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Yeah Paul, how does that work? Did you own those when you were in NE? or at some other time in the US? Or did you have them shipped over? I can't imagine GM exporting back then but I really have no idea. The LeMans and Barracuda were actually over here in England. The Pontiac came from a serviceman on one of the U.S. airbases, as did a '79 Chrysler LeBaron I had as well. Never bothered to go to the expense of shipping a car over myself. American cars aren't exactly plentiful over here, but there are enough around that those of who are enthusiasts can find something suitable within the country. So you can legally drive a car on your roads with the wheel on the wrong side? Yep, no restrictions at all. You find the odd MoT inspector (annual vehicle test) who will grumble about silly things like the different arrangement of lights, but you can always just go elsewhere and find a more sensible one!
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Restoring vintage tractors, vintage engines, vintage generators, vintage trucks, vintage plant, crystal radios and of course both my Chevy Blazer M1009 cucv's.
Yes I use one as my everyday car, yes it turns heads over here and yes when I go on site to a breakdown everyone comes over to ask about it.
They aren't that common over here.
Although i'm an electrician I now work as a fitter for an elevated work platform hire company.
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Woodworking, fishing, working on old houses,(ours) gardening, family, my 67 HD FLH, hot sauces and food, and electrical forums. I must quit work so I can spend more time on things that are important. Roger
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any of you guys in U.K. that can give me an e-mail addy or mailing addy for vintage motorcycle parts outlets? specifically, royal enfield and norton. thanks a bunch.
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Paintball! There is nothing that releaves tension like going out into the woods and shooting your best freind. It's about the only exercise that I get anymore.
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Brewing beer, teaching, martial arts, vintage horror movies. I actually have over 80 pre-1970 horror DVD's. I enjoyed watching the 1925 silent version of "The Phantom of the Opera" last night, as a matter of fact
Ryan Jackson, Salt Lake City
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Ryan, Is that the one with Lon Chaney in it?.
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I like collecting and watching old movies as well, anything from the classic musicals to the British Ealing comedies of the 1940s/1950s. I love the old B-feature sci-fi pics, and the low-budget type of film, such as all the Annette & Frankie Avalon beach movies that American International turned out in the 1960s. They're like being transported back to a simpler, more innocent time for an hour or two of escapism.
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Hobbies: Computers - user, not a guru Music - I am a guru in this category, however. Aviation - currently designing my own airplane, but not guru status yet. Electricity - unemployed and no contractors license makes for yet another hobby. Besides, the more I learn about it, the less confidence in myself do I get...
Considering becoming a male prostitute.
Things are really slow here...
-Virgil Residential/Commercial Inspector 5 Star Inspections Member IAEI
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