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Jenko

posted on 18/4/13 at 07:32 PM Reply With Quote
Calling j15 owners..or should that be vectis owners?

So, what's the deal...my blog says j15, but now changed to vectis (which I quite like)....so, I guess we need to change all our references from now on, else no one will know what they are.





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matt_gsxr

posted on 18/4/13 at 07:53 PM Reply With Quote
Isn't it only a Vectis if based on a MGF?
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Slimy38

posted on 18/4/13 at 07:55 PM Reply With Quote
I thought the Vectis referred to the MGF derived car rather than the J15?

http://www.totalkitcar.com/2013/03/14/new-one-from-the-enchanted-wood/

(Matt beat me to it!)

[Edited on 18/4/13 by Slimy38]

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jeffw

posted on 18/4/13 at 08:00 PM Reply With Quote
Apparently it is all cars not just the MGF






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Jenko

posted on 18/4/13 at 08:58 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Apparently it is all cars not just the MGF

Yep..wot Jeff said....

So...like it or not...we all now Vectis's!

Must admit, I quite like it...





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deeceee09

posted on 18/4/13 at 09:21 PM Reply With Quote
Mine's registered as a J15 so that's how it will have to stay. I must admit I was sad when JP had to drop the Spectre name. I did suggest Mytra in 2010 but he said it was too late.





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Ninehigh

posted on 18/4/13 at 09:22 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jenko
quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Apparently it is all cars not just the MGF

Yep..wot Jeff said....

So...like it or not...we all now Vectis's!

Must admit, I quite like it...


Shouldn't y'all be Vectii?






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adithorp

posted on 18/4/13 at 09:50 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
quote:
Originally posted by Jenko
quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Apparently it is all cars not just the MGF

Yep..wot Jeff said....

So...like it or not...we all now Vectis's!

Must admit, I quite like it...


Shouldn't y'all be Vectii?


No, I think it'd be Vectes or even just Vectis'





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nick205

posted on 18/4/13 at 10:08 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
quote:
Originally posted by Jenko
quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Apparently it is all cars not just the MGF

Yep..wot Jeff said....

So...like it or not...we all now Vectis's!

Must admit, I quite like it...


Shouldn't y'all be Vectii?


No, I think it'd be Vectes or even just Vectis'



Collective: Vectra's






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Andy S

posted on 18/4/13 at 10:26 PM Reply With Quote
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vectis


The Sylva Crowbar!

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ashg

posted on 18/4/13 at 11:35 PM Reply With Quote
what happened to the shindig





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jeffw

posted on 19/4/13 at 05:20 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Andy S
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vectis


The Sylva Crowbar!


It is the Roman name for the Isle of Wight which sits like a lever below the two arms of the Solent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Isle_of_Wight

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Jenko

posted on 19/4/13 at 08:42 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ashg
what happened to the shindig


I honestly think if it was still called a shingdig, I would not have bought one! ;-)





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jeffw

posted on 19/4/13 at 08:58 AM Reply With Quote
Which is exactly why it was changed.






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adithorp

posted on 19/4/13 at 09:33 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
quote:
Originally posted by Jenko
quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Apparently it is all cars not just the MGF

Yep..wot Jeff said....

So...like it or not...we all now Vectis's!

Must admit, I quite like it...


Shouldn't y'all be Vectii?


No, I think it'd be Vectes or even just Vectis'



Collective: Vectra's


No that's Latin for "bag of poo from Vauxhall".

ps. think it'd only be Vectra if it was a Vectum... but then what does a hairy arsed mechanic know about Latin.

[Edited on 19/4/13 by adithorp]





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deeceee09

posted on 19/4/13 at 10:11 AM Reply With Quote
Gave up Latin over 50 years ago but according to http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vectes the plural of vectis is vectes. But how many Isles of Wight are there?





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adithorp

posted on 19/4/13 at 10:59 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by deeceee09
Gave up Latin over 50 years ago but according to http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vectes the plural of vectis is vectes. But how many Isles of Wight are there?


Thank you. I only suspected it was that because I knew (god knows why) that the plural of Tigris (a tiger) is Tigres.

I do think Vectis is an improvement on J15 and anything was an inprovement on Shindig.





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Paul AS

posted on 19/4/13 at 12:02 PM Reply With Quote
Still like J15 - it sounds like a 1960's experimental aircraft!
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jeffw

posted on 19/4/13 at 12:09 PM Reply With Quote
As opposed to the Vectis Bus Company......

http://www.islandbuses.info/

When the discussion was going on over the Spectre/Shindig name I did suggest JP 15 which does sound like a Jet Aircraft.






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nickm

posted on 19/4/13 at 02:58 PM Reply With Quote
Mines called Nell

after Nell McAndrew who has spent hours watching me from the garage wall throughout the build

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stevebubs

posted on 19/4/13 at 07:21 PM Reply With Quote
Has no-one else noticed it has a full screen?
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