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« Reply #1875 on: September 28, 2009, 05:36:26 pm » |
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Hhmmpph... I'm stumped.  I'd have hazzarded a guess at a pack of cheeky little Frazer Nashes, but the marque is so inextricably linked with sodomy it cannot be that. The grilles don't slope sufficiently for Lea Francis, so I can only think of Riley. The trouble with Riley is the little known "unnatural affection" towards avifauna held by the eponymous company founder Percy Riley. The names of the cars are a giveaway of "the love that dare not squawk it's name". The Riley "Gamecock" is the most obvious hint of the deviance beheld within the company, but you could just as easily have a Riley Kestrel, Falcon or Lincock. It's not an uncommon practice, I had a friend in Sutton Coldfield many years ago, who used to get a hard-on, put a little pile of Trill on the helmet of his winkle and get his mum's budgerigar to walk up and down the shaft digging in his little claws and pecking away. Apparently it was very nice. The Riley was one of the most successful racing cars of the late 1920s and early 1930s, particularly in hill climbs and at Le Mans, providing a platform for the success of motorsports' first women racing drivers like Kay Petrie and Dorothy Champney. It was later discovered at a Brooklands meeting in 1939 that these two ladies were in fact MEN DRESSED UP AS FLAPPERS! Indeed, Champney was discovered to have been racing with an Amazonian Macaw parrot up his/her skirt. Fortuitously, Hitler invaded Poland the next day and the whole filthy scandal was overshadowed and remained forgotten until I made it up this afternoon. So H, I say Riley, but for a bonus point, you're wrong about the animal buggery. |
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« Reply #1876 on: September 28, 2009, 06:00:45 pm » |
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Trill!!??
What the f***'s wrong with Mrs Ellswoods Sweet Herring Paste? He sounds like a real deviant alright. One of the most dangerous kind. A friend of mine reckoned he was rebuilding a Riley Takeitupthearselikeaman, and although I never got to see the final results it's all beginning to make sense now.
I'm not really very good at giving clues, I'm more inclined to scratch my head, and then just blurt it out. So a bit of self restraint is required. I don't mean in a sort of 'Bronson' manner, just a little control, that's all.
You're hopping along the right pen1s when you mention Frazer Nash, but I don't think there was any real cross fertilisation. A chap with a clipboard and a pair of brogues told me that they'd had a class win at Le Mans, but I think he thought I was a tw*t. I can't find evidence of a class win, but they do have a good record at LM, and also at the Spa 24h.
Think A3.
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Brooklands is famous for it mate. The Pet Shop boys are down there every Friday night, under the bridge. They'll put a leather strap on your bonnett for a very good price.
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« Reply #1877 on: September 28, 2009, 07:07:17 pm » |
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Think A3.
A3? Conqueror?  Surely not Audi? I know the Cabrio's a bit, well, hanky-up-cuff but...  Or are you referring to some sort of "Kingston Special", they were all at it round there, they had their own Dunlop bridge you know.  I digress... HWM? Allard? I give up... |
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« Reply #1878 on: September 29, 2009, 08:56:49 am » |
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To avoid any more distress to pet birds, maybe i have the answer BiggyH is looking for, could it be a HRG 1½ Litre.
The little chap with the clipboard was right a HRG won the 1-1/2 litre class at Le Mans in 1939.
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Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better.
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« Reply #1879 on: September 29, 2009, 12:28:05 pm » |
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Correct Nordic, you just saved Peter the Budgie from a fate worse than death.
I was surprised to discover that they were made just a stones throw from my place. It must have been wild round here in the sixties, - AC just round the corner, Frazer-Nash down the road and all sorts going on in Colnbrook. And now Mercedes owns Brooklands!
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« Reply #1880 on: October 01, 2009, 05:12:45 pm » |
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H - Heron
R - Rogering
G - Gays
I rest my cage...
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« Reply #1881 on: October 03, 2009, 12:35:31 am » |
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I'm back - sorry been drinking  Here is a good question, what endurance race have the dutch won for the last 4 years? |
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« Reply #1882 on: October 03, 2009, 08:45:30 am » |
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I guess the drinking one.  |
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 This film should be played at high volume, so don't come complaining about it! And who the hell is Steve? |
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« Reply #1883 on: October 03, 2009, 10:34:43 am » |
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I guess the drinking one. yea I know they are good at that and I'm sure they would win, but that was not the endurance race I was talking about. try again, |
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« Reply #1884 on: October 03, 2009, 12:27:36 pm » |
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Spa ?
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« Reply #1885 on: October 03, 2009, 01:25:42 pm » |
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« Reply #1886 on: October 03, 2009, 02:20:40 pm » |
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is it a trick question, Neil No - a very serious question, and very interesting (well I think it is) Let me know if you need a bigger hint. It is motoring related. |
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« Reply #1887 on: October 03, 2009, 05:18:43 pm » |
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Is it the Vingt Quatre Heurs du Tracteur Pulling? Its not one of the Macau races is it? |
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« Reply #1888 on: October 03, 2009, 06:20:53 pm » |
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Is it the Vingt Quatre Heurs du Tracteur Pulling? Its not one of the Macau races is it? No so a hint, it is due to be run this month and has entry's from all around the world. And the Dutch are aiming to win for the 5th year. Come thats so easy..................... |
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« Reply #1889 on: October 03, 2009, 10:00:43 pm » |
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Another very big hint - check facebook |
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