For those interested in old cars.

[Rugd1022]

58 minutes ago, boxbrownie said:

Mr Curtis chose the best colour combination as well.

 

Indeed he did....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I watched a couple of episodes last night and in the scenes where Tony drove the jewel like Dino himself he was clearly enjoying the performance, likewise with Roger and the DBS. Sadly the current owner of the Dino has no interest in its part in TV history and keeps it hidden away, still it hasn't stopped the owner of this UK registered LHD Dino fitting false plates for photo shoots....

 

 

 

 

[Northmoor]

Watching TV of that era, it somehow manages to be both garbage and wonderful at the same time!

[boxbrownie]

When I worked briefly for a local advertising agency the boss had a Dino, beautiful little car which chewed up,it’s fuel pump on the A127 in Southend and he asked me to look at it as he knew I raced Minis (no idea of the connection but he was a bit thick) anyhoo I turned up in one of the company Cortinas which was in nappy yellow which conveniently was the same colour (give or take) as the Dino and I proceeded to investigate, took the huge under shield off the Dino and found the pump which was as dead as any Italian electrics would be at about a year old   upon having it in my hands it looked very similar to an SU pump (although I think it was a MM pump) anyhoo a quick trip to the local BMC dealer sourced an MGB V8 pump which I assumed would give about the same flow rate required, fitted it all up and bingo off I went for a very long test drive 

 

Oddly he soon after this traded the Ferrari in for a DBS V8 which on the first wet day he spun it turning out of his drive, I said he was thick, didn’t I? 

[boxbrownie]

Come to think of it he was a bit of a Jack the lad, I wonder if he thought of himself as a Persuader? 

[PhilJ W]

16 minutes ago, Northmoor said:

Watching TV of that era, it somehow manages to be both garbage and wonderful at the same time!

But worth looking at to see what you can spot in the background. The best for that IMHO is 'The Plank' as there's no dialog to get in the way.

[Rugd1022]

It's amazing what turns up in old TV series and films, in a 1975 episode of 'The Sweeney' one of the nineteen original Aston Martin DB4GT Zagatos makes an appearance, supposedly belonging to one of the villains. In a couple of episodes of 'The Persuaders' Peter Wyngarde's maroon Bentley Continental Flying Spur can be seen lurking, he often used to visit Roger Moore and Tony Curtis on set or on location as 'Jason King' was shot at the same time, although on a much smaller budget. One of the best 'blink and you'll miss it' spots is Wyngarde arriving at a London underground car park in 'Jason King' driving one of only four RHD Maserati Ghibli Spiders ever built, complete with its unique factory hardtop, the number plate looks completely made up....

 

[steve1]

Probably the only type of SAAB I would think twice about owning.

 

steve

 

 

[Mountain Goat]

On 09/09/2021 at 11:04, Rugd1022 said:

 

Indeed he did....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I watched a couple of episodes last night and in the scenes where Tony drove the jewel like Dino himself he was clearly enjoying the performance, likewise with Roger and the DBS. Sadly the current owner of the Dino has no interest in its part in TV history and keeps it hidden away, still it hasn't stopped the owner of this UK registered LHD Dino fitting false plates for photo shoots....

 

 

 

 

I followed one of those (The red one and this one was red) coming back through Mid Wales and while my little Mitsubishi kept catching up with it pulling out of junctions and round bends (The driver was being careful. I noticed that one of his brake lights was not working), I could not exceed 50mph as one of my front wheels had picked up a puncture and I was using the space saving spare to get home... So on long straights he was slowly pulling away as he was allowed 60mph and I wasn't, but as soon as the corners were coming up he was slowing right down to take them... I was trying to get back home quick but it was not working!  Surprizingly my Mitsi was handling ok with one wheel being the thin thing of a spare, though I think the tread on it was a little less then what it was when I first put it on!

 

 

 

[Prometheus]

I'm afraid that BMWs do absolutely nothing for me these days, but I always liked the 02 Series, not  at all ostentatious and nicely styled cars, and very much of their time.

 

I spotted this 02 quietly disintegrating whilst in west Wales recently. I don't know whether it is [was] a 16/18/2000 model, but I always wanted one when they came out. The 02s looked very good in that bright lemon colour scheme ....

 

 

Tony

[alastairq]

34 minutes ago, Prometheus said:

I'm afraid that BMWs do absolutely nothing for me these days, but I always liked the 02 Series, not  at all ostentatious and nicely styled cars, and very much of their time.

 

I spotted this 02 quietly disintegrating whilst in west Wales recently. I don't know whether it is [was] a 16/18/2000 model, but I always wanted one when they came out. The 02s looked very good in that bright lemon colour scheme ....

 

 

Tony

That, I believe, was called the ''Touring?''

I once had an 02.  That colour as well.

Actually, typically Germanic spartanism inside, much like the VWs of the day [1973, M reg]. Seats were that typically germans plasticky-mit-holes material...I noted old Mercs were similarly endowed.....Basic instruments, no wifi or anything remotely resembling ''connectivity'..aside from chrome bumpers  { I still have one rear quarter bumper, not bad condition, in my stock of useless spares]...

Plenty of oomph to keep ahead of prevailing traffic [early on this century]....it was a 2002....engine very fragile if overheated, would warp & blow the head gasket if one even mentioned ''hot water''..........

The [No3] ex wife managed to collect a small piece of stiff builders wire through the radiator...being more used to stouter engines she ignored the temp gauge, as she only had a  few miles to get home....Thus the head gasket blew...a sod of a job to sort.

Cost me just shy of 1500 quids with full mot....Sills were a bit lacy inside, but I sorted that jobbie out. It was our 'daily' for a year or so...

But we needed something larger, or rather, two of them...so the BMW went!

Edited September 11, 2021 by alastairq

[Prometheus]

Yep, a ‘Touring’. Earlyish hatchback.

 

tony

[boxbrownie]

I had a 2002tii back in the day, I was going to buy a new RS1600 but they had just stopped taken factory orders so couldn’t get one with a LSD, and in a huff went to the local BMW dealer and bought a one year old tii, had it converted with the twin headlamp kit from motorsport and had it repainted black……salesman couldn’t believe his luck…..hey I was young and stupid, but it was a fantastic car back then and took us on trips all over the country with ease (and at quite a rate of knots), the Kugelfischer injection could be temperamental on cold mornings but other than that it was great……then one day changing from first to second whizzing uphill the diff decided it didn’t like playing anymore and stripped most of its teeth, swapped a non running BMW in for a Mk3 Cooper S……I enjoyed that also 

Edited September 11, 2021 by boxbrownie

[Dunsignalling]

35 minutes ago, alastairq said:

That, I believe, was called the ''Touring?''

I once had an 02.  That colour as well.

Actually, typically Germanic spartanism inside, much like the VWs of the day [1973, M reg]. Seats were that typically germans plasticky-mit-holes material...I noted old Mercs were similarly endowed.....Basic instruments, no wifi or anything remotely resembling ''connectivity'..aside from chrome bumpers  { I still have one rear quarter bumper, not bad condition, in my stock of useless spares]...

Plenty of oomph to keep ahead of prevailing traffic [early on this century]....it was a 2002....engine very fragile if overheated, would warp & blow the head gasket if one even mentioned ''hot water''..........

The [No3] ex wife managed to collect a small piece of stiff builders wire through the radiator...being more used to stouter engines she ignored the temp gauge, as she only had a  few miles to get home....Thus the head gasket blew...a sod of a job to sort.

Cost me just shy of 1500 quids with full mot....Sills were a bit lacy inside, but I sorted that jobbie out. It was our 'daily' for a year or so...

But we needed something larger, or rather, two of them...so the BMW went!

TBF, when the 02 series Beemers were made, "connectivity" was how the spark plugs were linked to the distributor.

 

Back then I was running a Vauxhall Firenza 2300 SSL (which had a stout engine if there ever was one) and there were occasional "interactions" with BMW types that spotted my car wasn't a 1300. I did notice their fragility a couple of times, once notably, the emission of a large cloud of steam from one that was part way through overtaking me. 

 

I actually quite liked them, but the very austere interior put me off.

 

John

 

 

[boxbrownie]

That’s strange because the M10 engine is known to be an extremely robust and reliable engine, problems arise when owners don’t bother to either check the coolant or replace it with just water, the alloy heads then could get blocked with residue caused by lack of inhibitors in the coolant (just like if you did that today in modern alloy engines), in fact the M10 engine went on to be very successful in motorsport with the 2002 turbo throughout the European circuit.

 

If you want to talk delicate engines I could tell you a tale or two about the Dolomite Sprint I owned…..until that blew up! 

[MJI]

2 hours ago, boxbrownie said:

That’s strange because the M10 engine is known to be an extremely robust and reliable engine, problems arise when owners don’t bother to either check the coolant or replace it with just water, the alloy heads then could get blocked with residue caused by lack of inhibitors in the coolant (just like if you did that today in modern alloy engines), in fact the M10 engine went on to be very successful in motorsport with the 2002 turbo throughout the European circuit.

 

If you want to talk delicate engines I could tell you a tale or two about the Dolomite Sprint I owned…..until that blew up! 

 

1400bhp in F1 tune

 

 

[boxbrownie]

3 hours ago, MJI said:

 

1400bhp in F1 tune

 

 

Just tuned though…really? 
 

When mine was “tuned” on my mates rolling road it only managed 136 at the flywheel, mind you 6 more than standard and that was just twiddling with the dizzy and injection idle juice!

Edited September 11, 2021 by boxbrownie

[Northmoor]

36 minutes ago, boxbrownie said:

Just tuned though…really? 
 

When mine was “tuned” on my mates rolling road it only managed 136 at the flywheel, mind you 6 more than standard and that was just twiddling with the dizzy and injection idle juice!

The difference between an engine life being 10s of thousands of miles and one measured in minutes.....

[MJI]

BMW used the blocks as all the stresses were removed.

 

Usual qualifying was 1100bhp.

 

But they were a good engine.

 

My dad worked for a BMW dealership for a while so I have seen one of the F1 cars at the dealer.

[boxbrownie]

13 hours ago, MJI said:

BMW used the blocks as all the stresses were removed.

 

Usual qualifying was 1100bhp.

 

But they were a good engine.

 

My dad worked for a BMW dealership for a while so I have seen one of the F1 cars at the dealer.

I think you meant to type BMW used “pre used” blocks……a lot of engine builders do this as you say it shows stressed components before they get terminal.

[Rugd1022]

Can anyone identify the location in this old postcard....? Mrs.Rugd1022 is still going through her late Dad's stuff and wondered where it was.....

 

[Dunsignalling]

42 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said:

Can anyone identify the location in this old postcard....? Mrs.Rugd1022 is still going through her late Dad's stuff and wondered where it was.....

 

As it doesn't identify which "High Road" is pictured, there's a fair chance it might be one local to whoever published it, so there might well be something on the back to narrow it down.

 

The name of the shop in the foreground might help. Googling Hadlands gives very few results, and the most prominent is an Estate/Lettings Agency in Amersham.

 

John  

Edited September 13, 2021 by Dunsignalling

[PhilJ W]

This was on Facebook, looks like some sort of motor museum with many cars in 'as found' condition.

http://cpmp2.weebly.com/mahy-a-family-of-cars-gent-11-sep-21.html?fbclid=IwAR0ebTFCFl_qBmnRw_QlRhVbJYxeirxDKxKI98iWpOMbjICOz31IuulpSSo

[5 C]

16 hours ago, Rugd1022 said:

Can anyone identify the location in this old postcard....? Mrs.Rugd1022 is still going through her late Dad's stuff and wondered where it was.....

 

I'm pretty certain that's High Road, Loughton. The church type building is known as Lopping Hall.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lopping+Hall/@51.6459513,0.0535109,67a,35y,174.13h,45.05t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x47d8a17ace33dfab:0xfadefef638a5aa84!2sHigh+Rd!3b1!8m2!3d51.6355077!4d0.0394027!3m4!1s0x47d8a11cdf7a952b:0x82b1ce71ff52f8ae!8m2!3d51.6455389!4d0.0534342

 

I spent many years visiting the nearby Vauxhall dealer Brown's of Loughton at the junction of High Road and Station Road (Brown's Corner) the site of which is now a bakery, Nando's, Majestic Wine and Topps Tiles. A nod to its former life can still be seen on the side of Gail's Bakery.

 

Edited September 14, 2021 by 5 C
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[Hobby]

Street view is better, looking at the building on the left with four bay windows in the roof in both photo's I'd agree with Andy.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.6449878,0.052774,3a,75y,48.24h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sWJRyIeoha3nOctYeht6I-g!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DWJRyIeoha3nOctYeht6I-g%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D34.798035%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

Edited September 14, 2021 by Hobby

[PhilJ W]

18 hours ago, Rugd1022 said:

Can anyone identify the location in this old postcard....? Mrs.Rugd1022 is still going through her late Dad's stuff and wondered where it was.....

 

Its now been identified as Loughton. Is it OK to post on my Facebook group 'Old photographs of Essex'?