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Jono

Discussion Starter · Dec 27, 2015

I thought I'd started a thread on this chap but can't find it.

He's a motoring journalist with a liking for older cars. His take on the 'green car' is not to buy a new small turboed hatch but to fettle something destined for the scrap yard and keep it going. He has a small fleet of old bangers.

His other interests include 4x4s, electric vehicles and facial hair.

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Garffey

· #149 · Oct 12, 2017

MJL said:
The Lexus is a great improvement on the Bluebird! :skip:

But won't be cheap if it needs repairs I'd suspect....... :frantic:

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Garffey

· #152 · Oct 13, 2017

I'd love that Mk1!!!...... :hug: :inlove:

Garffey

· #156 · Oct 21, 2017

Saw this earlier....

I love 'Hub nuts' video's, but that garage! :frantic: ......

At least it will keep the local burglars away!

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Garffey

· #168 · Nov 3, 2017

Jono said:
I know the Invacar has a place in automotive history and should be simple to rebuild but why not something more worthy of the hard work?

Yes Jono.......I love his capers, but can't really get my head round this one.....Even a Reliant Robin would have been practical at the side of those invacar thingys......

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Garffey

· #180 · Nov 12, 2017 (Edited by Moderator)

Jono said:
I have to accept I'm getting old I found the two motor show reports very interesting. It was good to see such pristine examples of cars from the last 50 year's or so...even the sh!te ones.

Likewise Jono.....I just love looking at the old 60's/70's/80's motors, and where it used to be mainly Fords I looked for, I now find myself looking at all sorts of what were, even back then... Crap!!

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Garffey

· #182 · Nov 16, 2017

Sounds like a lovely 'money pit' when he revs it!!...... :inlove:

To be fair price wise (£120) that's not too far removed from what a new alternator for a Mk3 would cost!... :hug:

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Garffey

· #190 · Dec 1, 2017

Jono said:
It sounds like an MOT failure.

Does to me too Jono, the fact it's a DAF answers many questions :frantic: .....He also mentioned 'delay on the brakes', the 7.5 tonners I've driven would easily catapult you out of the seat if you dipped the clutch too early, so something amiss there.....

Garffey

· #194 · Dec 15, 2017

It's still good watching his 'capers'.....but I just can't get my head around this Invacar resto!...... :nah: :nah:

Garffey

· #212 · Jan 3, 2018

^^^^^ Long overdue, I'm glad to see he finally got his finger out!...... :rofl: :rofl:

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Garffey

· #223 · Jan 11, 2018

I'm still at a loss as to why he's bothering......that last video, just confirms my thoughts....why? :nah:

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Garffey

· #227 · Jan 14, 2018

His latest from the 'Historic Rally Car Register at the British Motor Museum'....

Well worth a watch! :nod: :thumbsup:

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Garffey

· #230 · Jan 21, 2018

^^^....Not a good watch that, but then I guess we've all been there when nothing goes right, and every step seems backwards!.....

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Garffey

· #235 · Jan 25, 2018

Shame about the classics 'rusting in peace' at the roadside!.....

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Garffey

· #237 · Jan 27, 2018

^^^^^^^^^^^Arrrrrrgggghhhhhhh!...... :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Garffey

· #239 · Jan 27, 2018

^^^^^

Kev5 said:
Garffey said:

^^^^^^^^^^^Arrrrrrgggghhhhhhh!...... :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Not keen on the wonderful Phuxhall Phuctra then, Chris? :lol:

You can tell Kev?.....

:rofl: :rofl: :nah: :nah: :nah: :nah:

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Garffey

· #252 · Feb 13, 2018

Steveti said:
The more I watch the more I am drawn to this fella. My god he's no real spanner man and although I can't talk at the moment, that garage needs torched (quite possible in it's current state) or for him to get a bleeding skip and go to town on it. The main thing is that he is a trier and has some good theoretical knowledge. The Invacar has been a hoot IMHO.

I'm with you Steve, some of the crap he buys, and blunders his way through 'repairing' is unique (I think).

Yet it's strangely enjoyable, (apart from the 2cv stuff!.....which the 'closet hippies' will love! :rofl: )

Sorry Kev!....

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Garffey

· #258 · Feb 15, 2018

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Dewi RS said:
Kev5 said:

Ok, ok...I have to admit that from the late 60s to about the mid 70s, I was a long-haired, 19" loon-pants-wearing, tie-dye boy. Not exactly a 'hippie' because I went to college and had a 'proper' and responsible job, but like many of us at this "certain" age I was a young man of the times!

However, like all good things, it didn't last.

Like my old school mate exclaimed last year when we met up for the first time in 47 years..."Blimey, Kev - what happened??"

Good of him... :bored:

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We had our moments eh Kev? Wish I still had the car.

Nice D.... :thumbsup:

This was me in 79/80 (I think)...

Only the bike Cb550 K3....Though although the Reliant Robin was later to become mine!

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Garffey

· #260 · Feb 16, 2018

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Dewi RS said:
Garffey said:

Dewi RS said:

Kev5 said:

Ok, ok...I have to admit that from the late 60s to about the mid 70s, I was a long-haired, 19" loon-pants-wearing, tie-dye boy. Not exactly a 'hippie' because I went to college and had a 'proper' and responsible job, but like many of us at this "certain" age I was a young man of the times!

However, like all good things, it didn't last.

Like my old school mate exclaimed last year when we met up for the first time in 47 years..."Blimey, Kev - what happened??"

Good of him... :bored:

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We had our moments eh Kev? Wish I still had the car.

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Nice D.... :thumbsup:

This was me in 79/80 (I think)...

Only the bike Cb550 K3....Though although the Reliant Robin was later to become mine!

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You do realise this could open the floodgates, Chris?

............... You had a Reliant Robin?? :rofl: :rofl:

Certainly did D!

..... (could never quite stretch to a Scimitar!... :hug: )

It was the best thing to buy for the winter as I didn't pass my car test till late 82!

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Garffey

· #268 · Feb 26, 2018

Jono said:
Kev5 said:

Strange - I didn't see our Garffey - thought we might have seen him wandering around there!

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Yeah, I'd heard he was looking for something small and French with lots of character to replace the Jag.

Aye......

(When hell freezes over!!!!!!!!!....... :hug: ).

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Garffey

· #272 · Feb 28, 2018

Kev5 said:
I'd love to have been part of that convoy - in my own 2CV ! :nod:

I'd have asked my mate Garffey along for the ride too :hug:

Think I'd have had better things to do Kev....sorry,

I have to wash my hair regularly!

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