Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels
- Thread starter Alzero
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Exmoor beast
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- Minehead,Somerset, ENGLAND OF COURSE
chrisk
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- Brisbane, Australia
Makes PLC’s Lincoln Lawyer look like a Paralegals shopping cart!
Andy J
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- Isle of Man
Sir Sidney Ruffdiamond
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- Cotwolds
A few from todays Classic parade in Funchal 
3CBRG
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- Northern California
Been a long while since I've seen one of these with proper headlights. US Version wrecked the look by subbing in four round lenses.
The one I had in Sydney had electric clutch, activated by gear lever. Way ahead of it's time.
Sir Sidney Ruffdiamond
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Which one ?
The Sock
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- London, England
Mixed bag at The Huntsman, this evening.
3CBRG
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- Northern California
1962 220 SE
Exmoor beast
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- Minehead,Somerset, ENGLAND OF COURSE
Got chatting to the guy that owns this Lambro lorry- Lambretta 200cc 1972. Fancooled motor has the winter hose missing, air that cools motor is feed into cab as a heater! All good until exhaust leaks. Nice bloke lifted up back end for me to photo engine. I’d never seen one before.
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andre g
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I love the Ape
Alzero
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- DaNang Vietnam
Didn’t the early air cooled VWs use the same heaters? 356 Porsches too?
andre g
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yes, the VW Beatle and the early Porsches used the exhaust to warm the cabin by so called heat elements around the exhaust. It was dangerous when they leaked…
chrisk
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- Brisbane, Australia
That’d be a cool thing if it had a serious motor in it. Probably a handful as it is though, but nothing a slider under each front corner of the cab wouldn’t fix
Or the burning oil smell if you had leaking push rod tubes. The engine cooling fan was also the heater fan so you had o keep the revs up in cold/damp weather if you wanted even a hint of heat/demisting.
chrisk
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I got bumped to the first page of the thread somehow.
After all your travels around the world, what’s been your favourite place, and when you decide to put your roots down, where will that be?
There was a small knob on the floor of the 1964 Beetle my family owned when I was a kid that turned the heater on, must have engaged that heater duct somehow. Did my license test in a Beelte, tell that to all other kids now driving Automatics. Apparently, you need a specific endorsement on your licence to drive a manual car.
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Can you drive manual with automatic license Australia?
If you have a driver's licence for an automatic car (C-A class) you will need to apply to upgrade your licence to a C class to be able to drive a manual car. If you're looking to get your driver's licence for the first time, visit our get your licence to drive a car page.7 May 2024
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Can you drive manual with automatic license Australia?
If you have a driver's licence for an automatic car (C-A class) you will need to apply to upgrade your licence to a C class to be able to drive a manual car. If you're looking to get your driver's licence for the first time, visit our get your licence to drive a car page.7 May 2024
chrisk
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It’s a weird phenomenon Vince.
My two girls both learned to drive in manuals, but no matter how much I tried, they both opted for Auto only licenses
