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Six Wheeler> by andys120
Jan 18, 2009 (3:52 pm)
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Re: Six Wheeler> [andys120] by fintail
Jan 18, 2009 (4:30 pm)
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Replying to: andys120 (Jan 18, 2009 3:52 pm)

Looks like a Pinzgauer
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Re: Six Wheeler> [fintail] by andys120
Jan 18, 2009 (4:43 pm)
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Yep, Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer, don't know what vintage.
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Upright> by andys120
Jan 19, 2009 (9:30 am)
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Re: Upright> [andys120] by fintail
Jan 19, 2009 (7:06 pm)
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Replying to: andys120 (Jan 19, 2009 9:30 am)

Bentley Mk VI...although it could be an R-type, as they are almost identical.
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Re: Upright> [fintail] by andys120
Jan 19, 2009 (7:07 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 19, 2009 7:06 pm)

Bentley VI is correct.
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Re: Upright> [fintail] by magnette
Jan 20, 2009 (12:24 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 19, 2009 7:06 pm)

The R -Type generally has a built out boot (trunk) while the Mk VI like this has a flatter, smaller one.
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Re: Upright> [magnette] by stephen987
Jan 20, 2009 (4:37 am)
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Replying to: magnette (Jan 20, 2009 12:24 am)

I used to work for a Rolls/Bentley restoration shop, and did a little limo service work on the side. Of all the cars that came through our hands, I loved the 'big bore" R-types the best.
 
In the late '80s I had the pleasure of driving a well-maintained but cosmetically imperfect '54 R-type, the last year of the line, from Hilton Head to the Savannah airport, about 50 miles over lowcountry back roads to pick up the car's new owner. I was working against a tight deadline, and that car didn't let me down, despite its retro-tech tires and brakes. It was torquey and surprisingly wieldy. This particular one was an automatic, but I particularly loved the ones that had the four-speed manual, one of the nicest gearboxes I've ever used.
 
Even twenty years later, that car is still magical to me. I can't think of anything from the era that could've done the job better, not even one of the big Jags or the M-B "Adenauer."
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From the movie of the same name> by andys120
Jan 20, 2009 (10:49 am)
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Re: Upright> [stephen987] by fintail
Jan 20, 2009 (10:56 am)
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Replying to: stephen987 (Jan 20, 2009 4:37 am)

I think I know what shop that might be...did they used to have big adverts in Hemmings etc? The name escapes me.

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