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september 2nd 1963 bournemouth
« on: October 10, 2012, 08:45:19 AM »
Any guesses what happened to my gordon ukr 696 there and then - and because of what occurred what inevitably happenned on 31dec 1963
« Last Edit: October 10, 2012, 08:52:02 AM by lightweight dickie »
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Re: september 2nd 1963 bournemouth
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2012, 09:04:15 AM »
Your Gordon broke down in Bournemouth on September 2nd and you managed to push it all the way home, arriving hungry, thirsty, cold and tired on 31/12/63. But what we REALLY want to know is about all those rumours of what you did while pushing Gordon through Milton Keynes!

Seriously though: how about, er, "fun" and/or engagement in Sept and marriage in dec?
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Re: september 2nd 1963 bournemouth
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2012, 10:06:11 AM »
Well I was a lad of 6 and gordon was 8
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Re: september 2nd 1963 bournemouth
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2012, 10:08:58 AM »
Birthdays/anniversaries?
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Re: september 2nd 1963 bournemouth
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2012, 10:16:54 AM »
Nope think of gordon in the buff
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Re: september 2nd 1963 bournemouth
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2012, 10:35:50 AM »
It got a speeding ticket from Father Christmas
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Re: september 2nd 1963 bournemouth
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2012, 10:43:50 AM »
Quote from: lightweight dickie on October 10, 2012, 10:16:54 AM
Nope think of gordon in the buff

Brown?
Ramsey?
Bennett?

No thanks!

OK so the body fell off in Bournemouth and got mangled, or got hit by a low flying plane at Hurn airport. New body ordered and finally fitted on Dec 31st
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Re: september 2nd 1963 bournemouth
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2012, 11:23:55 AM »
Hadn't realised that the question was so taxing
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Re: september 2nd 1963 bournemouth
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2012, 11:31:03 AM »
Sept you returned from the continent in a Bristol Type 170 Freighter, landing at Hurn with Gordon packed to the gunwhales with Duty Free Hooch for your New Year's Eve Party?*


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Re: september 2nd 1963 bournemouth
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2012, 12:12:47 PM »
It was a really tough conundrum. Here is my guess:
In 1963 sales of bubble cars like the Isetta declined and sales of bigger cars like the Mini picked up, not least of all for reasons related to shall we say 'politics'? In 1964 the production of the Isetta in Brighton was discontinued as it made less sense to buy one. Right?
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Re: september 2nd 1963 bournemouth
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2012, 12:21:11 PM »
Was the 31st Dec 1963 the last time your Gordon UKR 696 was allowed unrestrained outdoor exercise before being condemned to a period of hibernation?
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Re: september 2nd 1963 bournemouth
« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2012, 12:25:41 PM »
Quote from: wilksie on October 10, 2012, 12:21:11 PM
Was the 31st Dec 1963 the last time your Gordon UKR 696 was allowed unrestrained outdoor exercise before being condemned to a period of hibernation?

Far too sensible! Yup could be this.
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Re: september 2nd 1963 bournemouth
« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2012, 12:30:04 PM »
Your Gordon is a three-wheeler, isn't it?
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Re: september 2nd 1963 bournemouth
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2012, 12:47:48 PM »
Spot on wilksie the gordon 3 wheeler came off the road no later than dec 1st 1963 - just over 49 years ago ! It will definetly be back within the next few months - gordon has left home and I am working on him at evening classes !just dug out the old buff logbook and v5 its never been sorned.sorry marcus that it wasn't more interesting but the clues were there - a period of 4 months,buff and tax
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Re: september 2nd 1963 bournemouth
« Reply #14 on: October 10, 2012, 12:53:18 PM »
Oh well! A pack of Tunnocks Tea Cakes to Wilksie as a prize then?!

Glad to hear it's on its way back to life.
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