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[The Duke]

The luck or lack of it is a major factor. You can have the slightest knock, and end up dead, and you hear of people that survive failed parachute deployments.

My nan, when I was about five, broke both her ankles stepping off the second step of a step ladder, thinking she was on the bottom step.

[Bob Williams]

I well remember my first encounter with a Civic at the workshop. A 1975 model, although this example is a ’69:

 

Still looks good today, doesn’t it? A neat little motor.

I looked at the engine bay and thought “What does this remind me of?” – (Example?) –

Then I got it: certain Honda motorbike engines. Had to road test it (foreman’s privilege) and was impressed with the buzzy, revvy engine and the fact that it had a stereo (A STEREO as standard?) Obvious good build quality. Part of the beginning of the end for the British motor industry.

As an aside: in around 1989, I had a customer who ran a Rover 25 and had wrecked his door aperture seals, resulting in excess noise. I sourced some from Honda (same Pressed Steel Fisher body thanks to Honda-Rover shared ownership) for a Honda Ballade. Sent from Japan, fitted well and I think were 25% less expensive than the Rover seal kit. Go figure, as the Yanks say.

Anyone interested in the Rover/Honda/BMW debacle, should take a look at this and see where the BMW 1-series really came from: –

http://tinyurl.com/ydbffoxt

EDIT: want a brand new, delivery mileage only, genuine factory model Rover/MG 75? Could have gone here in 2009:

http://tinyurl.com/ybycra3b

When the Thought Police arrive at your door, think -
I'm out.

[Richard]

They did have one small issue, the front wishbones could and sometime did rust through. We had a few go that way out in the Middle East though I believe that some were also picked up here in the UK.

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