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Brilliant! :)
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and:
No Water!
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My 911 has 10 of those 'No's', 11 inc No Water.
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Stumbled across the Morris Garage while pedalling round Oxford yesterday. The first bullnose Morris Oxfords were assembled here

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And, of course, MG stands for Morris Garages...
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Yep, lots of histrory round that neck of the woods. The BMC Competitions Department at Abingdon where the Big Healeys and Monte Minis were prepared has been reclad and is now a DHL Warehouse but is still there (no blue plaque though)

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Great picture of the minis, are they Dunlop SP44s? Showing my age!
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They may well be. Where's Dougal when you need him? Would love to rally a Mini

Some more pictures from Block-B here:

https://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/t ... ks-photos/

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Very nice DS spotted in Masham today … apologies for the poor pic

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Out and about In Edinburgh for a few days, saw a Chesil earlier looking cool through town and a few other vehicles of note

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Lowther castle near Penrith and the famous 'Yellow Earl'

Spent all the family money on yellow rolls royces :lol: ... and reportedly founder of the AA ( hence the AA colours )

http://www.thevintagemagazine.com/arts-culture/2356/

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hot66 wrote: Sat Aug 05, 2023 9:44 pm Very nice DS spotted in Masham today … apologies for the poor pic

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DS or ID, how do you tell.
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