my brothers osf

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this is my elder bro's Zodiac straight six , been in family from new, my Uncle won a hundered thousand pounds on littlewoods pools in 1961 and bought the zodie brand new, he never learnt to drive, instead he employed my dad as his chauffer, the zodie was used sundays only to take my uncle for a ride around the countryside , when my uncle died in the early 70's the zodie was laid up in his garage having only covered approx 10,000 miles, when my aunt died in 1977 she left the zodie to my dad, who didnt want it so he let my brother have it, my bro recomissioned it and hes kept it totally original ever since, it mot'd every year without fail and still has only approx 20,000 miles.. It still has the very same nodding dog in the rear window that my uncle bought for it when new. it also still has the grill badges my uncle fitted, The interior still smells like new and brings back memories of my childhood every time i sit in it (i used to go with my dad and uncle on their countryside drives).. at the time of winning the pools my uncle bought my dad a brand new consul..

the zodie will remain in the family..

 

 

 

[escortwithsunroof]

WOW, now that is seriously cool

 

sooo original

[bigglesmk2]

You kept that quite

[2.8i Cossie]

cracking car!!

 

It great when life turns up a story like this every so often!!

[radjay mk1]

now that is a fantastic looking car

its nice to see a car thats been kept in the family

[bomber1]

a proper mk3 how it should be that is a serious bit of kit that me and my step dad are drooling over

[Retro-gone.]

You kept that quite

 

no ihavent mate, ive mentioned it quite a few times but been waiting for him to get his daughter to email the pics to me before i could show you. my bro aint a computer sorta bloke .

[Retro-gone.]

a proper mk3 how it should be that is a serious bit of kit that me and my step dad are drooling over

 

ah cheers bomber, i thought you'd like it, only one thing missing from the car and that the short chrome effect trim that runs at the bottom of the drivers side wing if you can help?

[mk1super]

Wow its mint! Looks as fresh as the day it rolled out of the factory, Tony you have to get a group pic of it and the capri together

[YOUNGY]

Thats really nice ,nice 2 see its still in the family

[bigglesmk2]

You kept that quite

 

no ihavent mate, ive mentioned it quite a few times but been waiting for him to get his daughter to email the pics to me before i could show you. my bro aint a computer sorta bloke .

 

Oh ok.....note to self :pay attention

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my eldest bro has a 1972 mexico brown rover V8 3.5 P6 ..

[Mick The Cabbie]

That's really nice. Proper time warp stuff.

Not too many left like that.

[MightySprocket]

lovely motor with a great bit of history too

[BIGKEV]

I like

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cheers lads, im gonna try get him to a few meets this season ..

[sambo]

Lovely car and lovely story mate

[Copey]

thats awesome

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just spoke to my bro and theres a bit of the story i got wrong, apparently when my aunt died her daughter (my cousin) asked the scrapman to come and take the zodie away along with 2 other cars, a ford pop and a wolsey, my bro happened to be at the house when the scrapper came , the scrapper offered my cousin £25 per car, my bro stepped in and gave my cousin £25 for the zodie, the other 2 cars were scrapped

 

this all happened in 1982.

[bigglesmk2]

I was born in 82

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my son was born in 82 i was 18.

[peterbilt]

Nice motor thats a beautiful looking car mate i used to have one of those in 1971 but at the age of 17 it was just a car sorry i got rid of it never mind tho look after yours mate

[DaveC]

Lovely car and great story.

A friend of my Dad has a similar one, same colour