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Mickey Richaud

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Watching live - from Iowa.

There was a Spitfire; they repeatedly ID'ed it as a TR6.

Then just now, describing a '77 MGB, they said it had the 1800 engine, not the 1500 that B's came with at the beginning of the run.

SHEESH! No wonder LBC's get no respect! :wall:
 
Mickey Richaud said:
Then just now, describing a '77 MGB, they said it had the 1800 engine, not the 1500 that B's came with at the beginning of the run.

SHEESH! No wonder LBC's get no respect! :wall:
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That's a very very rare car - you should bid on it!
 
Was it this one Mickey?
 

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Gliderman8 said:
Was it this one Mickey?
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If I close my left eye, yes.
 
Mickey Richaud said:
If I close my left eye, yes.
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That picture would cause me to close BOTH eyes.
 
Gliderman8 said:
Was it this one Mickey?
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I hope the State Farm people don't see that picture!!! :shocked:
 
Mickey Richaud said:
Watching live - from Iowa.

There was a Spitfire; they repeatedly ID'ed it as a TR6.

Then just now, describing a '77 MGB, they said it had the 1800 engine, not the 1500 that B's came with at the beginning of the run.

SHEESH! No wonder LBC's get no respect!
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They ought to be able to identify a Spitfire. But I thought <span style="font-style: italic">all</span> MGB's had an 1800cc engine.

Plenty of precedent though, for errors in TV LBC-related commentary. I still have Brock Yates on a VCR recording from Speed Channel describing a Lotus Elan as having a "Coventry Climax" engine.
 
OK - not to pick on them, but they just displayed a logo: "Celebrating 25 years 1988-2012"

:whistle:
 
Maybe there're celebrating too much?
 
c'plugs said:
I still have Brock Yates on a VCR recording from Speed Channel describing a Lotus Elan as having a "Coventry Climax" engine.
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Great! Mebbe I can sell my collection of Elite "body bobbins" as Elan bits!!! :jester:
 
I love small time car auction places...
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Came across this mistake a few years ago, spotted this car...

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A 1959 Standard Vanguard wagon... Discovered that it was about to be auctioned off at a local classic car auction... Going to their website I searched for a Standard Vanguard, didn't find one, but I did find a <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">Borgward</span></span> Vanguard! :lol: Now how do you get that one wrong...

The same outfit also once listed a 1954 Ford Consul for auction, it turned out to be a Consul Mk 2 (the Mark 2 was introduced in 1957), one guy told a story about how it came out of a convent, I told them that it couldn't be a 1954 Consul, next auction it was still listed as a 1954... :nuts:
 
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