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This Months TR Driver Mag

Postby john 215 » 15 Jun 2008 19:09

Hi,
Would like to congratulate all those involed in Edition 3 of the TRDC mag, excellent cover to cover [:D]
Great article by Mr Rob Turner on the coca cola car including copies of the winning letters sent out to the different prize winners and who would of thought it was poss to spell 315 words out of the phrase-
'ALL SUMMER LONG'
without the use of plurals, proper nouns and be at least 4 letters long. Plus no computers in 1978 [;)]
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Postby stevie_a » 15 Jun 2008 19:43

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Postby gaz » 15 Jun 2008 20:12

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by john 215</i>

Hi,
Would like to congratulate all those involed in Edition 3 of the TRDC mag, excellent cover to cover [:D]
Great article by Mr Rob Turner on the coca cola car including copies of the winning letters sent out to the different prize winners and who would of thought it was poss to spell 315 words out of the phrase-
'ALL SUMMER LONG'
without the use of plurals, proper nouns and be at least 4 letters long. Plus no computers in 1978 [;)]
Cheers John.


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agreed john.....
i knew there was a fridge in the boot of the coca cola tr7 but what i didn't know there was a tv in the glove box
that was in the 70s imagine what they would do to it now it would be like "Pimp My Ride"...

and it was a very close comp what was it one word between them or something

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Postby john 215 » 15 Jun 2008 20:24

Hi Stevie,
Sorry to spoil your read [:I] Cert one of the best editions i have read. goes from strenght to strenght
Gaz, battery charger included as well, didnt know that either!!
Cheers John.

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Postby Chris Turner » 15 Jun 2008 22:03

John, it was as many words as possible from "All SUMMER" without the word long. This makes an even harder task. Val thought Robert had missed out the word long and added it herself because that was the name of the competition.
Stevie, if you havent received your mag by Tuesday let me know and Il send you another.

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Postby john 215 » 15 Jun 2008 23:23

Hi Chris,
That as you say makes it a lot harder, i think even those clever people on the channel 4 show 'Count Down' would struggle with that one!!
Do you have any info on 'Star Vans' ? If anyone has an address would love to drive to it and see what remains (i live in Luton) probaly a DIY store or houses now [V]
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Postby John Clancy » 16 Jun 2008 08:47

There were computers in 1978. One of the winners used the mainframe system at his work (Castbaird in Newbury - part of the Selection Trust/BP group) to generate his entry. The cheatin' b@stard!

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Postby Steve-LPS-Thomas » 16 Jun 2008 09:20

This will get you searching for your magnifying glasses... the rally rep on the cover..I don't know this car, could that possibly be the vinyl kit advertised on ebay???

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Postby Steve-LPS-Thomas » 16 Jun 2008 09:25

Forgot to mention, just got back from an early summer's (sunny!) run around the coast before breakfast. I love my car!

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Postby Rayjones » 16 Jun 2008 17:34

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by John Clancy</i>

There were computers in 1978. One of the winners used the mainframe system at his work (Castbaird in Newbury - part of the Selection Trust/BP group) to generate his entry. The cheatin' b@stard!

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If you were good enough to program a mainframe of 1978, (probably earlier) to come up with enough of the the answers in comprehensible english, you fully deserve to win in my view!

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Postby Chris Turner » 16 Jun 2008 18:20

The winner used dictionaries for quite a few languages and spent a few weeks compiling the 315 words, hes a very clever chap who has been very helpful, sending us quite a lot of documents from Coca Cola.

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Postby simon hubbard » 19 Jun 2008 21:36

I have still not received the magazine yet, has anyone else not got it yet?

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Postby tr7jim » 20 Jun 2008 20:57

Simon,

I will send you a copy in the post tomorrow.

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Postby simon hubbard » 28 Jun 2008 20:00

Hi Jim

Many thanks for sending the magazine, i was away last week and so have only just got back to the computer.

Great issue, once again.

Regards

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Postby humanoid » 28 Jun 2008 22:18

Jim, I sent a request in mid-May and still haven't received my free copy yet. I really wanted the copy with the Wedgies on the cover too....

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Simon,

I will send you a copy in the post tomorrow.

Jim Johnson
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