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Originally Posted By DaveW
Check this page and scroll down Mr Boshly. You may be able to fill in some blanks.

http://www.pantherclub.co.uk/Georges/solo/solo.htm

Good story by the way. grin2


Thanks Dave, random browsing/searching or had an interest?

I have no written records so can't recall the exact date or chassis, so on the basis of what is posted 25 may be right. However I'm pretty sure we were about 7th customer car? Oh well, all in the bowels of history.

I pre sold the car at a significant premium in those days of £10k from memory with a further £1000 if I could get it vat free which we did. What was even more surprising was that the gentleman who bought it saw my Sunday Times ad, agreed the sale over the phone, and sent me a £5k deposit cheque without meeting or knowing me and the car wasn't even in my name! Good job I'm honest.

He arrived on collection day (it was all cloak and dagger as Panther wouldn't let anyone on the list 'sell on') with a briefcase with approx £40k in cash, paid for the car and drove it to Heathrow. Car broke down with a drive shaft failure from Tokyo airport en route to the owners house and then was trailered to his house where it apparentley sat behind a glass wall in his front room and had never been driven.

The Gent who bought it (and he was a Gent, ran an engineering business in Brum) was really nervous everytime we visited as he didn't think the factory could afford to stay in business before 'our' car was produced. He was duly proved right frown

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Just me piecing together your story from lunch together with the suggestion of Panther, and then Googling Panther Solo. It didn't take long. Ther only Panthers I like are the six wheeler (in pink with a cockney Chauffeur), and the Rio, because I had two Dolomites.

The rest, well........the least said the better I suppose. wink


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Originally Posted By Simon
Blah blah on petrol, then - I know sarcasm is considered to be on the lowest echelon of humour but I couldn't resist.


Originally Posted By Boshly
Scrcasm, the lowest form of wit wink


Touche, Boshers me old mate! tumbleweed

Sarcasm is a device of using a characterization of someone or something in order to express contempt.



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Originally Posted By Aeroman
Originally Posted By Simon
Blah blah on petrol, then - I know sarcasm is considered to be on the lowest echelon of humour but I couldn't resist.


Originally Posted By Boshly
Scrcasm, the lowest form of wit wink


Touche, Boshers me old mate! tumbleweed

Sarcasm is a device of using a characterization of someone or something in order to express contempt.



confused

I was indicating my post was scarcastic, about 'lovely' Kallistas. No idea about why you were referring to GF's post?

Any way, no need to call me a douche'

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Originally Posted By DaveW
Just me piecing together your story from lunch...


Oops forgotten I'd bored some of you already with the story hide

I've led a sheltered life, I don't have many stories to regale so have to re-cycle what I do have laugh2


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Originally Posted By Boshly

'lovely' Kallistas


At least some of them waved at Sue and I in the +4 when we were down in Dorset in September...

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Just had a thought. (I only get one per year so thats me all done for 2010)

In most cases you should see the condensed water drain off the car which is why you always see a little pool of water under the car at petrol stations on hot days.

If the water is being blasted into the cabin on next start it could be due to the drain being blocked. Run the A/C at max for twenty mins then switch off and see if you get a weap of water from it under the car. I have no idea why I did not think of it before other than I had already used my one thought for 2009 and was all out of them.

Happy Ice Age. Now lets all go and vote for global warming, this snow is playing havoc with my ability to take the Aero out. I am off to buy 200 aerosol deodorants and release them to make a small hole above me and let the sun back in to melt the ice.



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The drain could have iced up, so that's a good call........


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Originally Posted By Boshly
Oops forgotten I'd bored some of you already with the story hide I've led a sheltered life, I don't have many stories to regale so have to re-cycle what I do have laugh2


I just love this web site rofl


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Originally Posted By Boshly
Oops forgotten I'd bored some of you already with the story hide

I've led a sheltered life, I don't have many stories to regale so have to re-cycle what I do have laugh2


Tell them about the Magenta Boshers, it's too cold today to go out; it's started snowing too! Go on me old mucker, you know you love it



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