Houchens Head
Fairly well known member from Malvern
Is it illegal now?
New car. (1 Viewer)
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skyblueinBaku
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I remember that dip switch. There was one on my Morris Minor.
duffer
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Just seen as a bit dicey, I think. I used to hitch-hike to Wales from Cov every couple of weeks to go climbing. I reckon I still know every lay-by on the A5, it was rarely a fast journey!
Still see some of the car delivery drivers on trade plates trying for lifts on the motorway junctions, tough old job that.
duffer
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If you got the revs right you could use it instead of the clutch.
It was the first car I ever drove, slightly illlegally, when moving my old man's ex-GPO van round the entry.
Second (when I was about 15) was his Chrysler 2 Litre (a posh version of the 180, if anyone remembers them). I took it round the block when he was kipping on the sofa, half way round met the insurance man coming the other way, who waved cheerfully and let me through.
I had to race back to get to the door first, and then make sure after that I always answered first when he called. If he'd mentioned to my dad that he'd seen me driving I'd have been for it!
Happy days!
ovduk78
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[QUOTE="Houchens Head, post: 1761910, member: 1833"And does anyone remember the floor mounted dip switch?[/QUOTE]
I had a Mk 1 Escort that had a switch to the left of the clutch. I am sure it was either to put water on the windscreen or to make the windscreen wipers go back and forth just once, it was a long time ago so I could be wrong?!
I had a Mk 1 Escort that had a switch to the left of the clutch. I am sure it was either to put water on the windscreen or to make the windscreen wipers go back and forth just once, it was a long time ago so I could be wrong?!
OffenhamSkyBlue
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Apparently in Cuba, if you were lucky/rich enough to be able to buy a new car after they relaxed the import restrictions, it is the law that you HAVE to pick up a hitchhiker if you see one. Unless they're a foreign tourist, then you get thrown in jail!