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by buggypete
Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:15 am
Forum: Buggy Talk
Topic: Bruce's Story in Top Gear Magazine
Replies: 8
Views: 3909

Re: Bruce's Story in Top Gear Magazine

thats clarkson for you,nowt good came out of doncaster
by buggypete
Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:07 pm
Forum: Buggy Talk
Topic: Bruce's Story in Top Gear Magazine
Replies: 8
Views: 3909

Re: Bruce's Story in Top Gear Magazine

i sent an email to the top gear office informing them of the impending visuit of the buggy godfather.but didn,t get a responce from them,it was a very nice weekend in the spring sunshine.even suggested a return trip from bruce to the goodwood festval of speed and some obscure other hill climb in the...
by buggypete
Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:35 pm
Forum: Manx Club Calendar
Topic: V.W. Classic
Replies: 1
Views: 1241

been a couple of times but its a fair few thousand miles too far.i,d apreciate any pictures of the club stand and swapmeet if anyone fancys taking thier box brownie along!last time i attended my brother and me were treated with outstanding hospitality
by buggypete
Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:51 am
Forum: Buggy Talk
Topic: Manx Kick Out...
Replies: 23
Views: 4819

what make are the slotmags on the new kick out?any idea how much?
by buggypete
Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:56 pm
Forum: Buggy Talk
Topic: mucho thank you,s
Replies: 1
Views: 641

mucho thank you,s

just a quick thanks to bruce for the autograph that he gave to dave jones.its now framed and has got pride of place on my wall.even managed to keep mucky paw marks of it.keep the faith and have fun drivin you plastic fantastic creations.
by buggypete
Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:36 pm
Forum: Buggy Talk
Topic: What's Up
Replies: 19
Views: 4033

gonna try and get the rebuilt 1641 back in my swb tube chassised gp.at least get the clutch/throttle cable sorted on my rail.and get my lwb fibre fab back on a set of wheels(cant make my mind up which style)and evict the local stray moggy thats been sleeping in my bucket seats in the garage(bloomin ...
by buggypete
Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:22 pm
Forum: Buggy Talk
Topic: Nice old Ozzie home movie...1971...
Replies: 3
Views: 1060

that does it ive got to get either the fibre fab back on theroad or get the rail up and running soon.there,s a stretch of soggy sand calling my name
by buggypete
Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:29 pm
Forum: Buggy Talk
Topic: 1963 Aircooled Fiberglass Buggy
Replies: 27
Views: 6022

mel your going to have to renew your passport and come up north.ill take you over to a mate of my dads for a natter.he,s got a jeep,an austin champ,2 vw powered snowcats,an argocat,3 alvis stalwarts,a big 6x6 american army truck.and he,ll explain the beauty of spray elastomers as well. oh an ill mak...
by buggypete
Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:22 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Merry Christmas Everyone
Replies: 6
Views: 2493

merry crimbo mel ,hope wife and sprogs aren,t driving you insane.ive been doing some stress bustin with my mates loading shovel.its great hitting oil drums with 7 tons of JCB.if the weather holds up ill be in the back yard boxing day with furry fingers sticking the nose back on my gt shell.hope next...
by buggypete
Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:04 pm
Forum: Manx Club Calendar
Topic: Critical alert in UK
Replies: 16
Views: 3058

for all others out there ,this is what is called good old british humor.monty rattlesnake and all that!
by buggypete
Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:14 pm
Forum: Dune Buggy Tech Center
Topic: James Garner Race Manx
Replies: 10
Views: 2061

i once did a spectacular reverse spin turn,in a mini.didnt quite go correctly as i had a bigger tyre on one side.as the car spun round the big tyre gripped and flipped the mini a full 360 landing on the passenger side.i casually climbed out the window.flipped the car back on its wheels,checked that ...
by buggypete
Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:15 pm
Forum: Manx Club Calendar
Topic: urgent request!
Replies: 12
Views: 2572

i can grump for england,not sure about no bandito,s local shops/off licence,s and even mc donalds have been held up lately.i used to love being up north away from the sc#m in manchester and down south.even my mate,s chickens got nicked from his farm and im getting paranoid about leaving my house to ...
by buggypete
Mon May 29, 2006 4:52 pm
Forum: Manx Club Calendar
Topic: urgent request!
Replies: 12
Views: 2572

urgent request!

somebody send the uk some sunshine!its absalutly miserable over here,i fired up my fibrefab for the first time this year and it hasn,t stopped raining since.im going to have to drill some extra holes in the base of my seats and floorpan to stop everything turning into a paddling pool. just to help t...
by buggypete
Fri May 19, 2006 7:08 pm
Forum: Dune Buggy Tech Center
Topic: Mel Hubbard's new Kubelwagen...
Replies: 22
Views: 3988

i do like californians ,but my ff mk3 is my all time favourite.despite it looking very shabby.mel s,kubel suffers from the unfortunate situation that most of the people who say they want one never have any money.mel can not survive on resin fumes alone
by buggypete
Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:07 pm
Forum: Buggy Talk
Topic: A new one to me
Replies: 31
Views: 4887

mel,s never brewed up yet!always gets his misses to do it.ill be down in the flatlands 2 weeks time,bin buyin hustlers of e bay.