Rob Marshall

Motoring technology journalist, copy/ghost writer, photographer, videographer, editor and creative for both consumer and B2B outlets. Twitter virgin.

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@JaguarBreaker Where has the time gone Dave?!

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An old snap from around 15 years ago at a proper scrapyard with an old friend.

Wishing everybody a very happy #mayday #bankholiday.

#Frenchcarfriday
#renault
#renault15

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@JaguarBreaker Hope you are enjoying retirement

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@JaguarBreaker Hey Dave! Those were the days :)

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#frenchcarfriday

(with a #rover200 giving a trio of Renaults a lift!)

#clio #renaultclio #meganescenic #renault #renaultmegane #scrapyard

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@svenskatom I saved a 1983 900GLs from a scrapyard in Wales in 2001. It was bought by a childcare worker. She put on another 100,000 miles, before it was in thew middle of a motorway pile-up accident. A new rear bumper, a rear quarter pabnel repainted and off she went again. A brilliant car.

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@Beaulieu_Hants I so want to come back. I have visited only one, then got a call to say my Dad had died, so had to leave within half an hour of arriving. (Yes, really!)

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#frenchcarfriday

The last hurrah for big Citroens, which was a misunderstood sales flop.

I shot this C6 at the British International Motor Show in 2006, hoping it would tempt Brits from their Audis and BMWs. It did not.

#frenchcarfriday #citroen #c6 #citroenc6
#motorshow

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A few pics from today's setting up at the #NECRestoShow . Hopefully see you there?

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#frenchcarfriday #renault '#renault17

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#frenchcarfriday

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The poor quality of even safety-critical car parts continues to amaze me.

The new sealed-beam headlamp (pictured left) rattled around in its mounting, because the mounting lugs had not been formed properly.

Pictured right is an original 1970s lamp

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#Haldex #Saab #landrover #volvo #saab #audiquattro #volkswagen #allwheeldrive #snow

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After a broken throttle spring made my engine over-rev, causing piston-to-valve contact, the bottom end started knocking.

The noise was not from a ruined crankshaft but these loosening under the shock and striking the clutch...

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Only a few days left to work on the #Volvo440 ready for the #classicmotorshowNEC. Today, I shall be mostly making underbonnet soundproofing...

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Getting ready for the @ClassicMotorNEC with a few minor rust repairs. It is easy to forget that the primer provides the #rust protection, not the top coat. #car #DIY

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@adrianfclarke @mazdaukpr So any news @mazdaukpr , please?

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@EVCircles I have asked them: the Japanese car firms are being typically sensible and realises that BEV is not the answer for all of its markets.

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@adrianfclarke @mazdaukpr Ditto and I am looking for a new car to review in a column...