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Rob Compton

@R59V8

A racing driver that has to work for a living to feed his dirty habit and keep motorsport supply companies in business! He who hesitates is LAST!

Sunny Cambridgeshire Katılım Aralık 2011
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Rob Compton@R59V8·
@AreYouObjective @AutoPap Our 20 year old German 4x4 wouldn't easily achieve it. When new it could circulate around the Nurburgring in about 8 minutes. With some new tyres it might still do that today.
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AutoPap@AutoPap·
It really is the GT3 of off-roaders. No car I’ve ever owned can do a rally stage with ease one morning, a lap of Spa-Francorchamps track the next and then a 200 mile journey home in total comfort.
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@Biggriffin4 @unusual_cars The best I ever saw on Stanley's rollers was 132 at the wheels. That was a pure race engine, Bill Blydenstein did the head, Kent AST8 cam on solids. Running on 4*, 40s with 34mm chokes. Not reliable enough for road use. That was 1400cc to my spec. #DemonRacingEngines
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Biggriffin.@Biggriffin4·
@unusual_cars The 1.3 nova sport was 95 donkeys, Me don't fink a 1.4 with twin Websters is going to do 140 donkeys. @R59V8
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Rob Compton@R59V8·
@Only9built Having driven one of those, which I compare to a 1960's lorry on steroids, no. Looks, yes, sound, yes, comfort, yet, drive. no. Where's the Gordon Keeble...
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HURRY UP & WAiT@Posted_to_BAOR·
This rings. What are you saying?
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Rob Compton@R59V8·
@SartorialThug As Mr Terence Hall (RIP) formerly of The Specials said "It's all a load of B*ll*cks"
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Sartorial Thug 🍸@SartorialThug·
Testicles, bosom or bum? Unacceptable coffee froth filth.
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Biggriffin.@Biggriffin4·
Out for tea
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THUNDERSALOONS 🇬🇧🏁@Thundersaloons·
👀 Spotted: Toyota Tuesday✨ A new build, George Polley replica Toyota Starlet Hot Rod will racing in 2026! Jason Waterman has built the car from the ground up, replacing his SHP Peugeot 206, & will join Steve Waterman’s Starlet on the grid 🏁 #ToyotaTuesday | #ClassicThunder
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Rob Compton@R59V8·
@PaulPitt1967 One of mine potentially needs a CT scan on his leg, possible fracture that an x-ray may not pick up. That's £1600, plus the repair if needed....
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An Only Twin@PaulPitt1967·
Had to take the dog to the vet’s. Anaesthetic, X-Ray and bottle of Metacam. £874 of your finest pounds please. Luckily they didn’t charge to lube me up before I was shafted 🤦‍♂️
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Rob Compton@R59V8·
@m1geo I'm just off to call them on 23cm. Well I stand as much of a chance as those halfwits you mentioned.
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George, M1GEO@m1geo·
The state of #hamradio really worries me. On #FT8 people are calling a 3Y0K that went QRT 15 minutes previously. On #CW it's a sea of people who don't know to use split calling, combined with every 4th person sending "UP UP" and every 10th person sending "STOP" or "IDIOT" :(
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Rob Compton@R59V8·
@pfloyd1980 @RAF_Luton I think you're getting mixed up with the abilities of the RAF.... "I say, waiter, could you change this bottle of water on our table for one of you finest bottles of red please?"
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George@pfloyd1980·
@RAF_Luton But can they turn water into wine?
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RAF_Luton@RAF_Luton·
Fact of the Day: Many people ask what the difference between the Super Army Soldiers and Super Boat Soldiers (Like SAS but boat) is. The Super Boat Soldiers work in and around water The Super Army Soldiers walk on water Photographed from a Canberra
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Rob Compton@R59V8·
@JamesMelville Years ago he would have been locked up in a padded cell wearing a straight jacket...
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James Melville 🚜
James Melville 🚜@JamesMelville·
“Let’s ban new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea but pay Norway £40 billion to import oil and gas from the North Sea. Let’s plaster solar panels on thousands of acres of farmland but have sun dimming experiments in a country that has the fifth least sun hours on the planet.”
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