by this places standards that's pretty obscure!
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Zonda_ wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 2:41 pm
Sundayjumper wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:06 am I'm OK with the wheels, those and the air suspension are just enough bling without going all restomod and ruining it. IMO.

Wifey wants this, which is also lovely in its own way:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363574333095


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Even by this places standards that's pretty obscure!
Stuff like that is cool. Our wedding car was a friend's 1913 RR Silver Ghost and it was wonderful. It'd sit at 50-60mph all day long on decent A road. A great way to travel the 25 miles from church to the reception venue.
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McSwede wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 4:09 pm
Zonda_ wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 2:41 pm
Sundayjumper wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:06 am I'm OK with the wheels, those and the air suspension are just enough bling without going all restomod and ruining it. IMO.

Wifey wants this, which is also lovely in its own way:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363574333095


Image
Even by this places standards that's pretty obscure!
Stuff like that is cool. Our wedding car was a friend's 1913 RR Silver Ghost and it was wonderful. It'd sit at 50-60mph all day long on decent A road. A great way to travel the 25 miles from church to the reception venue.
You did better than us! We squeezed into an Austin 7, but luckily the drive from church to venue was only a mile. He had to take the front passenger seat out for my legs to fit.
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DeskJockey wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 4:17 pm
McSwede wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 4:09 pm
Zonda_ wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 2:41 pm

Even by this places standards that's pretty obscure!
Stuff like that is cool. Our wedding car was a friend's 1913 RR Silver Ghost and it was wonderful. It'd sit at 50-60mph all day long on decent A road. A great way to travel the 25 miles from church to the reception venue.
You did better than us! We squeezed into an Austin 7, but luckily the drive from church to venue was only a mile. He had to take the front passenger seat out for my legs to fit.
Hightower 😂
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Sundayjumper wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 1:17 pm
Carlos wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:46 am I'm struggling to resist, I don't know why, I just am :D

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/12393078
Have you suffered a recent head injury ?
Absolute bargain for a car with a white background, white background cars (WBCs) usually sell for far more. Snap it up on that basis!
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Sundayjumper wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 1:17 pm
Carlos wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:46 am I'm struggling to resist, I don't know why, I just am :D

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/12393078
Have you suffered a recent head injury ?

Not a recent, no, but probably a permanent; I like it (needs a sunroof though).
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nuttinnew wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:50 pm
Sundayjumper wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 1:17 pm
Carlos wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:46 am I'm struggling to resist, I don't know why, I just am :D

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/12393078
Have you suffered a recent head injury ?

Not a recent, no, but probably a permanent; I like it (needs a sunroof though).
I agree. Didn’t Richard Porter run one for a bit? The underlying DNA is good enough to suspect it would waft but also allow it to provide some limited underpowered enjoyment. And I must confess that piped leather is growing on me.
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Zonda_ wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 2:41 pm Even by this places standards that's pretty obscure!
She hasn't held a lifelong dream of owning a Crossley ! That would certainly be rather niche. It just ticks all the boxes of what she (thinks she) wants:

Pre-war
More than two seats
Not tiny
Convertible

And it has to be "a nice colour", and burgundy over black happens to be her favourite combo.

TBF I rather like it too, but we're a bit short of money & parking space right now :lol:
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ZedLeg wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 2:22 pm Have you seen this?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165118471575 ... SwfCZhTbQr
Strangely that doesn't do it for me, even though it ought to. Maybe it just needs bigger wheels ?

The Airstream RV in the background is fab though 8-)
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