We took an Austin 1300 GT to the South of France in ‘76

With four adults, two kids and a roof rack.

It didn’t like it very much.

Posted By: jamesward on June 30th 2025 at 18:29:12

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Will the ten year old kids of 2025 remember the hot summer like we remember ‘76? (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 30, 17:46:10
- Fucking Greta (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jun 30, 19:17:55
- I reckon they'll remember it better given I was minus 6 (General Chat) - Kangol Canary, Jun 30, 19:14:49
  - APsnr was in the RAF in the ‘50s out in Baghdad. They were all made to save their armpits (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 30, 20:21:07
- That august my dad received his new company car, a bright yellow Escort popular plus. (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 30, 18:26:02
  - It would be worth a fortune now. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jun 30, 18:34:30
    - Yes, his would’ve been pretty much a base model but you’re right they’re snapped up (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 30, 18:39:23
      - I saw an Orange Mexico up for £40k. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jun 30, 18:46:36
        
        my mate had an RS2000 (General Chat) - shoddy, Jun 30, 18:50:09
        
        Same, mate had a MK2 black RS2000 it was lovely. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jun 30, 19:20:19
        
        With netting in the Recaro headrests? (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 30, 22:48:07
    - Bangers and Cash seems to be addictive to men of my age. (n/m) (General Chat) - curva nord, Jun 30, 18:37:35
      - I thought about buying a classic bike or car. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jun 30, 18:49:04
  - We took an Austin 1300 GT to the South of France in ‘76 (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 30, 18:29:12
    - I had an Austin Allegro (General Chat) - shoddy, Jun 30, 18:31:25
      - I know it’s seen as a bench mark of how shit our car industry was but it’s such a shame (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 30, 18:35:51
      - Hope it was Beige! (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jun 30, 18:34:56
        
        I got a 'cheap respray' at the council depot. (General Chat) - shoddy, Jun 30, 18:42:19
- My Grandad told me all about his sunburned back (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 30, 18:05:25
  - Did he ask you to apply some soothing cream? (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 30, 18:46:19
    - Lolf (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 30, 20:08:16
- Did my GCSE's Young and good looking then. Downhill since. (n/m) (General Chat) - curva nord, Jun 30, 18:00:21
  - Yes,grocers apostrophie. No improvement over the years. (n/m) (General Chat) - curva nord, Jun 30, 18:03:34
    - Completely unnecessary capitalisation (General Chat) - shoddy, Jun 30, 18:56:48
    - No all of them (n/m) (General Chat) - curva nord, Jun 30, 18:33:03
    - You mean grocer’s (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 30, 18:28:41
- Nope, because it will be every year (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 30, 17:57:34
  - every five years according to the meteroeorigcalis.. meatereoloj.. weather forecasters (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 30, 18:20:13
    - And bad orange man. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jun 30, 18:35:46
      - Well bearing in mind he is claiming that power stations don’t create pollution, yes. (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Jun 30, 19:21:43
- I remember being sent home early from school due to the heat (n/m) (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Jun 30, 17:56:41
  - Did you ever go back? (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 30, 18:22:43
    - Nah , that's why I'm a imbecile . (n/m) (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Jun 30, 21:36:34
      - 🤣 (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 30, 22:46:38
- I remember the fucking Wurzels in the charts. FFS (n/m) (General Chat) - Milko, Jun 30, 17:54:53
  - I am a Cyder drinker? (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jun 30, 18:36:12
    - I pushed my pitchfork through your haystack last night (General Chat) - Milko, Jun 30, 18:53:31
      - Did they ever play Glastonbury? (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jun 30, 19:21:42
        
        They lived there (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 30, 22:48:30
- Hot town, summer in the city, Blue Jean gettin' dirt' and gritty. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 30, 17:50:58
  - Hehe (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 30, 18:22:17
    - Whatever happened to that del boy car? Do you still have it? (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 30, 18:28:19
      - The Relient Robin Van with the roof chopped off? No we got rid of it when we (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 30, 18:51:13
        
        Aww, not that I have anywhere to put it but I really wanted that. Back in the day... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 30, 19:27:13
        
        Ah brilliant thanks, no your judgement of Doddy is 100% correct. (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 30, 22:45:40

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