300mph on the motorway,,,,,, in an Austin A55!

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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Made me weep that old film, not the actual film, or the car, but the

Four shillings and eight pence a GALLON for petrol ( 22p per gall )
or about 5p a LITRE in to-days money !!! :cry: :cry:

Where did it all go wrong ■■? :unamused: :unamused:

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anyone know how to slow it down ?

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curnock:
anyone know how to slow it down ?

I think that was the idea using 1958 technology. Can you use the still pictures below the video?

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Hiya…TOP marks wheelnut i looked at the London traffic jams video good to see no yellow lines traffic wardens and no designer clothes
or a mobile phone and life still goes on.
John

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Fergie47:
Made me weep that old film, not the actual film, or the car, but the

Four shillings and eight pence a GALLON for petrol ( 22p per gall )
or about 5p a LITRE in to-days money !!! :cry: :cry:

Where did it all go wrong ■■? :unamused: :unamused:

Hiya Fergie hope you are well! Was that an SOM Big J the A55 passed on the M1 ? Cheers Dennis.PS I can remember when 2 star juice was 4/5d a gallon!

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so the service area must be newport pagnall.because of the downhill approach on the exit sliproad !!

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I recognised the steel railway bridge just before the Luton exit at J11,and the chimneys of the old Bedford brickworks on the right.

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Bewick:

Fergie47:
Made me weep that old film, not the actual film, or the car, but the

Four shillings and eight pence a GALLON for petrol ( 22p per gall )
or about 5p a LITRE in to-days money !!! :cry: :cry:

Where did it all go wrong ■■? :unamused: :unamused:

Hiya Fergie hope you are well! Was that an SOM Big J the A55 passed on the M1 ? Cheers Dennis.PS I can remember when 2 star juice was 4/5d a gallon!

Hi Den, yep all’s well thanks, and you ?

Couldn’t have been a Smith’s wagon Den, it would have been going faster than that A55. !!! :unamused: