Rugd1022 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 A quick and not very subtle deviation away from the MOT talk..... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 27 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Germany has one of the toughest roadworthiness regimes. Failures are often shipped to Poland that has a less stringent test and when they fail that test they often go further east to Ukraine. Aren't the test stations government run in Germany? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechnut Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rugd1022 said: A quick and not very subtle deviation away from the MOT talk..... Agree Nige, MoT’s are maybe not relevant in a thread about old cars with a definition of old as >40. Maybe better on the modern classics thread? My old car Edited December 24, 2020 by Beechnut Wrong image 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted December 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2020 2 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Germany has one of the toughest roadworthiness regimes. Failures are often shipped to Poland that has a less stringent test and when they fail that test they often go further east to Ukraine. Indeed, much the same with the Japanese testing....and why so many Jap market vehicles get exported at such young ages with very low mileages. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted December 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: A quick and not very subtle deviation away from the MOT talk..... Ohhhhh....not sure that Hewland box would last long amongst Milan traffic.......they don’t make good bumpers 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 4 hours ago, Kickstart said: Being fair, quite a few MOT testers struggle as well. All the best Katy That's true enough, it's a bit worrying when they have to drive your car onto the ramp and can't start it, let alone get it into gear. I had a big falling out with one of the insurance companies who wrote off a vehicle on the say so of an assessor who openly admitted that he had never even heard of the vehicle he was inspecting, let alone seen one. He had claimed that a damaged component that held a single self tapping screw was structural and beyond economic repair. Despite the fact that I proved that the structure wasn't distorted, the insurers insisted that the vehicle be scrapped as dangerous as they could not contradict the decision of their "engineer". I may have referred to him as "an office boy" and requested to see evidence of his qualifications, but got no response. 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) Back to the subject of old cars. Should keep most happy. Doesn't need MOT or tax. Registered 1964. Not some 80s / 90s wrong wheel drive hatchback or fitted with any electronics. (So doesn't belong on the Modern Classics thread) Not an exotic sports car or modern replica. Probably much rarer as most were thrashed from new as repmobiles then driven into the ground as taxis before either being scrapped or banger raced in the 1970s. Actually rather nice to drive, reasonably quick and economical, still quite capable of dealing with modern traffic too. Edited December 24, 2020 by MrWolf Picture no attach! 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Hobby said: Aren't the test stations government run in Germany? Yes, and the driving schools. Both on a franchise basis. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 5 hours ago, boxbrownie said: Indeed, much the same with the Japanese testing....and why so many Jap market vehicles get exported at such young ages with very low mileages. I believe the super test comes at ten years. There may be also tax penalties after this point too. Their loss our gain. My first MX5 came rust free and fully loaded with extras rarely seen on UK models. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 16 hours ago, MrWolf said: Back to the subject of old cars. Should keep most happy. Doesn't need MOT or tax. Registered 1964. Not some 80s / 90s wrong wheel drive hatchback or fitted with any electronics. (So doesn't belong on the Modern Classics thread) Not an exotic sports car or modern replica. Probably much rarer as most were thrashed from new as repmobiles then driven into the ground as taxis before either being scrapped or banger raced in the 1970s. Actually rather nice to drive, reasonably quick and economical, still quite capable of dealing with modern traffic too. Definitely rarer than a Lamborghini Miura! Those tail light clusters look very familiar, I wonder which other cars they've appeared on, not just Vauxhalls either....? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Definitely rarer than a Lamborghini Miura! Those tail light clusters look very familiar, I wonder which other cars they've appeared on, not just Vauxhalls either....? Lotus Elan for one, which means that rear lights are very hard to find and ouch money if they're NOS. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 They were used on the Marcos GT too. Later superseded by Rootes 'Arrow' rear lights. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) If I remember rightly, Aston's used Humber Hawk rear lights and the Bristol 412 used those from the facelift Bedford CF. AC used Morris Minor rear lights as did Jaguars and the first Austin FX4 taxis, before being altered to take Austin 1100 lights. Well it's more interesting than the jokes in the crackers.... Edited December 25, 2020 by MrWolf 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 20 hours ago, MrWolf said: Back to the subject of old cars. Should keep most happy. Doesn't need MOT or tax. Registered 1964. Not some 80s / 90s wrong wheel drive hatchback or fitted with any electronics. (So doesn't belong on the Modern Classics thread) Not an exotic sports car or modern replica. Probably much rarer as most were thrashed from new as repmobiles then driven into the ground as taxis before either being scrapped or banger raced in the 1970s. Actually rather nice to drive, reasonably quick and economical, still quite capable of dealing with modern traffic too. And from Carlisle too. You'd think it would have dissolved in all the rain. Always liked the FB Victor, especially in VX4/90 form. Was it the VX4/90 that had sort of inverted "T" shaped tail lights? ISTR a minority of FBs having such a thing. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 They were a solid old bus, most of the mud traps of the previous models had been eliminated. The VX4/90 had an extra lamp built above the cluster which gave the distinctive T shape. I had a pale blue one with a dark blue stripe on a Leicester registration. It's one of those cars I have often regretted selling. They don't mind rain, it's all the *#**@ road salt in winter that kills cars in Britain. I think that it might have been a conspiracy to sell new cars. We used sand for winter grip until about 1958, two years later they bring in the MOT and start checking for rust! 4 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 this popped up in my FB feed apparently in Namibia 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 A battery and fresh petrol would probably have it running again in an hour or two. 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted December 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2020 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: A battery and fresh petrol would probably have it running again in an hour or two. Would also double it's value! 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2020 2 hours ago, peanuts said: this popped up in my FB feed apparently in Namibia Do I recall James Bum Dirty Spy doing some offroading in one of those? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 9 minutes ago, rodent279 said: Would also double it's value! It would probably be a better bet than those from the UK which have usually rotted where the chassis / floorpan meet the firewall. It's another one of those cars that some of us wish we had filled an aircraft hanger with in the days you could buy one for £50. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 22 hours ago, Oldddudders said: Do I recall James Bum Dirty Spy doing some offroading in one of those? I presume you're referring to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB9-NU7iRkw 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 24 minutes ago, RJS1977 said: I presume you're referring to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB9-NU7iRkw Excellent. Impressing pretty girls by driving daft old cars is a fine pastime, for many of us it's been something of a life's work.... 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 5 hours ago, RJS1977 said: I presume you're referring to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB9-NU7iRkw And count the continuity errors regarding the damage to the 2CV. Also the skid plate underneath. steve 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 7 minutes ago, steve1 said: And count the continuity errors regarding the damage to the 2CV. Also the skid plate underneath. steve To my mind the most remarkable bit of 'damage' is when the bad guys manage to shoot out the fuel gauge(?) without either hitting Melina's hand, or breaking the rear window.... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Fuel gauge? That's the entire instrument panel! Bash plate or not, a 2CV would stand that kind of abuse better than most ordinary car or any supercar. Plus they probably had half a dozen old yellow Citroen's on standby. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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