Mundane News

[tyred]

Admiring, or wondering how it had survived?

A bit of both I suppose. There's no doubt it was a cut above other small family cars of the time like the Opel Kadett or the MKIII Escort. They were very reliable if rustprone too. It was a Honda after all.

The downside would be that every time I see one, the image that comes to mind is

 

[cookiemonster]

New Tesco range?

 

[classic33]

New Tesco range?

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I'll keep an eye open for those later today. See how well they're selling.

 

[Reynard]

New Tesco range?

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Never mind their "Finest" range, now introducing their "X-Rated" range...

 

[Speicher]

Any Hillman Imp fans? Didn't they have an aluminium engine block? I melted one down at school in the tiny foundry to produce an entirely worthless sculpture mounted on a lovely piece of yew. Ah....youthful pretention.

Yes, I had a Hillman Imp California (n?). Yes they had an aluminium block.

 

[classic33]

Somewhere outside there's at least one owl hooting its head off. This in turn seems to be annoying some dogs, who in turn are barking at the owl.

No howling/owling from the dogs, yet.

 

[rockyroller]

We're hovering around the mid-80s here in south east England but it's due to climb later in the week. Our Augusts are usually a pretty wet affair with lots of cumulonimbus clouds but so far we've had virtually no rain this month. So it's cooler here than where you are but really not normal at all for this bottom corner of our island. Out in the countryside yesterday it was striking just how parched the land has become.

little water here too. outdoor watering of any kind is banned right now. can't walk barefoot on some grass here. dried hard & sharp, like walking over razor blades

 

[Reynard]

Another evening spent mounting and labeling photos - this batch from the 1989 British F3 championship. And a bit of additional digging online means I've managed to attribute a photographer to four of them.

Result.

I should add that over the years, a fair bit of stuff has been diverted in my direction, but invariably, a good chunk of it needs additional research. People typically omit the important stuff like where, when, what publication, who took the photo... Having said that, doing the research is actually quite good fun. And very satisfying when you finally nail it.

 

[rockyroller]

Somewhere outside there's at least one owl hooting its head off. This in turn seems to be annoying some dogs, who in turn are barking at the owl.

No howling/owling from the dogs, yet.

View: https://youtu.be/YaFHqIFZhAo

 

[Reynard]

Right, off to bed go I.

Nunnight one and all xxx

 

[Speicher]

 

[biggs682]

Morning all , another sunny start to the day outside.
First job completed

 

[biggs682]

First cuppa going down well
Garden birds have been fed

 

[Illaveago]

Any Hillman Imp fans? Didn't they have an aluminium engine block? I melted one down at school in the tiny foundry to produce an entirely worthless sculpture mounted on a lovely piece of yew. Ah....youthful pretention.

The engine was designed by Coventry Climax and went to the Rootes Group in a take over .

 

[PeteXXX]

It's my blood donoring day today... 🏥