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Re: More veterans.... [fintail]
by magnette
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Nov 11, 2008 (3:54 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 11, 2008 2:19 pm)
I'd like to drive in it, too, but with the youngest cars eligible having been built before 1905, it is a little expensive to get a runner...
If any of you guys ever get the chance to come over to see it, it's always on the first Sunday in November - the actual run starts in Hyde Park at 7:00 am, with cars leaving until about 8:15, and they start to arrive in Brighton from about 10:15.
On the day before, there is a Concours in Regent Street, for about 100 of the runners, but the actual run this year had nearly 500 cars taking part the oldest being an 1895 Peugeot, indeed there were 43 cars entered from before 1900...
Although many of the cars are regulars, there were about 50 or so that were first time entrants this year, apparently, so although we generally go every year, there were plenty we hadn't seen before.
It's just great to see such old cars clanking and chugging along - and it is such a variety - steam and electric cars as well as petrol, with about 100 different makes and loads of literally unique models - the Salvesen steaming so cleanly over Westminster Bridge was the only one of those ever built, for a start...
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- #14826 of 16657
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Here comes another one -
by magnette
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Nov 11, 2008 (4:02 pm)
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This was a 1901 Adler - I love the way the modern traffic is mixed in with these old girls - the regular passengers on the passing buses get the whole show on their way to work or whatever...
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- #14827 of 16657
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Re: Here comes another one - [magnette]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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Nov 11, 2008 (4:30 pm)
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Replying to: magnette (Nov 11, 2008 4:02 pm)
Looks considerably more posh than my 1964 Morgan was. 
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- #14828 of 16657
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Re: Here comes another one - [magnette]
by fintail
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Nov 11, 2008 (5:27 pm)
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Replying to: magnette (Nov 11, 2008 4:02 pm)
When was the last time there was any kind of incident between a modern car and one of the veterans?
I'd make the run in a nice Mercedes Simplex, of course.
I've seen several youtube videos of the event...the old cars make such entertaining noises.
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- #14829 of 16657
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Re: Here comes another one - [fintail]
by magnette
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Nov 12, 2008 (1:38 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 11, 2008 5:27 pm)
They have had incidents - the last time I saw the after effects of one was about six years ago, when one of the old cars had been hit by a modern one, as it turned right at a junction - the modern appeared to have driven into the back of it. It was quite badly damaged, but the modern car - a small hatchback - was worse.
I think every year there must be a few near misses, although the police along the way tend to wave the old cars through traffic lights etc..
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- #14830 of 16657
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Re: Here comes another one - [magnette]
by fintail
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Nov 12, 2008 (1:47 pm)
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Replying to: magnette (Nov 12, 2008 1:38 pm)
I am sure the insurance claims rep loved getting a call about an incident with a 100+ year old car 
Around here I have only seen runs of maybe 20s-30s cars, as they can keep up in 30-40mph suburban traffic.
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- #14831 of 16657
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Re: Here comes another one - [fintail]
by magnette
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Nov 12, 2008 (2:08 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 12, 2008 1:47 pm)
It used to be worse, when the support vehicles, etc tended to follow the same route - you would get a parade of 4x4's with trailers, as part of the problem. About ten years ago, they started to instruct them to go by a different route - with mobile phones etc it is always possible to call for assistance, and the old cars just run on the old roads, not the motorway, which goes a good stretch of the way from south London to north Sussex. The old cars run on the original Brighton road, through the towns along the way - they even pass through pedestrianised bits in some towns. And they go right past Gatwick airport - the old A23 road runs down the eastern boundary, directly under the flight path, and past the main entrance... I've only ever seen it in London, either in the suburbs or at Westminster Bridge. I did try the start once, but it was too crowded, whereas you get a pretty good view on the bridge - and its quite an iconic spot, right next to Parliament, with the chimes of Big Ben, etc...
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- #14832 of 16657
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Re: Here comes another one - [magnette]
by fintail
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Nov 12, 2008 (3:25 pm)
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Replying to: magnette (Nov 12, 2008 2:08 pm)
I'd want to hang out at the bridge too, as you say, the backdrop makes the difference, and it would make for some good photos and video. I like seeing the vast differences in cars of that period, and how technology jumped ahead so quickly. The little carriages with their tiny putt-putt engines alongside gigantic chain driven beasts that drone along.
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- #14833 of 16657
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Re: '84 Accord hatchback in white. [fintail]
by lemko
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Nov 14, 2008 (7:26 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 10, 2008 12:00 pm)
If you recall, Chalmers and Skinner tried to pry the "H" off Kearny's Hyundai as a replacement.
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- #14834 of 16657
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Re: '84 Accord hatchback in white. [boomchek]
by lemko
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Nov 14, 2008 (7:28 am)
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Replying to: boomchek (Nov 10, 2008 12:10 pm)
I had a boss who had a teal blue 1984 Honda Accord. He was the best boss I ever had.
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