‘Run Of The Mill’, But Curious For Some Reason

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 8th
2.

I’ve never seen this one there before, in all my immeasurable times passing the street

However, today, l walked past to my parents, after wife had dropped me off at Stanley Ferry’, so l could walk the dog up there

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 18th

ASDA
Glasshoughton (close to 'Xscape' & jct 32/M62)
Castleford

A very tidy looking Astra mk4 estate, on a 'T' prefix
Sorry, no pic, but it was this colour

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 22nd

Ford Focus ‘saloon’!
‘06’ plate, so the Orion name was long gone by then?

It was a nice metallic bronze

Apologies, no photographs, it was just leaving our grounds, as l rode in

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I wasn't quite sure where to put this, but as most cars have some form of anti-theft device


View: https://youtu.be/rWejEiJl3dg?si=8rGR1IWk5k3PAb20

 

[presta]

Unorfordox, with a Ford Cosworth engine.

JLS = Jack Levy Special, he used to work in our drawing office back in the mid 1980s.

 

[Drago]

Monday 18th

ASDA
Glasshoughton (close to 'Xscape' & jct 32/M62)
Castleford

A very tidy looking Astra mk4 estate, on a 'T' prefix
Sorry, no pic, but it was this colour

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Those G Series Astras took a lot of stick from the likes of Clarkson over their use as police cars, but they were brilliant. Very stable and neutral handling, extremely tough, and rusted slower than some of the alternatives.

Conversely the contemporary Focus was a little sharper steering but twitcher and less predicable when on the edge, woefully unreliable in that demanding role, and rusted for fun.

I remember one we had - KX53OHC, if it still exists - a 1.7 TD and we found instructions on the Internet on how to tune it by turning up the mechanical fuel pump. Damn thing absolutely flew!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 13th

Just seen the ‘StreetView’ camera cars drivers appointment, on Snydale Road
(Normanton, Wakefield)

They must be updating the site?

 

[Jameshow]

Unorfordox, with a Ford Cosworth engine.

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JLS = Jack Levy Special, he used to work in our drawing office back in the mid 1980s.

Where did you work.

My dad raced sidecars bitd and was a draughtsman at Foster wheeler petrochemicals.

 

[raleighnut]

Where did you work.

My dad raced sidecars bitd and was a draughtsman at Foster wheeler petrochemicals.

Wouldn't have fancied being the 'Passenger' on that, front exit sidecar.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 13th

Just seen the ‘StreetView’ camera cars drivers appointment, on Snydale Road
(Normanton, Wakefield)

They must be updating the site?

I was driving to Pontefract, then saw it again later, on our lane, whilst returning from a dog walk

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 14th

I’m sure this will help with the stability of the rear end of this Astra??

Pinderfields General Hospital
Wakefield

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 14th

I’m sure this will help with the stability of the rear end of this Astra??

Pinderfields General Hospital
Wakefield

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Whilst some boy-racers/chavs/neds (dependant on your part of the country) put some kind of spoiler/stability device on there vehicle, some with long trailers show them how to really do it!!

(yes!, I do know what’ll be in there)