Steve K Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) Something a little more down-to-Earth, but possibly even rarer than original Mini Coopers: Edited August 18, 2019 by Steve K 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Two more. steve 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Ooooh! A Tempest! I like the Tempest! They initially were intended for trialling, bt somehow got lost on the way.... a decent use of Reliant running gear, quite comfortable, and well made. The Liege got it right, however... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2019 1 hour ago, boxbrownie said: Would be nice if it turned out to be a 1071? Checking on DVLA site it is a 1071 . 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2019 1 hour ago, alastairq said: Ooooh! A Tempest! I like the Tempest! They initially were intended for trialling, bt somehow got lost on the way.... a decent use of Reliant running gear, quite comfortable, and well made. The Liege got it right, however... As a one time owner of a Reliant Kitten it niggled me somewhat that the Reliant owners club actively promoted the conversion of the four wheelers using aftermarket bodies but the fur would fly if anyone suggested modifying a three wheeler. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 On 08/07/2019 at 18:20, 37114 said: I was there too, a great day, I was lucky enough to be stood in the pits when they got "BABS" fired up, 27 litre fire spitting monster and got some great video. Also managed to blag a glass of Champagne to celebrate sir Jackie Stewart's birthday and then realised I was stood next to Derek Bell (Nice chap). I saw her running on Pendine a couple of years ago - 90th anniversary of Parry's record IIRC. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkscratching Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 53 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: As a one time owner of a Reliant Kitten it niggled me somewhat that the Reliant owners club actively promoted the conversion of the four wheelers using aftermarket bodies but the fur would fly if anyone suggested modifying a three wheeler. There used to be a tatty matt black Reliant Kitten parked up, never moved for a year or so, near where I get welding gas, gone now tho... I thought it looked rather cool, I would think one of those is somewhat rarer than a 3 wheel Reliant now 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 was down at a friends garage for a photoshoot with some bikes and lurking at the back of the yard awaiting a full resto was this dolly sprint hope to have more pics as the work progress . and the lovely Holly with the recently completed cooper s 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2019 Went to mini in the park today, lots of classic minis as well as modern ones (pics of those in the other thread) 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 hours ago, PhilJ W said: As a one time owner of a Reliant Kitten it niggled me somewhat that the Reliant owners club actively promoted the conversion of the four wheelers using aftermarket bodies but the fur would fly if anyone suggested modifying a three wheeler. Except in the world of trialling, where modified 3 wheeler Reliants of one form or another are still to be seen regularly. ( More so than a Tempest, at least) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted August 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 19, 2019 12 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said: Checking on DVLA site it is a 1071 . Nice little rev’er......brrm brrm 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted August 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 19, 2019 9 hours ago, peanuts said: was down at a friends garage for a photoshoot with some bikes and lurking at the back of the yard awaiting a full resto was this dolly sprint hope to have more pics as the work progress . and the lovely Holly with the recently completed cooper s I assume he knows the trick for cleaning out the chrome off gassing on the lamp lenses, they just need a bit of a clean up, looking lovely though, car and er....70’s type drapery. Dolly is the same year as ours was, although ours was in Mimosa Yellow......before it went bang, run the mains on the A12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted August 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 19, 2019 Oh yes.......why did he install bicycle handle bars on the Mini front wing? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jol Wilkinson Posted August 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 19, 2019 Took the MGB roadster to Stonham Barns (near Stowmarket Classic Car Show on Sunday, a large event with a great variety of classics. Lots of US cars, perhaps a reflection of the number of US air bases in East Anglia. Few original versions of some cars but several examples heavily modified, Ford Escorts, Anglias, Cortinas and Capri's being a good example. The previous week had been to the Alde Valley Classics show (at Stratford St Andrew, up the A12 towards Lowestoft). A much smaller event but again with a good selection of classics including a couple of Lomax three wheelers at one extreme and a couple of 60's Cadillac at the other. The Citroen Estate just beyond the XK150 (above the boot of my MGB roadster) was up for sale at £30K. I though the older Chevy rather nice. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 (edited) On 17/08/2019 at 21:22, Northmoor said: Camberley Car Show today - a free event (donation buckets are positioned around the cars for charities) which takes over the two main streets and has really grown over the years. There must have been about 100 vehicles; quite a few "new" vehicles rather than older classics. Here's some pics of vehicles appropriate for the thread title (this could take a while with the 10Mb limit): Two Coopers as were being discussed here the other day. The one on the left has 275000 on the clock. The Island Blue & White Mk2 Cooper is a very well known one, it appeared in John Parnell's wonderful 'Original Cooper & Cooper S' bible and at least two other Mini books, and has been restored twice (so far!). I've seen both of these Mk2s at shows several times and they really are lovely examples. I had a very interesting chat with Steve Burkinshaw at Mallory Park yesterday, he's currently knee deep in restoring Paul McCartney's Radford Cooper S for the owner Christian Horner in time for the Goodwood Revival, apparently when it was restored in America about twenty years ago the wedling around the Aston Martin DB4 rear lights was bodged quite badly so he's had to refabricate them this time round. Looking forward to the Revival, Steve's invited me to have a proper gander at the Beatle's Minis when I go down on the Friday, rest assured I shall be taking plenty of photos, it's highly unlikely that all three will be seen together in the same place again. Edited August 19, 2019 by Rugd1022 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted August 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 19, 2019 58 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: The Island Blue & White Mk2 Cooper is a very well known one, it appeared in John Parnell's wonderful 'Original Cooper & Cooper S' bible and at least two other Mini books, and has been restored twice (so far!). I've seen both of these Mk2s at shows several times and they really are lovely examples. I had a very interesting chat with Steve Burkinshaw at Mallory Park yesterday, he's currently knee deep in restoring Paul McCartney's Radford Cooper S for the owner Christian Horner in time for the Goodwood Revival, apparently when it was restored in America about twenty years ago the wedling around the Aston Martin DB4 rear lights was bodged quite badly so he's had to refabricate them this time round. Looking forward to the Revival, Steve's invited me to have a proper gander at the Beatle's Minis when I go down on the Friday, rest assured I shall be taking plenty of photos, it's highly unlikely that all three will be seen together in the same place again. My first “S” was an Island Blue with a White roof......but when we stopped Special Saloons and went to Formula Ford I slipped the Longman inclined valve split Weber race (although changed from a Super Sprint cam to just a Sprint cam for the road) engine we raced the Riley Elf with into my “S”.......gave a few TC Escorts a surprise up the A127 ...........I fear SYE 487F is now defunct and long gone, no trace at DVLC unfortunately 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted August 19, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2019 (edited) A quick video of some of the cars on one of the open track sessions at Mallory park yesterday, both modern minis and old, have a look at the orange classic in the 2nd bunch of cars, don’t know what engine was in it but it embarrassed a lot of newer cars on its laps, leaving them for dust on the straights! Edited August 19, 2019 by big jim 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickstart Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 21 hours ago, PhilJ W said: As a one time owner of a Reliant Kitten it niggled me somewhat that the Reliant owners club actively promoted the conversion of the four wheelers using aftermarket bodies but the fur would fly if anyone suggested modifying a three wheeler. There is a 4 wheeled reliant local to me fitted with a Saab turbo engine in the middle. All the best Katy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kingzance Posted August 19, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2019 If I recall correctly, the cars and the calendar girls were somewhat narrower in the 70's 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 May be helpfull to some on here https://rimmerbros.com/content--name-MG-Rover-Sale?src=UK1819W&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mgrover19lookalike&fbclid=IwAR0mY35hHWSjKLWbih4UGGDKRRF2lSGTHWaNtTB7pRSr5YwhZnkU4iA4slw 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkscratching Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 I've had land rover stuff from Rimmers and they seemed a very good place to deal with, had just what I was looking for ( unusual these days) when I bought some fairly small components.. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steve1 Posted August 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2019 Morrisons car park this pm. steve 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 24, 2019 Looks rather small compared to the modern cars around it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldgadgie Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) This was my ninth sd1 and i sold it three years ago as I had nowhere to keep it when we were between houses. Now I have a very clean empty garage with lots of space and it's way too clean to dirty with old cars. It's around Shrewsbury somewhere now. Edited August 24, 2019 by Oldgadgie 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 3 hours ago, steve1 said: Morrisons car park this pm. steve At risk of inflaming a lynch mob, many years ago a mate and I hatched a plot to acquire one of these (rusty ones were dirt cheap back then), and build a slightly deranged, road going kneeler sidecar outfit around its engine. It never actually happened, which was probably fortunate given that our rather less mad mechanical concoctions came quite close to killing us on seemingly a weekly basis. Ah, the immortality of youth . 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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