The Retirement Thread

[numbnuts]

Were you sent there

No I went to see Coventry Cathedral and to meet up with my Aunty and Uncle

 

[monkers]

In the early 70’s I was sent to Coventry . I worked for a Rootes group/ Chrysler dealership and was sent on 2 factory training courses . 🤔 One was Hillman Avenger transmission Don’t remember what the second one was on.

I liked doing Avenger gearboxes, superlight for one thing, and nice to work on. I had two Avengers, I thought them rather good.

I too was sent to Coventry to the BLMH (Austin/Morris/Rover group) for training course a number of times, ended up doing some teaching there. The hotel was the Lady Godiva.

Sorry if I bored everyone but I enjoyed the memory.

 

[numbnuts]

Sorry if I bored everyone but I enjoyed the memory.

That's all we have at our age ...............what was I talking about

 

[Juan Kog]

I liked doing Avenger gearboxes, superlight for one thing, and nice to work on. I had two Avengers, I thought them rather good.

I two was sent to Coventry to the BLMH (Austin/Morris/Rover group) for training course a number of times, ended up doing some teaching there. The hotel was the Lady Godiva.

Sorry if I bored everyone but I enjoyed the memory.

I’ve owned one Avenger , I agree a nice car . The gearbox was light a one man lift ( no namby Pamby transmission jacks then ) unlike Hunter and minx gearboxes definitely 2 man heave for those . I do remember a lot of warranty work on Avenger differentials , we all become quite slick at rebuilding diffs .

 

[monkers]

I’ve owned one Avenger , I agree a nice car . The gearbox was light a one man lift ( no namby Pamby transmission jacks then ) unlike Hunter and minx gearboxes definitely 2 man heave for those . I do remember a lot of warranty work on Avenger differentials , we all become quite slick at rebuilding diffs .

Agree on Arrow series cars gearboxes.

I don't remember doing axle work on Avengers; but I fitted quite a few new petrol tanks, including both of mine. My cars were unusual - Sunbeam Avengers - CI imports - they had a nicer interior. Those Michelin ZX tyres as OE fit were bloody awful - a switch to Goodyear G800s made them a much better car.

 

[classic33]

I went to Coventry once

I've been at least twice.

 

[classic33]

Good evening all.
A largely uneventful day for me. Just been answering personal messages here, thought I'd finished but have now just found some unanswered ones from weeks back. Whoops.

Otherwise I got a jab this afternoon, and had a unfortunate slight difference of opinion with a female police officer.

I drove today for the first time in months. My car has been idle for too long so the battery was too flat, so I borrowed Danni's. I went and got jabbed (nuffin' to it), was negotiating a narrow but busy back street with cars parked on both sides. Ahead a police car was attempting to reverse into the traffic, but blindly, there was no way the driver could see and I couldn't see the driver. I pulled up so that they could reverse out, they still wouldn't have been able to see me, it was blind manoeuvre. Once out the police car came towards me in such a way that we wouldn't be able to pass. I nodded at the driver and put my hand up. Well she flew out of the car and started aggressively banging on the side window and shouting that I was in the way.

I was a little upset by this, but I stayed calm. After she'd finished ranting she asked for my driving licence. I asked her if she was familiar with PACE - meaning she needed to tell me why she was questioning me - she said that she was.

I politely explained that I've just spent a portion of my time on social media defending the reputation of the police. That didn't make any effect; she still angrily demanded my licence. It was at this time I pointed to the big sign that showed it was she that was going the wrong way down a one way street.

I might have hoped for an apology, but nah.

She might have pointed out that she was only going the one way

 

[Exlaser2]

In the early 70’s I was sent to Coventry . I worked for a Rootes group/ Chrysler dealership and was sent on 2 factory training courses . 🤔 One was Hillman Avenger transmission Don’t remember what the second one was on.

I spent nearly 20 years of my working life in the old Rootes factory in Ryton when it was owned by Peugeot. Good times but I do have say the in the 30 odd years I worked for Peugeot I never had any urge to work on a Avenger gearbox or any gearbox for that matter which seems to put me in the minority in this forum 😂😂😂😂😀😀

 

[Mo1959]

My parents first ever brand new car was a Hillman Avenger in a rather nice colour called Tahiti Blue. I even remember the reg....OES 128H.

 

[gavroche]

I have never been to Coventry and never owned an Avenger.

 

[Dirk]

I know, there used to be loads of them, Pollards had three shops, Mick Ives in Coundon, one on Ealsdon Ave, John Creswell, one in the shopping precinct in Tile Hill, and one by the Police Station, to name but a few.

Edit, I almost forgot John Atkins in Far Gosford St

I used to call on all of them.

 

[monkers]

My parents first ever brand new car was a Hillman Avenger in a rather nice colour called Tahiti Blue. I even remember the reg....OES 128H.

I owned a 1250 DL in a nice shade of Grasshopper Green I think it was called, and then a 1600 Super in Imperial red. No idea of the numbers now - though I remember my first. I think we all remember our first.

Avengers actually looked nicer viewed from above I always thought as I looked at mine out of my bedroom window - ah, as if it was yesterday.

 

[Dirk]

 

[Paulus]

I do like sea bass.... a lovely tasty fish.

It's a shame that so much of it on sale in supermarkets and fish stalls is farmed in Turkey.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Think I have only ever used four Coventry cycle shops, Jardine cycles when I needed kids bikes and tag alongs etc ,Albany cycles,Ride and John Atkins . John Atkins got sold up about 10/15 years ago and the two shops got sold to different people, the Coventry shop soon went bust . The leamington shop is still going and I have bought a few bikes from them over the years. The other shop I have used regularly is Ride, it’s always fun being in the shop with all the skateboarders and b.m.x.ers that are always in there 😂😀😀

In the 1980's I worked at GEC Stoke, I used to mostly use Pollards on the Binley Road and John Atkins in Far Gosford street, in the 1990's. I was working in Kenilworth and mostly used Mike Vaughan cycles in Kenilworth. These days I'm mostly online, but use Ride when I need a LBS, I know Darren who runs it from the Coventry Road Club.