I still say 10 bob and 2 bob and will always be a wagon driver,I just cant say lorry and drove me Mums Zephyr 4 with bench seat and column gearchange the day I passed me test in September 73 and in the same decade went on to sup tanker loads of that ■■■■■ Whitbread Trophy bitter. Going back around 20 years we had some Y and A reg Leyland Clydesdales that I still called Albions, and somewhat oddly I asked the shunter for the keys for a Vabis earlier this week,he said nowt but kept looking, though not at me!!
Doesn’t really make sense though does it? All this talk of old money.
240p in a pound? Ok perhaps if 240 1p coins weighed 1lb, but they don’t they weigh 1.8lb. So none of it makes sense at all.
Mind you, the only thing I absolutely wish they had never invented is the mobile phone! Finished early last week, got to 3pm and the boss rang me with another 13 pallets that needed collecting. Pre-phone days that would never have happened!
So get rid of the phone.
I’ll keep the iPad though, and the aircon, and the internet, but the boss being able to disturb me on the road?! it just ain’t cricket!
Scarab:
Doesn’t really make sense though does it? All this talk of old money.240p in a pound? Ok perhaps if 240 1p coins weighed 1lb, but they don’t they weigh 1.8lb. So none of it makes sense at all.
Mind you, the only thing I absolutely wish they had never invented is the mobile phone! Finished early last week, got to 3pm and the boss rang me with another 13 pallets that needed collecting. Pre-phone days that would never have happened!
So get rid of the phone.I’ll keep the iPad though, and the aircon, and the internet, but the boss being able to disturb me on the road?! it just ain’t cricket!
Just nipping out for 3 metres of 4x2 & half a pound of 6mm nails to hang a gate 
eeeeeeeeeh lad, i can remember when petrol was three shillings and sixpence a GALLON… that’s 17½p in today’s money… THAT’S NEARLY 4 p A LITRE !!! everyone please feel free to forward this post to David Cameron
Trukkertone:
eeeeeeeeeh lad, i can remember when petrol was three shillings and sixpence a GALLON… that’s 17½p in today’s money… THAT’S NEARLY 4 p A LITRE !!! everyone please feel free to forward this post to David Cameron
Even in new money I remember filling up my bike for 50p, and that included 2 stroke oil, bring back 1970’s fuel prices 
jimti:
Trukkertone:
eeeeeeeeeh lad, i can remember when petrol was three shillings and sixpence a GALLON… that’s 17½p in today’s money… THAT’S NEARLY 4 p A LITRE !!! everyone please feel free to forward this post to David CameronEven in new money I remember filling up my bike for 50p, and that included 2 stroke oil, bring back 1970’s fuel prices
And even then it was cheaper to nick the 2T oil while your mate was shielding the oil pump 
Move on 40 years and we are back to doing the same thing with trucks, fueling up and then using a separate nozzle to pump ■■■■
What about the mk1 ■■■■■■ 
,hillman minx 
corsair mini local cinema knowing and chatting to your neighbours, giving the kids a clip round the ear, they didnt go home & tell on you cause they would another clip, though i must say my all my neighbours are ok, but i know loads of people who dont even know who is next door 
bullseyes & bubble gum
jimti:
Trukkertone:
eeeeeeeeeh lad, i can remember when petrol was three shillings and sixpence a GALLON… that’s 17½p in today’s money… THAT’S NEARLY 4 p A LITRE !!! everyone please feel free to forward this post to David CameronEven in new money I remember filling up my bike for 50p, and that included 2 stroke oil, bring back 1970’s fuel prices
Did you have an FS1E ? . . or were you a “flash git” with a Fantic . . . happy days
Dandelion and Burdock pop with the flip top on the bottle (glass) and you would get thruppence back when you took the bottle back.
Pea Shooter and Pidgin Peas at the Sat Morn Flicks, what would health and safety say about that.
Durex… 3/9p for a pack of three !!
triker1:
What about the mk1 ■■■■■■
How does this one float your boat?
This is a factory built Mk1 RS 2000
The only one of three built
Who remembers the palaver of using a “gettoni” phone to phone for a reload? 
Suedehead:
jimti:
Trukkertone:
eeeeeeeeeh lad, i can remember when petrol was three shillings and sixpence a GALLON… that’s 17½p in today’s money… THAT’S NEARLY 4 p A LITRE !!! everyone please feel free to forward this post to David CameronEven in new money I remember filling up my bike for 50p, and that included 2 stroke oil, bring back 1970’s fuel prices
Did you have an FS1E ? . . or were you a “flash git” with a Fantic . . . happy days
I had the Puch M50 sport (still wasn’t any faster than any other moped,) but looked more like a real bike
my mate had a Malaguti, now that was a decent looking moped (when I was 16)
Scarab:
Doesn’t really make sense though does it? All this talk of old money.240p in a pound? Ok perhaps if 240 1p coins weighed 1lb, but they don’t they weigh 1.8lb. So none of it makes sense at all.
It makes more sense than you might think:
240 divides down into 120 (ten bob note), 30 (half a crown), 24 (two bob), 12 (shilling), 6 (sixpence), 3 (threepence), 1 (penny), ½ (halfpenny, ¼ (farthing).
Remember that in those days things cost a small fraction of todays prices. When I started driving we got 7/6 (40p) a night out. It was possible to make a profit on that even when staying in digs. Of course wages were small as well - £20 a week was top money for a driver.
Shops used the same tricks as today - Stuff priced a £19.99 now would have been 19/11½ (Nineteen and elevenpence halfpenny - a halfpenny short of a pound) then.
The pound was originally a pound of silver bullion I think.
Wheel Nut:
triker1:
What about the mk1 ■■■■■■How does this one float your boat?
This is a factory built Mk1 RS 2000
The only one of three built
The mk1 ■■■■■■ was my husbands favourite car, he had quite a few, the one that stood out he sprayed it matt black, the wheel was done pink on my side on the front, green on the rear, his side green front, rear pink, it looked great. Is that ■■■■■■ yours? Sweet tobaco & sweets served in a paper cone wrapper
dieseldave:
Who remembers the palaver of using a “gettoni” phone to phone for a reload?
and getting sweets as change on the toll booths, try paying 'em with sweeties they didnt like that
triker1:
Wheel Nut:
triker1:
What about the mk1 ■■■■■■How does this one float your boat?
This is a factory built Mk1 RS 2000
The only one of three built
The mk1 ■■■■■■ was my husbands favourite car, he had quite a few, the one that stood out he sprayed it matt black, the wheel was done pink on my side on the front, green on the rear, his side green front, rear pink, it looked great. Is that ■■■■■■ yours? Sweet tobaco & sweets served in a paper cone wrapper
Is it mine? I wish, the thing is priceless. I bought some old Ford magazines and discovered this, a concours Capri and a Mk1 Twin Cam.
Wheel Nut:
triker1:
What about the mk1 ■■■■■■How does this one float your boat?
This is a factory built Mk1 RS 2000
The only one of three built
Very similar body to the ■■■■■■ MK1 estate.
Dave the Renegade:
Wheel Nut:
triker1:
What about the mk1 ■■■■■■How does this one float your boat?
This is a factory built Mk1 RS 2000
The only one of three built
Very similar body to the ■■■■■■ MK1 estate.
Similar, yes. It was originally built as a Mk1 Mexico estate by Ford AVO and then later fitted with a 2.0litre Pinto to make it into an RS 2.0. It has all the Mexico arches, strengthening and even the battery in the back to make room for the Weber Carburetor.
Notice on the yellow Mexico, the battery is still under the bonnet.