PatB Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 There is also a Daimler Dart in there. Yes, it is a Super Minx convertible, the saloons readily rusted so the convertibles had no chance. I saw one still in use in Malta a few years ago where the climate is a lot kinder. Using the entirely subjective measure of whether I've actually seen one or not, I don't really consider the Dart as particularly rare, whereas I don't think I've even seen a pic of the Super Minx 'vert outside captivity . The SUnbeam Harrington LeMans is hte rare beast, and IMHO, very desirable. http://auto-zer.com/photo/sunbeam-harrington-lemans/10/default.html Above is an example? Re- the fibreglass kit car? It's a Jago Samurai, an example of which is below The above from Gumtree. Used Ford Escort components. Ditto the Harrington Alpine . The Jago beastie is interesting. Must post-date my main interest in kit cars as I was only aware of the Jago Jeep. The use of Escort bits is no surprise though. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) A link sent to me by Mr Axlebollox t'uther day. No wonder Scarabs had so many dents in the cabs. Nice bit of formation Scarabing from 10:50 on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yR-5bbFivU Apologies if it's been posted before. P Edited November 21, 2017 by Porcy Mane 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 1 A very enjoyable film - did you notice the trailers still wore speed 20 plates (as did the Dinky Toy Mechanical Horse and trailer). 2 All that different public health kit from whatever international source: China/Japan/Germany is all still termed 'Scammells' in Malta. dh 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlambert Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 A couple from the Classic Motor Show. HERO (Historic Endurance Rallying Organisation) was doing 'Arrive and Drive' experiences in some of the classic cars it hires out. I pre-booked drives in a couple of cars; there were a couple of MGs (MGA and MGB), a Triumph TR4, an Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale and a Lancia Fulvia Sport Zagato. If you had more money to spend there was a Jaguar E-type and a Lancia Delta Integrale. It was only a 10-minute run up the road and back but enough to get a feel for the car. Both were LHD, which took less adjustment than I thought (I have driven LHD cars before but not for a while), The Lancia's 1300cc V4 was surprisingly flexible but also loved to rev, the Giulietta had a 1300cc vertion of the Alfa Twin-Cam inline four which was a bit grumpy below about 3,000rpm but sounded absolutely glorious once it got going. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 A very enjoyable film - did you notice the trailers still wore speed 20 plates (as did the Dinky Toy Mechanical Horse and trailer). Also the triple barrel Watney's trailer like the old Airfix (now Dapol) kit at 19 minutes. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Also the triple barrel Watney's trailer like the old Airfix (now Dapol) kit at 19 minutes. and Merit (or was it Airfix?) long packing cases at 21:50. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Lovely Alfa John. steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 If I had a Fulvia Zagato sport, I wouldn't dare hire it out for a blast up the road into a bit of rally forest track! I remember car mad son when he first worked in London belonged to a classic car club up York Way where you drove cars out on a a chit system e.g. i for a topolino; 10 for an MG A etc. He blued the whole load to ferry wife and firstborn home from hospitable in the James Bond Aston. Firstborn is now 17 and not the least interested in cars! dh 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 .....He blued the whole load to ferry wife and firstborn home from hospitable in the James Bond Aston. A DB5 is now worth around half-a-million quid. I think I'd be quite nervous about running a car of that value which wasn't mine, no matter how good the insurance cover. My Uncle eventually managed to sell his '74 Dino 246GTS in Malaysia in the late 1990s for about £45,000 (roughly equivalent to about £77,000 at today's prices), and it had proved difficult to sell back then. Nowadays, the same car would be worth around £350,000 to £400,000. I think he's kicking himself for not hanging onto it a bit longer. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 A DB5 is now worth around half-a-million quid. Meanwhile back at the ranch... ... this one doesn't come out very often. Don't anyone call it a tractor. Shades of the dastardly Stanley Baker & James Robertson Justice in the film, "Checkpoint". p 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) Or how about a Tipo 61 Birdcage. Edited November 23, 2017 by Porcy Mane 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Meanwhile back at the ranch... DB5©PwD.jpg Yes, I rather like the somewhat battered state of the Merc S123 estate alongside..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 And back to some more down to earth wheels. P 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Nice piccy....just the sorts of road surface such motors would be at home on, too? I like the old road sign....is it warning of a level crossing somewhere ahead? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I like the old road sign....is it warning of a level crossing somewhere ahead? Come on now. Learn your Highway Code. GATED ROAD by Claude R Ball, on Flickr It's a public highway, the sign being a pre Worboys (1963) indicated a gated road. The gates are to keep sheep & cattle within designated grazing areas, with the motorist being responsible for opening & closing the gates. Funnily enough until 1969 there was a railway line on the moor tops about twenty miles north of my photographs location where the train crew had to open and close sheep gates. There was a film of the crew of a Q6 carrying out this procedure on Youtube until quite recently. Some confined sheep. Apologies about the quality of the neg. P 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Come on now. Learn your Highway Code. I didn't recognise the sign either (did know it wasn't a level crossing one as they didn't have text on) so I googled to try & find an old Highway Code & failed! Don't recall having seen a gated road sign when driving, all cattle grids around here when I started driving in 1974. Keith 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 A DB5 is now worth around half-a-million quid. I think I'd be quite nervous about running a car of that value which wasn't mine, no matter how good the insurance cover. And that's without the 'optional extras'. Don't go pressing any buttons you don't know the purpose of (especially the one in the top of the gear lever!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 (did know it wasn't a level crossing one as they didn't have text on) Most did. P 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Were the photos taken on a Reliability Trial? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 24, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2017 I collected a friend and his young son to take them to the Southend show this last Saturday. My friend lives in Benfleet and on the return journey he directed me on a different route to avoid a difficult right turn onto the A13. The route he took me was down Church Hill, Benfleet which I had heard about as it was a hill climb venue up until the 1920's. An accident on this hill in 1924 when a pedestrian was seriously hurt led to a ban on such events on the public highway. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Dread Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Easing down a track in Swaledale. From Fremington Edge above Reeth. My wife and I were house sitting a friends converted miners cottage. The return trip in the dark was more interesting. I can still smell those brake shoes. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 .....The return trip in the dark was more interesting. Coming down from Fremington Edge.jpg I can still smell those brake shoes. It must have been even more interesting if you had Lucas headlamps.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 There are a few old cars in this photo I took in 1973 of George Street, Sydney, near Circular Quay. It is quite a record of history too, as practically every building in the photograph has been demolished to make way for newer, less interesting buildings. There was a record shop, where the three cars in the foreground are parked, that had two upstairs rooms packed full of unsold 78rpm records, which they were trying to sell for (I think) 20c (2/-) each. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 ^ I just realised that there weren't any traffic lights there back then..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Dread Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 It must have been even more interesting if you had Lucas headlamps.... Driver's window wide open, so as at the top of any rise, you could see which way the road was going, whilst the lights lit up somewhere else. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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