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Originally Posted by tc4332
Late one Saturday night many years ago I was driving an empty Ford coach from Bournemouth to Weymouth. The turbo died on the way but the intrepid Armstrong carried on.
As I drove through Chard a police car flagged me down and said I looked like a battleship laying down smoke and I was not allowed to continue my journey without a repair.
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So it wasn't just the turbo that was burnt out? 
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Originally Posted by tc4332
Oh bloody heck. Found out again.
Ther are a lot more tales about my coaching adventures.
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 Ray, you should compile a book of these, as I think they're great.
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Last edited by steamship; 14th December 2018 at 10:16 AM.
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