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Correct, Richard. Jayceedee, I can see where you think it might be a Vanguard. My big bro had a Vanguard and the sloping shape of the rear is similar. This is a good source of information: https://tinyurl.com/y8vd4uub
I never worked on a Javelin, a source of regret to me as it was a very interesting car for its time, almost revolutionary. A “boxer” engine, i.e. cylinders horizontally opposed, like a Subaru is now, and some Alfas once were. When I tell people that the car was an executive model, made in Idle, near Bradford, I get some disbelieving looks. But that’s very true. There is an owner’s club, but there are very few left, let alone in the condition that the one pictured remains. There were a lot of classics at Carrington but the Jowett was the rarest car there. Engine:
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I'm out.I am looking for one vinyl LP for a band I sang with in the very early 60’s. They were originally “The Stormcats” and morphed into “The Mansfields” which tells you where the group (a band in prehistoric times) members hailed from. Both band names have been appropriated by others, after the originals broke up as I gradually faded out in’63 and ’64 then joined the Army. I wanted to do more Blues and R’n’B, lead guitar (rich kid) wanted to do carp like Ricky Nelson & Bobby Vee. We recorded one LP on which I sang a S**t hot version of Johnny Kidd singing “Shakin’ All Over” and some Chuck Berry/Stones stuff. The problem is that I cannot remember the LP Title! I cudda bin famous, me…
Is this your band?
EDIT: Picture link didn’t work Yes but I am missing from that line up: I left in early ’64 after a disgreement over dress (did not like the Penguin Look) and the stuff they were beginning to play. As I said, I preferred Blues & R&B. The others went on to become The Mansfields. Here’s another bunch I first started singing with: https://tinyurl.com/y6v3arms until “Johnny Gold” decided to take over vocals. He couldn’t compete: not a boast, but I had a voice, he didn’t. His parents’ money bought the band’s instruments and transport. They became Johnny Gold & The Sovereigns for a bit, then folded. I was an unreconstructed Rocker and in my teenage years I was also quite violent. I chinned ‘Johnny Gold’ and walked out.The Nottinghamshire music scene in the Sixties was packed with aspiring groups. Shane Fenton and the Fentones (later Alvin Stardust) used to practice in his Aunt’s Chip Shop in our village when it was closed. His real name was Bernard Jewry. Yes, really. Before national fame, he would play Mansfield Palais, dyed blonde hair with a purple streak. He was beaten up there in the very early 60’s for dating a the wife of a local miner. Mansfield was a hard place, still is.
I also sang in the Army, some mates and I in Germany formed a band and a mobile disco. One of us was a cousin of John McNally from The Searchers, also called John. He and another were posted out, the DJ bought his discharge and became a truckie, and a millionaire twice, twice bankrupted and jailed – last I heard an alcoholic. The whole thing had fallen apart by the time the Army got on our case and told us to stop performing. We made quite a few beer vouchers out of it and had a female following.
I still have a voice! (Well my 11 yo gdaughter thinks so) Blimey, I had an ‘interesting’ life! :wacko: :bye:
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I'm out.