peanuts Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 4 hours ago, boxbrownie said: OK then....I’ll see your Super Oscars and trump it with the Bi-Oscars trump you all Oscar plus ! had a pair on my XR3 to replace the oem ford ones . 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2019 I’ll trump the lot of yer, 4 super oscars on my mini clubman! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted September 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2019 My sunbeam lotus came with two super Oscar's and two bi Oscar's which I still have, I put the bi Oscars on my maestro EFi for a bit but always got flashed when they were on dipped beam Didn't really understand why you would want dipping auxiliary lights especially when they were intended for competition use. I think there was also a dipping version of KC daylighters which I seem to remember reading somewhere they are basically the lighting unit from the US standard Pyle lighting unit for locomotives which are also dippable 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, russ p said: My sunbeam lotus came with two super Oscar's and two bi Oscar's which I still have, I put the bi Oscars on my maestro EFi for a bit but always got flashed when they were on dipped beam Didn't really understand why you would want dipping auxiliary lights especially when they were intended for competition use. I think there was also a dipping version of KC daylighters which I seem to remember reading somewhere they are basically the lighting unit from the US standard Pyle lighting unit for locomotives which are also dippable iirc bi oscars were aimed at kit cars and special builders giving a complete headlight with different beams . my lotus came with a set of six Boche Rally nikks running 150 watt bulbs had to have a bigger battery and more powerfull alternator Edited September 11, 2019 by peanuts 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted September 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2019 My lamp of choice was the Lucas 20 20 always suited 80s cars 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2019 (edited) Clearing out my father in laws garage a couple of weeks back and I found a solitary oblong ‘raydyot’ spot light complete with black cover, the type that could be used a spot light or reverse light, kept hold of it in my shed, I recon it’s a 70s/80s example Edited September 11, 2019 by big jim 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 I fitted Raydyot fogs to my early cars (Marina & Princess) Worked well. Lots of fog on the M6 back in the 70's !! Brit15 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted September 12, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 12, 2019 13 hours ago, peanuts said: trump you all Oscar plus ! had a pair on my XR3 to replace the oem ford ones . You were lucky they didn’t rip the front off 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted September 12, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 12, 2019 13 hours ago, peanuts said: iirc bi oscars were aimed at kit cars and special builders giving a complete headlight with different beams . my lotus came with a set of six Boche Rally nikks running 150 watt bulbs had to have a bigger battery and more powerfull alternator BiOscars were supposed to be used as combined fog and spot lamps for rallying, obviously not at the same time! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 not sure if this goes in here or modern classics but this popped up in my Faceache feed 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted September 12, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2019 Here's hoping the august members of RMWeb who are interested in old cars might be able to help identify this vehicle which appears in a photo in the illustrated history of the KESR. It's referred to as a Fiat open tourer c1930. I'm not sure if the c1930 refers to the manufacture of the car or the taking of the photo. For a bonus point the source of a 1:43 scale model of the original would be wonderful 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 12, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 12, 2019 38 minutes ago, colin penfold said: Here's hoping the august members of RMWeb who are interested in old cars might be able to help identify this vehicle which appears in a photo in the illustrated history of the KESR. It's referred to as a Fiat open tourer c1930. I'm not sure if the c1930 refers to the manufacture of the car or the taking of the photo. For a bonus point the source of a 1:43 scale model of the original would be wonderful The PH registration does not appear in my Glass's guide so it must have been issued before 1929.The car appears to be a late 20's model that ties in with the registration. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechnut Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 PH is a Surrey C.C. issue, May 1927. Brendan 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted September 13, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 13, 2019 6 minutes ago, Beechnut said: PH is a Surrey C.C. issue, May 1927. Brendan I guessed it was. In the '60s, a mate's parents in Dorking had 5743PH, 1297PL (both A35 vans), and 4125PJ, Zepyhr 6 Mk 3. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) Possibly a Fiat 512 produced 1926-28? It looks too big for the contemporary 509. Edited September 13, 2019 by BernardTPM 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted September 13, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 13, 2019 6 minutes ago, BernardTPM said: Possibly a Fiat 512 produced 1926-28? That looks a good shout. I had found a similar vehicle on ebay which is the earlier 501 https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/231051924229?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&itemid=231051924229&targetid=594043180790&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9044862&poi=&campaignid=6466403028&mkgroupid=78240852180&rlsatarget=aud-629407026665:pla-594043180790&abcId=1140486&merchantid=7413384&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_OzrBRDmARIsAAIdQ_JlYGMwfVqoG74Rw7heA2V1l65n0mCx8FrjfFXu1IaD3VSn5ooqo1saAlbNEALw_wcB 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 I've always been under the impression that artillery wheels had largely disappeared on new cars by 1930, so I'd concur that the car is probably a few years old in a photo taken in 1930. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Just started downloading my photos from yesterday's eyewatering trip to the Goodwood Revival, what a day it was, more later but here are a couple of quickies for now... 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 7 hours ago, PatB said: I've always been under the impression that artillery wheels had largely disappeared on new cars by 1930, so I'd concur that the car is probably a few years old in a photo taken in 1930. Our family's first car was a ponderous flat nose Morris Cowley reg. GH200 with artillery wheels. I believed it to be registered in 1931. Can this be checked these days? [Poor old 'George' got laid-up in our garage while my dad was away in the RAF during the war, so I tried repainting him from his dreary black with the dregs of every pot of paint I could find left on the shelves around it. It really upset pained me that my dad was in no way pleased when he returned at my Jackson Pollock job] dh 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 K reg mini (proper one) pick up spied on Great Yarmouth seafront earlier. No chance of a picture, by the time I'd seen it it had gone. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 14, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 14, 2019 5 hours ago, runs as required said: Our family's first car was a ponderous flat nose Morris Cowley reg. GH200 with artillery wheels. I believed it to be registered in 1931. Can this be checked these days? [Poor old 'George' got laid-up in our garage while my dad was away in the RAF during the war, so I tried repainting him from his dreary black with the dregs of every pot of paint I could find left on the shelves around it. It really upset pained me that my dad was in no way pleased when he returned at my Jackson Pollock job] dh The registration GH 200 would be July/August 1930. However some manufacturers offered either steel artillery wheels or wire wheels on their larger models up until the mid thirties (Austin, Hillman, Rover and others). Artillary wheels were retained on light commercials and London taxi's up to WW2 and some London taxi's even had them post war. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 More Goodwood goodness.... it was difficult to get decent shots of Beatle George's mind bending Radford Cooper S as it was parked up by the fake wall, I gave it a go though.... 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 These were sent to me today. i suspect they were taken in Oz. steve 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted September 15, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2019 Always thought the 1800 ute was an odd idea unless there is modifications to the hydrolastic suspension as normally if you put a load in the back of a car with it the front comes up 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 15, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2019 56 minutes ago, steve1 said: These were sent to me today. i suspect they were taken in Oz. steve NZ number plates. 41 minutes ago, russ p said: Always thought the 1800 ute was an odd idea unless there is modifications to the hydrolastic suspension as normally if you put a load in the back of a car with it the front comes up They used the front suspension units on the rear in place of the lighter units on the passenger cars. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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