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Blue Baron
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Manitoulin Island, Ontario.
There were a lot of barndoors sold in Canada!
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Blue Baron
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 11:30 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 10:25 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 11:19 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 11:48 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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Lowdown Dirty Rat
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 12:32 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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That's a 52! And it says SAMBA.
I didn't know the name had been coined that early?
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EmpiGT
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| Any story behind the early deluxe with samba written on it. what country is that license plate? lhd. how can you tell it is a 52 and not a 51? |
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Who.Me?
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| Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 12:39 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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| Any story behind the early deluxe with samba written on it. what country is that license plate? lhd. how can you tell it is a 52 and not a 51? |
It looks like it starts with a J, followed by four digits. Given the age, that could mean Jersey in the Channel Islands (UK dependency off the coast of France).
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RockStock
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| Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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Probably using a theory that all 51 deluxes had a two-tone bumper & a white roof...
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| Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 12:55 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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| Any story behind the early deluxe with samba written on it. what country is that license plate? lhd. how can you tell it is a 52 and not a 51? |
It looks like it starts with a J, followed by four digits. Given the age, that could mean Jersey in the Channel Islands (UK dependency off the coast of France). |
wouldn't cars in Jersey have had the steering wheel on the right? like in the UK?
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Who.Me?
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| Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 1:19 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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| Any story behind the early deluxe with samba written on it. what country is that license plate? lhd. how can you tell it is a 52 and not a 51? |
It looks like it starts with a J, followed by four digits. Given the age, that could mean Jersey in the Channel Islands (UK dependency off the coast of France). |
wouldn't cars in Jersey have had the steering wheel on the right? like in the UK? |
They drive on the left, but they're also a lot closer to France than to England...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey
Would make sense to import from mainland Europe.
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1960Turkis
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Train station of Hudiksvall, Sweden. |
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Blue Baron
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