RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted June 2 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2 6 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: "Users will currently see a stripped down version of the site, ..." it'll be pole dancing next! Andy pole dancing? Pass the brain bleach! Mike. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SteveyDee68 Posted June 2 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2 10 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: "Users will currently see a stripped down version of the site, ..." it'll be pole dancing next! I don’t mind - not being plagued by repeated videos!! Will undertake my annual attempt to sign up to the “no adverts” level of membership in due course… Steve S 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted June 2 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2 42 minutes ago, SteveyDee68 said: ... I don’t mind - not being plagued by repeated videos!! ... Apart from the pole dancing ones? 🤔 It might be worse, it could be morris dancing! 😃 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 2 hours ago, Hroth said: Apart from the pole dancing ones? 🤔 It might be worse, it could be morris dancing! 😃 What about a Morris pole dancing? 3 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted June 2 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2 24 minutes ago, PatB said: What about a Morris pole dancing? Ohhhh painful... But that's not a pole, it's a post, a lamp post! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted June 2 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2 (edited) How the heck did a moggy get that fast to do that much damage? edit: I have concluded that the lamppost was speeding. Edited June 2 by Bucoops 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted June 2 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2 1 hour ago, PatB said: What about a Morris pole dancing? Probably not a good outcome for the driver, considering unlikely to have a seatbelt on! 1 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 2 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2 I suspect shunted into the lamp post by a bus or lorry. Things can be surprising in crashes sometimes though; I once came upon the scene of a recent RTA which looked really horrific, but nobdy had been hurt. A Honda C50 step-through moped, a bit scraped an battered, lay on one side of the road, and the other vehicle, barely recognisable and pretty terminally demolished as far back as the central pillar, on the other. A Range Rover. How such an outcome had been achieved I had no idea. I asked a traffic cop how a moped had had killed a Range Rover, and his response, laconic from as you’d expect from a traffic cop, was ‘stuck in it’s throat!’. Fair enough… 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jol Wilkinson Posted June 2 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2 6 hours ago, Hroth said: Apart from the pole dancing ones? 🤔 It might be worse, it could be morris dancing! 😃 In other nations Morris Dancing would be celebrated as a national tradition. In England we seem to prefer to take the p*ss out of our heritage. Pizza and lager, anyone? 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted June 2 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2 Apologies if these have been posted before, but what's the thinking here???? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204796399659?itmmeta=01HZD255J4G2RHQ8BCPX4G93CN&hash=item2faed1102b:g:BtYAAOSwmrZmSg3x https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204779828934?itmmeta=01HZD255J4D2HYMZ4C37M3Q1X1&hash=item2fadd436c6:g:CNAAAOSwE1Vej6hO 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted June 2 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2 (edited) 2 hours ago, Jol Wilkinson said: In other nations Morris Dancing would be celebrated as a national tradition. In England we seem to prefer to take the p*ss out of our heritage. Pizza and lager, anyone? Pyss*-taking is done by those who want to replace what heritage we have with something "relevant"... * Is this what is referred to as "vowel-shifting"? 🤔 Edited June 2 by Hroth 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 1 hour ago, DLT said: Apologies if these have been posted before, but what's the thinking here???? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204796399659?itmmeta=01HZD255J4G2RHQ8BCPX4G93CN&hash=item2faed1102b:g:BtYAAOSwmrZmSg3x https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204779828934?itmmeta=01HZD255J4D2HYMZ4C37M3Q1X1&hash=item2fadd436c6:g:CNAAAOSwE1Vej6hO Triang Princess valve gear? Worth a fiver at most, and even that’s a bit steep! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SteveyDee68 Posted June 2 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2 2 hours ago, DLT said: Apologies if these have been posted before, but what's the thinking here???? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204796399659?itmmeta=01HZD255J4G2RHQ8BCPX4G93CN&hash=item2faed1102b:g:BtYAAOSwmrZmSg3x https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204779828934?itmmeta=01HZD255J4D2HYMZ4C37M3Q1X1&hash=item2fadd436c6:g:CNAAAOSwE1Vej6hO Probably … “How much can I mendaciously chisel for this and get away with it?” Steve S 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 2 hours ago, DLT said: Apologies if these have been posted before, but what's the thinking here???? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204796399659?itmmeta=01HZD255J4G2RHQ8BCPX4G93CN&hash=item2faed1102b:g:BtYAAOSwmrZmSg3x https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204779828934?itmmeta=01HZD255J4D2HYMZ4C37M3Q1X1&hash=item2fadd436c6:g:CNAAAOSwE1Vej6hO Just to be pedantic, the second one is not valve gear - it is connecting rod, piston rod and crosshead plus some coupling rods. No valve gear in sight. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 2 hours ago, DLT said: Apologies if these have been posted before, but what's the thinking here???? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204796399659?itmmeta=01HZD255J4G2RHQ8BCPX4G93CN&hash=item2faed1102b:g:BtYAAOSwmrZmSg3x https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204779828934?itmmeta=01HZD255J4D2HYMZ4C37M3Q1X1&hash=item2fadd436c6:g:CNAAAOSwE1Vej6hO "Butler: Your nuts, m'lord." 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 7 hours ago, Bucoops said: How the heck did a moggy get that fast to do that much damage? A moggy, particularly a 60s model like that one will easily do 60mph and a narrow side impact like that is one of the worst, even a new car with SIPS wouldn't fare much better. 7 hours ago, Bucoops said: edit: I have concluded that the lamppost was speeding. Possibly the moggy was moving so fast it time travelled and hit a lamp post that wasn't there in 1967? 6 hours ago, kevinlms said: Probably not a good outcome for the driver, considering unlikely to have a seatbelt on! The driver might have survived if he or she wasn't wearing a belt, instead being ejected via the passenger side. They certainly wouldn't have walked away. A friend of mine was killed at 19 when his Ford Cortina broadsided a tree at speed. He was wearing his belt, but everything on the driver's side was forced into the passenger side. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 (edited) 4 hours ago, DLT said: Apologies if these have been posted before, but what's the thinking here???? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204796399659?itmmeta=01HZD255J4G2RHQ8BCPX4G93CN&hash=item2faed1102b:g:BtYAAOSwmrZmSg3x https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204779828934?itmmeta=01HZD255J4D2HYMZ4C37M3Q1X1&hash=item2fadd436c6:g:CNAAAOSwE1Vej6hO That looks like someone is scraping the bottom of the spares barrel.* * Otherwise known as a "Bin rake". PS, Anyone want to buy this gearbox nut? Previous owner was definitely a mendacious chiseller and too tight to buy a spanner... Edited June 2 by MrWolf Stupid autocorrect 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 11 hours ago, The Johnster said: I suspect shunted into the lamp post by a bus or lorry. Things can be surprising in crashes sometimes though; I once came upon the scene of a recent RTA which looked really horrific, but nobdy had been hurt. A Honda C50 step-through moped, a bit scraped an battered, lay on one side of the road, and the other vehicle, barely recognisable and pretty terminally demolished as far back as the central pillar, on the other. A Range Rover. How such an outcome had been achieved I had no idea. I asked a traffic cop how a moped had had killed a Range Rover, and his response, laconic from as you’d expect from a traffic cop, was ‘stuck in it’s throat!’. Fair enough… Never underestimate the mighty Step-Thru. Many years ago, by dint of youthful idiocy, I torpedoed a CityLine bus with mine, near Temple Meads. The bus was out of action for some time, awaiting removal of the cartoonishly C90 shaped dent in it's rear panel. The bike carried me proudly to failure of my first Part 2 motorcycle test the following morning, with nothing but the light application of a hammer and some sticky tape. 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted June 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3 (edited) 9 hours ago, Hacksworth_Sidings said: Triang Princess valve gear? Worth a fiver at most, and even that’s a bit steep! I thought it looked more like it was off a Triang/Hornby BoB. As for the sad Moggy, in the wrong* hands, they can shift. There was one on a police chase programme on one of the Ch5 derivatives that outran a high-spec police car around s dodgy estate. It was found abandoned..... * Someone who doesn't give a damn about the poor things mechanicals. Edited June 3 by Hroth 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 54 minutes ago, Hroth said: I thought it looked more like it was off a Triang/Hornby BoB. Ah yes, looking at it again, possibly? I didn’t notice the crossheads being all plastic upon first viewing. Even then, the Triang/Hornby BoB (from my personal experience) never had crossheads or actual sidebars, “false” slidebars were just moulded into the body casting and the piston on the end of the con rod had no crosshead fitted to them, maybe it’s a later version? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted June 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3 2 hours ago, Hroth said: I thought it looked more like it was off a Triang/Hornby BoB. As for the sad Moggy, in the wrong* hands, they can shift. There was one on a police chase programme on one of the Ch5 derivatives that outran a high-spec police car around s dodgy estate. It was found abandoned..... * Someone who doesn't give a damn about the poor things mechanicals. The red souped up one? I may have had both of our"off the clock" Private roads of course. And the convertable despite being heavier than the traveller may have had lift off over a hump back bridge once. Not so amusingly at the time, but was later, both doors popped open on landing impact. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 1 hour ago, Bucoops said: The red souped up one? I may have had both of our"off the clock" Private roads of course. And the convertable despite being heavier than the traveller may have had lift off over a hump back bridge once. Not so amusingly at the time, but was later, both doors popped open on landing impact. That's the one, I suspect that it even surprised the joyriders. As for convertibles, many years ago I launched my Herald convertible over the canal bridge near Loughborough Midland station. Triumph thoughtfully fitted anti burst catches to the doors on the ragtops, but the bounce on landing and hitting the brakes hard for the traffic lights immediately ahead caused the flip front bonnet to tip forward. Couldn't see a damn thing, but the engine sounded good.... 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted June 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3 9 minutes ago, MrWolf said: That's the one, I suspect that it even surprised the joyriders. As for convertibles, many years ago I launched my Herald convertible over the canal bridge near Loughborough Midland station. Triumph thoughtfully fitted anti burst catches to the doors on the ragtops, but the bounce on landing and hitting the brakes hard for the traffic lights immediately ahead caused the flip front bonnet to tip forward. Couldn't see a damn thing, but the engine sounded good.... Yes, probably that was the one, I wasn't really listening to the commentary. Perhaps you should have fitted bonnet straps? 🤔 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted June 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 3 13 hours ago, Hacksworth_Sidings said: Triang Princess valve gear? Worth a fiver at most, and even that’s a bit steep! And Romford axles are listed at 80p each, but they've gone up a BIT since then. Probably £1 now.... £10 for three??? Plus postage??? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzer models Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 2 hours ago, DLT said: And Romford axles are listed at 80p each, but they've gone up a BIT since then. Probably £1 now.... £10 for three??? Plus postage??? there now around £2 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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