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Riley for Pom Bellett
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:55 am
by yellowperil
Hi Pom B
I know you've got lots on just now but thought I'd put up another Riley from Tasmania for you - a 1937 Brooklands Special Replica.
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Re: Riley for Pom Bellett
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:50 pm
by Pombellett
Nice one YP, it's a bit like mine, but a lot smarter, I'll try and dig a pic out soonish. I wonder when all those Riley specials took the long journey to Aussie? In the meantime is a pic of the MG M Type special my father built in the 1950s.
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When he bought it, it was just a load of bits in a few tea chests with no body. He's happy to admit he just "made it up as he went along" and I think it turned out pretty well, sadly you can't see the boat tail here but that's made from a Morris bonnet and a WW2 plane's drop tank!!
He still uses it regularly. Although I think that's a young me at the wheel in this pic!