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Re: Velorex - Streeeeetch
« Reply #15 on: August 27, 2013, 09:30:18 PM »
Or rather the mark of the beast. Quite appropriate really!

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Re: Velorex - Streeeeetch
« Reply #16 on: August 27, 2013, 09:33:14 PM »
i did say i wouldn't ..... but someone will know if the numbers still around - i bet the car isn't
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Re: Velorex - Streeeeetch
« Reply #17 on: August 27, 2013, 09:39:14 PM »
or preserved and restored Chris !

my last contribution on this topic - it's not new and it's not clever  :( i'll give you one guess where this stretched Bond is now - and the best place for it

oh and how mags and copiers have improved over the years

I'm guessing it got scrapped!
Mags have improved over the years. Our one for example has changed beyond recognition and has broader appeal although I have to admit that when I look through my back issues most of my favourites are from the Mike Shephard era probably because our taste in microcars are similar and the mags just have a basic raw no frills appeal.

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Re: Velorex - Streeeeetch
« Reply #18 on: August 27, 2013, 09:52:04 PM »
Or rather the mark of the beast. Quite appropriate really!

In modern popular culture, 666 has become one of the most widely recognized
symbols for the Antichrist or, alternatively, the Devil.
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Re: Velorex - Streeeeetch
« Reply #19 on: August 27, 2013, 09:56:41 PM »
as said seems to sum up the person that would do such a thing

straying i know but it's a rubbish topic barry so i dont feel too guilty  :D :D :D

 i agree in a way bob  . when i first had my Trojan the mag was much more amateurish and i used to spend ages cutting and pasting - LITERALLY . we used to have home made and very amateur quizzes and individually typed letters in different typefaces . i find even now a subject will come up and i can actually recall the way it looked on the page 20 years ago . times had to change i know that. unfortunately what happened is that editorship became limited and now editors must be very technical people - and i am not . luckily despite all the warnings lack of a club editor rarely actually seems to come to the crunch . Thank Goodness for them ! :)

agree too about earlier RUM for me anyway - old and unusual
outside of a dog a book is mans best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read .Groucho Marx 1895-1977

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Re: Velorex - Streeeeetch
« Reply #20 on: August 27, 2013, 10:21:54 PM »
Or rather the mark of the beast. Quite appropriate really!

In modern popular culture, 666 has become one of the most widely recognized
symbols for the Antichrist or, alternatively, the Devil.

Agreed Rob, in modern popular culture.

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Re: Velorex - Streeeeetch
« Reply #21 on: August 28, 2013, 04:06:59 PM »
We have been suffering from a bout of this on the Isetta forum with Americans talking about engine transplants and turbo chargers on there Isettas. Please, if a vintage microcar doesnt suit your needs, buy something else that does and sell you microcar to some one who will appreciate it for what it is.

I am absolutely in agreement with Bob on this, but I couldn't resist sharing these completely impractical but beautifully rendered digital custom isettas.

http://www.ollierkkila.com/
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Re: Velorex - Streeeeetch
« Reply #22 on: August 28, 2013, 04:53:26 PM »
some people need no encouragement .IF there is an upside to the higher prices recently it may be that people won't wreck them
outside of a dog a book is mans best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read .Groucho Marx 1895-1977