A sturdy pair of legs

[hirez]

[Poll #1768066]

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[quercus.livejournal.com]

I don't even remember the theme to the Professionals.

I do remember Wolfrace slot mags though, and the surprisingly garden-shed like building (somewhere Pontypoolish) that they turned them out from. Went past it randomly one day and there's the sign, "Wolfrace wheels, home of the aspirational tank-top for Capris since 1972", and it's on a tattered looking Nissen hut.

[sarah-mum.livejournal.com]

Well of course I know what a Capri is, and that a vinyl roof doesn't show your double chin in unflattering reflection.
I tried to rememeber the Professionals teme tune, but got stuck in The Sweeney instead.

[venta.livejournal.com]

[*] I'm ok with cars but crap at telly.

[nalsa.livejournal.com]

Oh, so *that's* a slot mag. I thought it was some peculiar euphamism for pr()n.

[whizzerandchips.livejournal.com]

If it was a mark 1 I'd whistle the Sweeny choon.

If it was a Mark 1 1600GT in pale blue with Vinyl roof I'd find the owner and start negotiations to get my much loved old car back.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

I am minutes away from explaining the entire post with pictures culled from the internets, but the only examples I can find of a ratty Amazon estate with proper ancient slot mags won't load in-page, which is a great shame because it looks utterly splendid.

On the other hand, it wouldn't make sense to most people because, ugh, cars.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

I wish I'd bought that mk1 Granada coupe. On the other hand, I was skint and had nowhere to put it.

[girfan.livejournal.com]

I know what a Capri is but didn't grow up with The Professionals so can't tick a box. :(

[ms-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I am loving the reruns of the Professionals on ITV4 - especially Mr Cowley as I also really love Hudson as well.

[thepaintedone.livejournal.com]

*GRANADA CRASHES THROUGH WINDOW!!!!!*

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

DUH DA DA

DUH DUH DA DA, DA DADADA DADA

DUH DUH DA DA

(wacka wacka)

[quercus.livejournal.com]

What's a Capri?

Is it one of these?


Or one of these?

[quercus.livejournal.com]

Now I remember the theme tune.

Nurse! the Brain Bleach please!

[sheepthief.livejournal.com]

Gee, now you've started me off.

[sheepthief.livejournal.com]

What was the really small orange Japanse thing, with the thick black surround on the rear window, which was oval. I'm almost certain it was a Honda, but have managed to convince myself over the years that I must have imagined the whole thing.

[jozafeen.livejournal.com]

Me too. I make more of an effort to watch ITV4 these days just to prove to them that it's not 'bloke telly'.

As for the poll:

[X] and think 'I used to have one of those'.

[quercus.livejournal.com]

Honda Z600 - early '70s. One of our schoolteachers had one, I've still got the Haynes manual for one somewhere. Interesting design - it really is a motorbike under the bonnet, gearbox and all. Any colour you like, so long as it was orange with a black stripe. I guess you were supposed to hang it off your Avenger Tiger as a dinghy. Crap suspension though, nearly as primitive as a Capri.

It was called a "600" because there was an even smaller-engined "350" for the Japanese home market.

[quercus.livejournal.com]

I'll raise the tone and post The Equalizer.


You know why Edward Woodward walked everywhere in the Equalizer? Because that car in the opening credits was a Jag...

[hirez.livejournal.com]

[hirez.livejournal.com]

An abomination:



The racing ones looked fairly good, although I understand were exactly as reliable as one might imagine.

[quercus.livejournal.com]

What's the Triumph? It has square headlights, so doesn't that make it a Toledo rather than a Dolomite? The Dolomite was bad (over-powered RWD shopping trolley with nasty bite-yer-bum handling) but the Toledo (Spitfire engine made to go transverse FWD) is something we just don't talk about.

Why is the driver wearing a crash helmet? Although he seems to be on a nice empty stretch of road with Armco to keep him from other cars, is he really that afraid the vile shitheap might spontaneously crash?

[whizzerandchips.livejournal.com]

Aw man yeah. Granada 3 litre in bronze. *drools*