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Oz calls a rumble seat a dicky seat but nonetheless...
Was at our biggest swap meet Bendigo on the weekend and there was a very nice 1935 English ford coupe there for sale. It had a rumble seat (fited with seat belts) and he said that Victoria has banned anyone riding in any rumble seat . I know Victria has come draconian dumb laws regarding old cars. Has anyone else heard of this new law or is it a furphy? |
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What is a furphy? That is a new one to me
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New Brunswick Canada ...all cars now have to have day time running lights
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This neatly explains the Australian use of "Furphy" http://www.furphys.com.au/who-we-are/furphy-water-cart PS Cast into the end of each of these carts was the St Jerome verse: Good Better Best Never let it rest Till your good is better and your better is best
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wikipedia-furphy
a little furry creature that only lives Down Under-is cousin to the Tasmanian devil and is only sited at night, without running lights! |
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" ... not all their news was reliable and so it was that the word Furphy rapidly became a synonym for suspect information or rumour"
Fake news. |
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Attachment 339162The most draconic restrictions and speed limits were imposed by the 1865 act (the "Red Flag Act"), which required all road locomotives, which included automobiles, to travel at a maximum of 4 mph (6.4 km/h) in the country and 2 mph (3.2 km/h) in the city, as well as requiring a man carrying a red flag to walk in front
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