Random # 2: Renault 10

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The term car-porn will hence forth no longer appear in UMPH posts.  Why?  Bemused by the sudden spike in page-hits for his previous entry Random Car Porn # 1: Volvo P1800 (www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7165367970551834236#editor/target=post;postID=8348989909250527120;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=2;src=postname), he innocently Googled the term and discovered a whole new genre of nudie-sex-romp pictorials, their only car-related feature being that said naked action occurred in, on or around parked vehicles.

 Random Car Porn # 1 has probably left quite a few punters a little disappointed with UMPH's rather demure depiction of a Volvo not festooned with cavorting couples in various stages of dishabille.  Given the Swedish connotations, it may have put some readers in mind of some sort of blonde-on-blonde post-sauna antics...  But UMPH digresses.  

 The subject of this week's quickie-post - from now on to be known as Randoms - is this venerable Renault 10 photographed in Elizabeth Street, North Hobart.   It's a straight, tidy car on full registration, so it might still be more or less a daily driver.  The paint's a bit damaged but the lack of rust is a testament to Renault's galvanising programme.


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It's not Hobart's only example of a 10, as UMPH has seen another parked on the lawns of Parliament House during the French Car Club's annual Bastille Day celebration (http://www.aussiefrogs.com).  That one's a very tasty blue example with wider-than standard wheels and a worked engine.

 So, that's good bye to car-porn and hello to Randoms.  UMPH shudders to think what would happen if he were to Google food-porn ...
U M P H.

 (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au).  

Comments

  1. Unknown10 January 2016 at 19:10

    The R 8, R 10 & R 12 were the family drive for our second car, in fact I learnt to drive in the R 12. I'm uncertain why we switched to Citroen. The R 12 I suspect....

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  2. Alastair Watson11 January 2016 at 08:25

    Fairly exotic choices for back then. Would've stood out in the sea of Holdens, Fords and Hillman Minxes.

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