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Post by bulldog on May 21, 2020 18:07:48 GMT 1
Well off aviation topic and my wife had given up , but last Saturday eldest son and girlfriend produced our first grandchild. Little baby boy, good to get some cheery good news at the moment. Bit disappointed they have said he deffo won’t be called Clive!!
Still spotter in the making
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Post by radiostationx on May 21, 2020 19:03:56 GMT 1
Congratulations bulldog some good news for a change. I think your new grandson will be a car enthusiast. Here is one for you Uncle Clive, name the car ?  |
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Post by jetdragon on May 22, 2020 0:49:24 GMT 1
Congrats bulldog - welcome to the grand-dad club  Guessing the car isn't "shanks' pony" then  |
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Post by bulldog on May 22, 2020 8:15:55 GMT 1
Thanks , I sussed it’s shankly , sports style thin seats, no quarter lights, inset separate dials and three spoke steering wheel. I first thought Alfa as I think their steering wheels were like that. But now thinking did sponsorship of clubs/managers exist then??? So perhaps more ford or Vauxhall
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Post by RICEY on May 22, 2020 14:37:41 GMT 1
Congrats Bulldog. I became an Uncle on the 11th myself after my sister had her first child with her partner
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Post by radiostationx on May 22, 2020 18:03:48 GMT 1
Thanks , I sussed it’s shankly , sports style thin seats, no quarter lights, inset separate dials and three spoke steering wheel. I first thought Alfa as I think their steering wheels were like that. But now thinking did sponsorship of clubs/managers exist then??? So perhaps more ford or Vauxhall You have foxed me quite a few times on the car quiz Mr bulldog but very good fun. Took me a good while to get this one. I too thought it may be an Alfa or Lancia. Mr Shankly had a couple of Ford Carpis, I seen him when I was a kid at Melwood a few times in the summer hols. He must have splashed out a bit and treated himself with this car in 1975. It is a 1975 Toyota Celica 2000GT or 2000ST. There was one for sale quite recently on ebay for £47,000 www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOYOTA-CELICA-RA25-GT2000-SERIES-1-1975-2-0-39K-1-OWNER-/113979291600?Toyotas were very expensive back then due to import taxes and this one would have been far more than even a top end Ford Capri 3000. Congratulations again Clive. |
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Post by bulldog on May 22, 2020 23:05:31 GMT 1
Wow I recall the 2000gt but wouldn’t have guessed that at all. Thanks for congrats, born last Saturday am and they still haven’t decided on a name. Think new baby who has apparently found a good pair of lungs is wearing them out. Hopefully a name soon.....
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Post by ronturner on May 23, 2020 6:57:58 GMT 1
What great news. Congratulations to your son and his girlfriend and I wish you (know you) will have loads of fun with your new arrival.
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Post by Fox Echo on Jun 4, 2020 14:06:13 GMT 1
The Bill Shankly car photo was taken outside his then home in Bellefield Avenue, West Derby. Had he lived in one of the houses in the background on the opposite side he would have been able, from his back bedroom window, to watch Everton FC training on their old Bellefield ground, long before it became a housing development! Instead, Shanks backed on to the old Knotty Ash to West Derby railway line.
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