RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted August 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2017 Yes thank you...!! However, having called racing mamby pamby, I have to say you'd never get me on one of those sidecar things...!! Keith Oh I did'nt do circuit racing , I did hillclimbs , much more fun . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Thought you might have been one of those nutters that go off to the Isle of Man every year...!! Son & I like doing hillclimbs too - or did before the ridiculous new MSA rules on head restraints put a stop to it. Maybe we should trade the Mini in for a sidecar outfit...!! Keith 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2017 In the night I wondered whether that little car might have been a Cloverleaf Citroen - much favoured for dignified slow transportation by rotund cassock clad French curés until the arrival of the 2cv. This morning checking this out proved a dead end but I did unearth: Automobiles Rally after googling vintage car radiators which proved to be a visual feast (my dad trained me into car indentification by radiator and badge recognition). I rather fancy buying one of those radiator shaped hip flask tucked into the door pocket of the battered Mondeo to pass over to Miss Daisy in the back whenever she gets alarmed by my driving. Thank you for that. I hadn't thought of the Wye valley; clearly the small Celtic fields are hardly south downs! dh Several makes had the headlamps so mounted in the mid 20's including Pergeot and an obscure short lived British maker Rhode. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 You'd be fine. Sedate & genteel. LandsEtrialPZP-1996mcsc.jpg P But technically he isnt 'in' the sidecar is he, he is hanging off the side of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 But technically he isnt 'in' the sidecar is he, he is hanging off the side of it. Always seems to me that's where sidecar passengers spend most of their time...! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted August 21, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2017 (edited) This, I think, is the last of the family's old cars - new to them - old to us! The next photo is of Marjory in the pits at Brooklands racing circuit. I have had it confirmed by Andrew Lewis, Curator of the Brooklands Museum & Archive, that this is indeed Brooklands. He says of the figures on the right 'A second look at the photo leads me to recognise Sammy Davis, the noted Bentley driver next to Seagrave.' Henry Seagrave is in driver's overalls on the right. Edited August 21, 2017 by phil_sutters 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Back seat leg room hasn't improved much in some of todays cars! Brian./ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Escort for sale http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/business/fancy-buying-44-year-old-357442 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Back seat leg room hasn't improved much in some of todays cars! If anything, it's got worse as drivers have become taller. Wouldn't like to be a back-seat occupant in a good many of today's cars. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Silver Sidelines Posted August 22, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 22, 2017 (edited) We enjoyed our first Maxi. I enjoyed our two Maxis - both of them ended their long sensible lives nobly enduring cold dark winters outside our house..dh However our second HLS must have been one of the last with dumbed down black painted bumpers. In the picture below taken before we sold it in 1985 it seems to be rusting nicely under the headlights. I do believe it had to have a complete engine rebuild at c20,000 miles but that was after we had parted with it.Rayc1984 - One of the last Maxis from 1981 Edited August 22, 2017 by Silver Sidelines 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted August 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2017 A maxi 2, the E series engine is normally pretty long lived Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 What would a Maxi have looked like if the design hadn't been forced to use Austin Landcrab doors to save money? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Silver Sidelines Posted August 22, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 22, 2017 Hi Russ A maxi 2, the E series engine is normally pretty long lived The longevity of the engine might have had something to do with the car being serviced on the day the dealership anoounced that it was going into liquidation. Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 (edited) c1984 - One of the last Maxis from 1981 The good old VK index mark. Maxi, I think it was a BL selling point that with the seats folded down a two six footers could lie down and stretch out with room to spare. Good job too, as the 0 to 60 time was rather soporific. P Edited August 22, 2017 by Porcy Mane 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted August 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2017 (edited) If anything, it's got worse as drivers have become taller. Wouldn't like to be a back-seat occupant in a good many of today's cars. Some of the 'airline' seats on modern trains are ridiculously close together. Most of my journeys now are on 313s and 377s, which are OK in that respect, but I used to hate having to use a Cross Country Voyager, between Reading and Oxford, when I used to visit my mother in Oxford. They verge on being claustrophobic. I am only just over 6ft, so taller folk must find travelling long distances a real pain. Edited August 22, 2017 by phil_sutters Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 What would a Maxi have looked like if the design hadn't been forced to use Austin Landcrab doors to save money? Halleluja! It might have looked like the Concept Aquila or the Morris Nomad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 ....BL selling point that with the seats folded down a two six footers could lie down and stretch out with room to spare. Good job too, as the 0 to 60 time was rather soporific. ....unless you had a Downton Engineering-tuned car. Do any of those survive? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted August 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2017 ....unless you had a Downton Engineering-tuned car. Do any of those survive? I didn't know Downton had done a maxi but as they did most of the BMC range its not surprising. I certainty haven't heard of any surviving when I've been to BL shows and on forums. Would love to find out more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 i'll post a few more today, i'm not one for making conversation and i'm not as clever as you lads are about the vehicles, but i hope you enjoy them all the same. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 I didn't know Downton had done a maxi but as they did most of the BMC range its not surprising. I certainty haven't heard of any surviving when I've been to BL shows and on forums. Would love to find out more http://mk1-performance-conversions.co.uk/dtn_maxi.pdf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 $14m and it didn't even have a race pedigree. http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a10209689/porsche-917-steve-mcqueen-le-mans-movie-car-for-sale/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted August 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2017 (edited) http://mk1-performance-conversions.co.uk/dtn_maxi.pdf105bhp not to bad 10bhp more than the later HL, 7000rpm wouldn't think it would stand that too often there is a risk of turning a cam bucket over on these engines at that speed, seen it a few times on the later O series.Would like to know what an E series does with the twin 40DCNF Webber's from the later but similar R series from the early MG Maestro Shame they didn't give it minilites Edited August 22, 2017 by russ p 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 http://mk1-performance-conversions.co.uk/dtn_maxi.pdf That looks like a lot of fun . Presumably the same mods could have also been applied to the 1750 Allegro which, given that its' a smaller car, would have been even quicker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Presumably the same mods could have also been applied to the 1750 Allegro which, given that its' a smaller car, would have been even quicker. But extremely scary on corners! My unmodified one was nice and quick in a straight line, but I needed to do a quick bit of double de-clutching to get out of fifth gear when approaching corners, especially if I knew there were potholes that would try to throw the car across to the other side of the road . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted August 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 23, 2017 I would love to build a performance E series and put it in allegro. I'm not sure whether there is enough clearance above the engine for Webber's in them or the maxi 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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