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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 9:42:49 GMT
Chatting with an old mate the other day we got to reminding each other of various dodges and strokes that we pulled years ago that we would not do now (honestly officer).
My car dealing mate was quite well know for speedometer resetting. Usually achieved with an electric dill on the cable or sometimes by dismantling and twirling the numbers round with a pencil. He often bought cars at a local auction and was keen on a Ford Cortina,in nice order but a reps car with inter galactic mileage on the clock. Despite fierce bidding he drove it back to the shop and withing minutes the speedo was out for adjustment. On the back was stuck a handwritten label. It said simply " Oh No,not again".
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Dec 14, 2018 10:23:59 GMT
When I repaired Cyf's speedo a few years ago now  I tried to find another roughly the same mileage couldn't find one so tried to reverse the counter it will not run backwards, so ended up fixing his! |
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Post by davewright on Dec 14, 2018 10:45:55 GMT
That's an old joke that I have heard told many times by many different people. It probably never happened.
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Post by Warwick on Dec 14, 2018 11:36:35 GMT
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Post by harvey on Dec 14, 2018 13:39:15 GMT
That's an old joke that I have heard told many times by many different people. It probably never happened. It's not a joke.... |
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Post by nz on Dec 14, 2018 22:56:17 GMT
Warwick. I see what you did there. I've owned 48 old Dodges. When I used to rebuild imported Honda autos, a Kiwi salesman was asked by the Japanese importer. "How many kms you want me to do?". "Don't bother". When it arrived in NZ, it'd lost 80,000 km. The auto was toast of course. Good for me but.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2018 12:00:26 GMT
That's an old joke that I have heard told many times by many different people. It probably never happened. Im not used to being accused of telling lies. The clue is where I said he was well known for altering mileages,he had told various people that he would be bidding on the car and someone decided to play this old joke on him. Thats the end of my involvement on this forum. |
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Dec 16, 2018 15:25:44 GMT
That's an old joke that I have heard told many times by many different people. It probably never happened. Im not used to being accused of telling lies. The clue is where I said he was well known for altering mileages,he had told various people that he would be bidding on the car and someone decided to play this old joke on him. Thats the end of my involvement on this forum. Kev I don't think Dave meant any offence! it's the old written word often being misunderstood Clocking was a well known practice in the past and of course still goes on today |
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Post by Eric R on Dec 16, 2018 15:33:31 GMT
Written and spoken words sometimes are not received as intended Kevin. Please don't stop your invaluable contributions to the Club and forums from authors who probably didn't mean to cause offence. How often do I have to re-submit a question because I haven't made it clear the first time.
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Post by Brendan69 on Dec 16, 2018 16:43:14 GMT
That's an old joke that I have heard told many times by many different people. It probably never happened. Im not used to being accused of telling lies. The clue is where I said he was well known for altering mileages,he had told various people that he would be bidding on the car and someone decided to play this old joke on him. Thats the end of my involvement on this forum. Don't let it get you down my friend. There is always someone somewhere in this world who will say something without thinking about what they have said and then end up upsetting folk. Just ignore it I say. Regards, |
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I tried to find another roughly the same mileage couldn't find one so tried to reverse the counter it will not run backwards, so ended up fixing his!
