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Not Ford related but very interesting footage from when the Nurburgring was opened up to the public in the early 70s. There’s no sound, but you can imagine the sound of the breaking glass and bending metal.
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Ben Morley, the joint Ed of Retro Ford was involved in a crash on Monday night which left him with minor injuries, in hospital for a couple of days, and wondering why he was still alive. Coming home on evening a tree fell onto his car, probably weakened by the strong winds we had last week. I’ll let Ben take up the story.
i was travelling home from work minding my own business, taking the same back lane that I do every morning and evening. Came round a corner with main beams on, there was a car coming towards me with main beams on. We both flicked down to dipped, then all of a sudden there are a load of branches in front of me, i have no choice but to hit them as i was travelling at about 35mph. The next thing i know theres crashing and banging and all sorts of crazy shit happening. It wasn’t until i got out of the car that i realised what had happened. I’d recieved a whack in the chest by something, but i wasn’t sure what. But basically the tree has fallen down, gone through my front screen, out of my back screen, the momentum of the car has carried me around 180degrees on the road and what would have been the top of the tree came to rest on the car coming the other way up the road, with me attatched to it. I shouldn’t be here, i don’t understand how i managed to get away with my life. The gravity of the situation didn’t hit home until the Ambulance driver said that he couldn’t believe that i was still alive. I basically have a few cuts on my head, and i have cracked my sternum (breast bone) which is fookin agony. They kept me in hospital for a couple of days under observation, but let me out to rest in the comfort of my own bed. All i can do is rest up and wait for it to heal. Some how i managed to snap the steering wheel clean off, i’m not entirely sure how that happened i think it may have been at the same time i snapped my sternum.
You can read more on OldSkoolFord: Morley Crash
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That’s me. The last couple of weeks have been a blur. I’ve been setting up a brand new website from scratch (not car related). I’m also now the techy admin for OldSkoolFord.co.uk which first job has involved modding the site to stop spammers posting about the latest Celeb porn video.
I’ve got some pictures to post from the OSF pub meet from last week in a pub on the A62 between Huddersfield and Oldham. It was up on the moors, and snowing!
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This is how racing should be. Bumper to bumper, door handle to door handle. I was on the edge of my seat.
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If you live in Northern England and fancy meeting up with a few classic Ford fans, we are holding a pub meet on the 21st January at The Great Western pub on the A62 between Huddersfield and Oldham. I don’t know how many will be turning up, probably only a dozen or so, but if you’re interested, get over to OldSkoolFords events section and get more info and put your name down.
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Yet another mk1 Escort has been stolen. That’s about four that I know of since Christmas.
Please keep your eyes peeled for this Purple four door stolen from Romsey. It has a 2.1 litre pinto fitted plus RS2000 wheels fitted since the picture below. If you have any info please contact Susan on ugm7sb@yahoo.co.uk or 023 8077 9725
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One of the guys on Old Skool Ford decided to have a play around with Windows Movie Maker and this is the result.
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More stories of peoples Ford being broken into or stolen over the festive period are springing up. As I said before, this is getting ridiculous, but the only person who can stop it is you. Modern cars are very difficult to steal now without the keys, which is why car thieves now ‘go equipped to steal’ with a bamboo cane with a paperclip taped to the end so they can go though peoples letterboxes to take the keys they usually leave on the table in the hallway.
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