In article <3abb78c04f%Rail@greywall.>,
Graeme Wall <Rail@greywall.> wrote:
> In message <sjg4l5xs7k.ln2@news.aber.ac.uk>
> azb@aber.ac.uk (Andrew Robert Breen) wrote:
>
> > In article <bbea5ac04f%Rail@greywall.>,
> > Graeme Wall <Rail@greywall.> wrote:
> > >In message <te24l5xop6.ln2@news.aber.ac.uk>
> > >
> > >IIRC wasn't the Cortina where they got they weight down by doing away with
> > >metal and just sprayed rust on the inside of the paintwork?
> >
> > You're thinking of the Vauxhall Victor.
> >
>
> I'm trying desperately not to :-)
My grandfather had two Victors, an F in fawn and red (rather like one of
those toffees with the raspberry centres) and an FA in two-tone blue. I
was too young to worry about rust but I was very impressed with the
lever that raised the FA's air intake - you could make believe it was a
gun turret and shoot other cars with it.
Well, I did, anyway...
Sam