HAPPY NEW YEAR List,
Most entertaining Daniel!! Blokes must have money to burn. Thinking of
the modern electrics, engine, not to mention the Gucci loafers soaked by
the infiltration of water into the compartment. It was bad enough
driving home from the Midget 50th at Road America in a monsoon. Bugeye
had an inch of water on the floor and yes, sidecurtains and top were in
place. Never a miss from the headlamps or distributor. Removed the
interior, hooked up the wet vac (vacuumed out the sills), used a lot of
towels, two dehumidifiers, hairdriers, went through all the electrical
connections and two days later all good to go. Around here we have a
certain segment of the population that go mudding in their giant pickup
rigs; akin to your Trials but just blasting through a mud hole.Â
Whatever. Give me a Landy with snorkel!
Carry on,
Dave W.
'59 :{)
'59 MGA 1500
Burlington WI
"Pay It Forward"
On 1/3/2022 8:33 AM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> Happy New Year
>
> Don't know if you have fords in the USA or elsewhere in the world.Â
> Here in the UK there are places where a small stream or brook crosses
> the road and for reasons most likely lost in antiquity, no bridge over
> or under was found necessary.
>
> After a lot of wet weather a ford may be impassable to anyone with a
> regular car and regular amount of common sense. At other times when
> the ford isn't in flood but an idiot in a regular car drives through
> it leads to a problem! And, when the ford is in flood and an idiot
> drives through it becomes entertainment.
>
> I forget what the UK Highway Code says about driving through a ford
> (except you check your brakes by lightly applying them after safely
> passing through it). The last time I drove through a ford I was on
> holiday in a rental car and took a detour to give my kids an
> interesting experience (never filmed it). I got out of the car
> checked the depth (between 4 and 8 inches from memory) and drove
> through, very slowly.
>
> Here's a clip of what is now a famous ford in England that his its own
> Channel.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm3vIQgBHdA
>
> Regards
>
>
> Daniel
>
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