15-12-2018, 01:37 AM
While it is too cold to be out in the garage -- a bit of fun. How old were you when you bought your first 747.5cc side-valve?
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your first 747.5cc side-valve
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15-12-2018, 07:41 AM
47. Bought an entire shed-full. Still have loads of ratty crankcases, some worn-out blocks and some heads. Probably not enough good bits to make 2 good engines. Not sure what to do with them.
15-12-2018, 08:31 AM
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(15-12-2018, 01:37 AM)andrew34ruby Wrote: While it is too cold to be out in the garage -- a bit of fun. How old were you when you bought your first 747.5cc side-valve? If memory serves, about 17 years old when I bought a 1929 Austin Seven 'coach' that had been converted to a utility with a wooden tray behind a steel cab. This is not me but two owners and some years later - rather more battered than when I first found it. 
15-12-2018, 08:44 AM
I was 15 - the car came from John Fitch and is still in my ownership 30 years later.
15-12-2018, 09:43 AM
Morning all. It was 1964 and I was 14 when my father bought me an incomplete 'Super Accessories' special to divert my attention from motor-cycles.
I completed the build and drove it until 1969 when I went off to college and it was swapped for a Vauxhall estate car. The special which was christened 'Coughing Connie' by my then girlfriend still exists in store at a local garage in company with a Mk 1 Pearl. Regards from the creative county - Staffordshire Stuart 
15-12-2018, 10:02 AM
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I was 15 when I bought this in 1969. Only had it a couple of years, but went to visit it last summer.
I was 32 before I bought a seven. 
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15-12-2018, 10:54 AM
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Not unlike mine in 1995 after 10 years of hard work. Mind you I did build a special and bought an NOT Opal in that time
I am always interested in any information about Rosengart details or current owners.
15-12-2018, 11:10 AM
My brother and I were 13 and 14 respectively when in 1973 we blew £75 of our combined saving on AOV 816. Where is it now?
15-12-2018, 11:27 AM
I’m a late starter. 72 years old when I bought my RP.
Need to keep going a few more years to catch up with you early starters! Roger |
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