runs as required Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Another Jowett - probably early 1930s Wife's Great Aunt Louie is beside her husband EdgarPrior sitting at the wheel. Both were keen rock climbers, members of the Rucksack Club. But Edgar came off in the Lakes; badly injured, he died later in Manchester Infirmary. His death was to prove a turning point: his fellow club member the famous climber surgeon Wilson Hey of Manchester Infirmary brought about the use of morphine in Mountain Rescue before WWII though it was not legitimised until 1949. Aunt Louie was a dauntingly austere character They'd left their house in Chorlton-cwm-Hardy to Manchester Infirmary (not anticipating the post war NHS). Twice a year she'd announce she'd just had another telephone call "Asking whether I'm dead yet". So the grim old Victorian house slowly fell to bits while she ascended to Kinder Downfall every week until she died in her nineties - when at last the house plot got re-developed. Her oft repeated mantra was copied by my wife "Do I want it ? Yes, but do I need it? No! ... which in truth has protected us from bankruptcy. Aunt Louie discovered I was frightened of spiders and forever tried to lure me into a smartly green painted garden shed where she spent her daylight hours . She had a deal with Manchester Docks where she rescued Tarantulas escaping from the banana boats. They all had names and lived with her in her jungle - once the Jowett's garage. dh 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackthorn Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) sorry. too tired t o post senibly Edited April 4, 2020 by Blackthorn 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted April 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2020 8 hours ago, runs as required said: Bizzarrini gialla e Bits di naughty Gesture con la mano sinistra ! Vero? Maybe he was a scuba diver in between songs 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted April 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2020 Mike. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechnut Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Not sure if Nidge follows the Castle Aching thread so I lifted this with him in mind 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom q vaxy Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) just started to watch Eye of the Needle with Donald Sutherland & friends on Amazon Prime movies. planes, trains, boats, & cars https://www.imcdb.org/movie_82351-Eye-of-the-Needle.html above link if a fantastic resource for those among us (!!!) who fester on the minutiae . . . Edited April 5, 2020 by tom q vaxy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Flashheart Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) Went for the daily exercise today and came across this dumped at the back of our local Hyundai dealer. Rob Edited April 6, 2020 by Lord Flashheart Spelling 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2020 @russ p might like that 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 On 06/04/2020 at 06:41, tom q vaxy said: just started to watch Eye of the Needle with Donald Sutherland & friends on Amazon Prime movies. planes, trains, boats, & cars https://www.imcdb.org/movie_82351-Eye-of-the-Needle.html above link if a fantastic resource for those among us (!!!) who fester on the minutiae . . . Although quite what the little DKW 4wd is doing on a WW2 Scottish Island, I've never been able to quite fathom . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted April 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Lord Flashheart said: Went for the daily exercise today and came across this dumped at the back of our local Hyundai dealer. Rob Doors are the difficult items to source but this one looks to have got rot in the front and rear ones It looks to have given up rare parts such as rear door glass and bumpers Probably ex BT 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted April 7, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2020 10 hours ago, Lord Flashheart said: Went for the daily exercise today and came across this dumped at the back of our local Hyundai dealer. Rob At the time I quite liked the Maestro roomy comfortable and practical and not Ford. (Had driven late model scrotes and the really poor model which they realeased before Focus). The Meastro we had for a week was a breath of fresh air. But best pool car was an Astra van. That job was a bit rubbish, been at current one for 28 years! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted April 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2020 10 hours ago, Lord Flashheart said: Went for the daily exercise today and came across this dumped at the back of our local Hyundai dealer. Rob Did you notice if it was diesel or petrol I'm desperate for a diesel tank? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 This popped up on my model portfolio site shown as taken in Prague can anyone identify that rear end ? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Hmmm..... she doesn't ring any bells with me. Or did you mean the car? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Not a good idea to be walking around a garage in bare feet, either.... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted April 7, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2020 Looks like an early '50s Citroen Traction Avant, like this one https://www.autobelle.it/en/a/For_sale_CITROEN_1953_TRACTION_AVANT_273385.xhtml Shame that lovely view has been spoiled. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted April 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) 46 minutes ago, peanuts said: This popped up on my model portfolio site shown as taken in Prague can anyone identify that rear end ? It's the biggest of the Citroen Traction Avant, a 15. Saloon version, not the rarer Commerciale which had a hatchback (contrary to the Renault claim that the R16 was the first mass production hatchback. Edit: The biggest was the 22 but they never reached series production iirc. Edited April 7, 2020 by Joseph_Pestell Correction 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Agree about the big Traction Avant: a touch of coy Mondrian modesty 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 One for the Mini boys. Any idea what it is? steve 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted April 7, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2020 I seem to recall back in the late 60s a Mini like that being called a Mini Sprint, but cannot remember who did them now 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2020 15 minutes ago, steve1 said: One for the Mini boys. Any idea what it is? steve whatever it is it looks like it’s got a VW beetle rear side window/roofline 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted April 7, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2020 3 hours ago, alastairq said: Not a good idea to be walking around a garage in bare feet, either.... I’ll actually sweep the floor in my garage for her........ 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted April 7, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2020 45 minutes ago, steve1 said: One for the Mini boys. Any idea what it is? steve Got it, Mini Monaco Coupe based on the cut down sprint roofline...... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) The back end and roof were fibreglass and were bonded to the cut down shell, in a similar vein to the Broadspeed GT Minis. The Benelite grille with the integral spot / fog lamps would've cost around a week's wages when new! Edit - the Buckle Mini Monaco, about thirty or so were built in Brookvale, Australia in 1966 and 67. There was also another version with a slightly different rear quarter window shape called the Ecurie de Dez, five of which were built by The Motor Boutique in Salisbury, South Australia in 1969 and 70. Edited April 7, 2020 by Rugd1022 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2020 Madness! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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