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General Category => Unusual Microcar Discussion => Topic started by: Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker) on June 01, 2013, 03:16:22 PM

Title: In other Bond News
Post by: Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker) on June 01, 2013, 03:16:22 PM

Wow! Laurie Bond gets an entry in the new Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Sounds like the editors have finally discovered that Britain once had a motoring history.

http://www.lep.co.uk/news/the-name-s-bond-lawrence-bond-1-5723958 (http://www.lep.co.uk/news/the-name-s-bond-lawrence-bond-1-5723958)

Title: Re: In other Bond News
Post by: Barry on August 27, 2013, 05:17:41 PM

Jumping on an old Bond post.

Have we seen this picture before?

Title: Re: In other Bond News
Post by: Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker) on August 27, 2013, 05:51:51 PM

It was originally published alongside a brief road impressions article on the Mark C in The Autocar issue for 2nd December 1955. The article mentioned that the car had no jack and that this was the official procedure for changing the wheel - "causing much amusement among onlookers"