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The Carchive: The Renault Le Car 2 (5)
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That time of the week has arrived where we briefly put aside all that is new and current, and take a few moments to think back at that which went before. The good, bad and ugly of motoring history. Join me for another visit to The Carchive, Last week we were in late ’80s Italy…
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The Carchive: '87 Fiat X1/9
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Once again it’s time to strap ourselves into the de Haviland Otter Floatplane of knowledge, skim across the cold, murky lake of time and go fishing for something from motoring past, to be dredged up from the depths of automotive history. Welcome back to The Carchive. Recently I’ve had enough of England, frankly, so today…
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The Carchive: The Humber Super Snipe
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It’s drizzling and overcast outside and the downstairs of my house is littered with camping equipment. Yes, I have a 712 mile road trip ahead of me and am leaving in about four hours time. Before that, we’ve just enough time to don our rubber trousers and wade through the primordial soup that is motoring…
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The Carchive: The MG RV8
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I’ve got my bolt-cutters and flashlight, please join me with your balaclava and soft soled shoes so we can quietly break into the abandoned Leisure Centre of time and throw ourselves down the wobbly waterslide of motoring past. Welcome, once again, to The Carchive. Last week we looked at Rover Groups great white hope for…
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The Carchive: The MGF
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The ticket machine has spluttered out a cheap-rate fare and the windswept platform is bare. In the distance approaches a clanking, decaying locomotive and a rake of moribund, down at heel coaches. Let’s board the train of weary discovery and take a trip along the buckled rails of motoring past. Welcome back to The Carchive.…
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The Carchive: '81 Pontiac Acadian
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I received an exciting telegram from the expedition team last weekend- while charting the cave we have come to know as the Lesser Chamber, a fissure was found in the rock which opened into a hitherto unknown void, and they could scarcely believe what they found in there. Welcome back to The Carchive. We remain…
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The Carchive: '93 Mercury Cougar XR7
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Where I’m sitting, we’re done for another workday week. The sticky, polyester 9-5 shirt and tie are coming off, the pipe bowl is being stuffed with rough shag and a favourite tipple is being poured into a lead crystal glass, with perhaps a few chips of ice to add a little decorative frost. And to…
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The Carchive: The Ford L-Series
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It’s time once again to take a deep breath, put a clothes peg on our collective nose and make our way into the foetid, rancid swamp of the automotive past, before plunging our arms into the thick, treacly gloop and pulling out whatever slimy artefact we find. Welcome back to The Carchive. For this week’s…
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The Carchive: Maserati Biturbo 222 and 430
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Once again Friday is upon us, for which we let out a collective hurricane of relaxed exhalation. In the dusty parking lot in which I type this, the sun is beating down and I’m in a really good mood. It’s also my birthday, and as has become customary this means airing one of the more…
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The Carchive: The Bedford HA Van
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With the sun ploughing through solid diagonal bars of rain like some great biblical battle of the elements, It’s time to sit in my steamy old Audi and ponder once again on the subject of cars long forgotten. Welcome back to The Carchive. Last week we were looking at a product of Chrysler Europe, seasoned…
