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Roadside repairs..
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When I was 17, an apprentice at Vickers Weybridge, I cycled to work - about 8 miles. Each day I passed a house in Woodham where a forlorn Ruby sat in the driveway. One day it had a For Sale £5 sign on it. I stopped and as our pay was £2 6s 8d a week, bought it for said £5.
Arriving home, told Dad about it and asked for a tow home, as the engine and gearbox were sitting on the remains of the back seat. He politely declined when I told him that the brakes were in another box of bits. My brother who was a few years older offered to tow it home (In Dad's car). We wound a load of old carpet around the bumper of Dad's 1952 Morris Oxford and towed the Ruby home. I didn't have a driving licence, but reasoned that one wasn't needed for the towed vehicle, as it was only a 'trailer'. Anyone seen CCE 954 ??
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Roadside repairs.. - by Ruairidh Dunford - 18-05-2019, 10:16 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Chris KC - 19-05-2019, 07:11 AM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Ruairidh Dunford - 19-05-2019, 09:06 AM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Chris KC - 19-05-2019, 09:24 AM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Bryan Downes - 19-05-2019, 04:01 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Austin Carr - 19-05-2019, 06:50 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Charles P - 19-05-2019, 07:08 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Ruairidh Dunford - 19-05-2019, 07:20 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Ruairidh Dunford - 19-05-2019, 07:33 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by David Stepney - 19-05-2019, 08:44 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Duncan Grimmond - 19-05-2019, 08:53 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Ruairidh Dunford - 19-05-2019, 08:59 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Mike Costigan - 19-05-2019, 09:39 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Ruairidh Dunford - 19-05-2019, 09:49 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Charles P - 19-05-2019, 09:50 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Ruairidh Dunford - 19-05-2019, 09:52 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Viteran - 19-05-2019, 11:10 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Charles P - 19-05-2019, 11:15 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Ian Williams - 20-05-2019, 01:19 AM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Ruairidh Dunford - 20-05-2019, 08:20 AM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Mike Costigan - 20-05-2019, 09:05 AM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Alan - 20-05-2019, 09:08 AM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by "Slack Alice" Simon - 20-05-2019, 09:27 AM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by AllAlloyCup - 20-05-2019, 09:46 AM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Chris KC - 20-05-2019, 10:03 AM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Hugh Barnes - 20-05-2019, 10:18 AM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by "Slack Alice" Simon - 20-05-2019, 12:04 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by David Stepney - 20-05-2019, 12:45 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Duncan Grimmond - 20-05-2019, 06:18 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Chris Garner - 20-05-2019, 06:26 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Ruairidh Dunford - 20-05-2019, 07:31 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Hedd_Jones - 20-05-2019, 08:16 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Alan - 20-05-2019, 08:34 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Roland Alcock - 20-05-2019, 08:35 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Ruairidh Dunford - 20-05-2019, 08:42 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by James Anderson - 20-05-2019, 08:49 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by bob46320 - 20-05-2019, 09:49 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Bill Sheehan - 21-05-2019, 01:04 AM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Ian Williams - 21-05-2019, 06:38 AM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Ruairidh Dunford - 21-05-2019, 07:48 AM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Bruce Nicholls - 21-05-2019, 08:27 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Ruairidh Dunford - 21-05-2019, 08:48 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Bruce Nicholls - 21-05-2019, 08:59 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Rogerfrench - 21-05-2019, 09:09 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Ruairidh Dunford - 21-05-2019, 09:27 PM
RE: Roadside repairs.. - by Bruce Nicholls - 22-05-2019, 11:56 AM

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