Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven

[Bluerover]

Those are some stylish cars!

Sadly the 70s were a terrible time for industrial unrest at British Leyland. Constant strikes and shoddy workmanship. The designs were often beautiful but the finishing in the workplace were often shoddy. The TR7 was another design classic but mechanically very suspect. I was very young at the time but my memory of BL was strike after strike. They also made some terrible cars, including the Allegro and Marina - although I know a fellow classics owner who has kept a lovely Marina on the road.

I love my SD1 and Daimler but the DD6 breaks my heart and my pocket with its unreliability

 

[blue1948]

It sometimes pops up on ITV 4. It has not aged well! However Lewis Collins is just as cool as I remembered and the Capris are still as gorgeous.

Didn't one of the New Avengers have a TR7?

I knew a guy who bought one of the tr7 new and mothballed it to make a fortune .Hahahaha he was a Richard and I was so pleased when they bombed

 

[blue1948]

Good morning all on this beautiful day although slightly overcast we are promised clear skies later
I hope all had a great sleep and an even better day .
Please don't mention chocolate as i am full to the brim. COYB

 

[jazzy]

Sadly the 70s were a terrible time for industrial unrest at British Leyland. Constant strikes and shoddy workmanship. The designs were often beautiful but the finishing in the workplace were often shoddy. The TR7 was another design classic but mechanically very suspect. I was very young at the time but my memory of BL was strike after strike. They also made some terrible cars, including the Allegro and Marina - although I know a fellow classics owner who has kept a lovely Marina on the road.

I love my SD1 and Daimler but the DD6 breaks my heart and my pocket with its unreliability

Yes I was a kid in the 70s and remember Red Robbo leading the B L strikes

 

[Gwladysover]

For law enforcement the only cars to have are the 3.0S Ford Capris as used by Bodie and Doyle ? ?

Loved Martin Shaw as Doyle. Used to get a lift to work in a Ford Capri, not sure what type but it was pale green.

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Loved Martin Shaw as Doyle. Used to get a lift to work in a Ford Capri, not sure what type but it was pale green.

I did too. Definitely preferred Doyle. He's aged well too. They filmed a lot of the Inspector George Gently series up here. I used to engage in a bit of random stalking of the filming! ??

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Sadly the 70s were a terrible time for industrial unrest at British Leyland. Constant strikes and shoddy workmanship. The designs were often beautiful but the finishing in the workplace were often shoddy. The TR7 was another design classic but mechanically very suspect. I was very young at the time but my memory of BL was strike after strike. They also made some terrible cars, including the Allegro and Marina - although I know a fellow classics owner who has kept a lovely Marina on the road.

I love my SD1 and Daimler but the DD6 breaks my heart and my pocket with its unreliability

I passed my driving test in my Dad's Morris Marina Estate. It was that bloody awful light brown/mustardy colour. So 70s!

 

[Toast]

Cracking day down here..

Sadly, I won’t be doing anything as I need to prep for Colonoscopy tomorrow.
Oh the joys..

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Yes I was a kid in the 70s and remember Red Robbo leading the B L strikes

I'm not sure if it is still there but the last TR7 off the line at BL was in a glass case in the car park at Asda in Hunts Cross - where I think the BL factory used to be. Haven't been there for ages so don't know if it has been moved.

 

[Gwladysover]

Morning all, hazy sunshine today but the Easter weather here has been glorious. Shattered after an Easter egg hunt yesterday round at my brother’s for the grandkids. I had the job of hiding the eggs. Previously when I’ve done this after about ten minutes I forget where I’ve put them, so this year wrote down where they were. Trouble was the locations weren’t precise enough and “two in conifers” and “three in flower pots” was fine as far as it went - I wasn’t sure which conifers, flower pots etc were the right ones, added to that I left the list of how many eggs and chocolate bunnies there were at home! I think we found them alllol Hope you all have a great Easter Monday.

 

[Gwladysover]

Cracking day down here..

Sadly, I won’t be doing anything as I need to prep for Colonoscopy tomorrow.
Oh the joys..

Hope everything goes well for you.

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Morning all. Off to Liverpool soon. Just need to pack my work kit for tomorrow, go for fuel and then I'm away. Trying to decide if its an M6 kind of day. Slightly longer but much prettier than the A1 which is utterly soul destroying as roads go.

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Cracking day down here..

Sadly, I won’t be doing anything as I need to prep for Colonoscopy tomorrow.
Oh the joys..

Not sure if "like" is appropriate but good luck tomorrow x

 

[Barnfred 55]

Yes I was a kid in the 70s and remember Red Robbo leading the B L strikes

A mate of mine left his job and went to work for them shortly before they went on strike. When BL decided to close the plant he got sod all redundancy because he'd only been there less than a year and most of that was spent on strike. He quickly got a job at Dunlops but that also closed down shortly afterwards. Hard times for young people living in Speke at that time. We ran two amateur football teams and about a dozen were laid off by Dunlops all at the same time, including my brother.

 

[Barnfred 55]

For law enforcement the only cars to have are the 3.0S Ford Capris as used by Bodie and Doyle ? ?

God Anj you're so predictable. lol Must have been that Convent education.