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  1. thats cool! not seen that one before, I appreciate the heads up https://www.facebook.com/groups/2569675313253986/posts/3755599047994934/ somewhere in this thread or maybe the youtube thread, is a video of the last day of RT buses in regular London Service (which was Route 62, 1979) and you can spot a Model 70 in the background in one of the scenes in that video I know @Remspoor commented on it because his dad was involved IIRC and there was a curious scale model of a B type bus or something along those line as well
  2. interesting, I wonder if the books might finally explain a few of the oddities I have stumbled across in the past like for example Essex issued a couple series out of alphabetical order thank you for the PM ill have to see about getting the 2 volumes ordered
  3. hah cool, I am already aware of the block, GPL301N-GPL500N, but no not seen that specific Model 70/picture before now I wonder what it was being shown for? talking about how on the 1st of October 1974, the day the DVLC took over from local offices how all registration series reset to Gxx-N? in that case he should of used a picture of a GPB462N-GPB661N car which was the very first block of AC Model 70's to be registered after the DVLC took over or better yet one of the GEV459N-GEV558N block of Invacar Model 70's as GEV-N registration series was the very first Essex registration series issued by the then new DVLC system its telling in that regard just how much more organised AC was then Invacar, AC specifically had a short block of XPH541N-XPH640N issued and registered before the change (note only 100 cars big vs 200 cars big that AC's normally are) so they where obviously aware of the impending administrative changes and got all their Model 70's registered in time for the change but Invacar never did, and the thing is, when the this reset to Gxx-N happened, all previously issued but not yet used marks, got voided, and this was a big problem for Invacar, since they had not registered all of their TVW501N-TVW600N block which got cut short at TVW577N and even within the TVW501N-TVW577N section not all of the Invacars had been registered, so there are holes where the late cars that should of been in the TVW-N block but where not registered in time, ended up in the GEV459N-GEV558N and GPU21N-GPU70N blocks that was a right old fun clusterfuck to figure out
  4. you know your a DVLA sad bastard when, example 37: your able to spot even a suffix age related registration marks just by sight and indeed looking deeper into it, twas originally ROO777R until robbed of its mark on the 1st of of September 2019 and given TLJ293R as an age related replacement mark its kinda extra sad when not even suffix/prefix cars are safe these days from plate robbery, no mention of it in its upcoming auction https://auctions.hampsonauctions.com/auction/lot/14-1976-reliant-kitten-dl/?lot=1496 I wonder if its even known, or has its history has now been severed/lost so to speak? (as I see it has had a few keeper changes since the plate robbery)
  5. whats the max train weight of the cobra, think you could take REV on the back?
  6. new number plates are looking sweet as! a set of proper number plates is properly satisfying tho I still wonder why Tippers dont use their unique style of 1 anymore? they still do it if you specifically go out of your way to ask for it, but by default they dont seem to use it anymore, which is a shame, as its one of those unique things about the Tippers font set that define a tippers plate IMHO, last I got someone to ask them about it, they where not even aware of it themselves, but upon some prodding found the die in the stores still thankfully! but I get the general impression from them that although the Tippers Vintage plate company in Cornwall has all the tooling etc from the former Tippers Southend works, they dont have/know any of the history of the company and the styles they themselves used in period, which is a bit of a shame, so I suspect thats when/why their unique style of.1 vanished, simply because the new company did not realise what it signified/meant
  7. thats something I have noticed on a few of these, 1940PE is the same I almost wonder if at some point the DVLA worked with decimal points, it meaning to be 197.1cc? I have seen a few Fiat 500's down as 4995cc which again I wonder was meant to be 499.5cc? (unless @Saabnut's Fiat 500 had an engine timeshare agreement with his Cobra!) but indeed I do find it amusing how it results in the same cubic capacity as straight 6 AC! I know for revenue weight they used to work with decimal points but at some point (I suspect during the major overhaul the computer system had in 1998) they then dropped them for some reason, for example REV's 1985 V5 states her revenue weight as 413.2Kg, but by her 2001 V5 it had become 413.0Kg similarly the 1996 V5 for LPD806D states its revenue weight as 304.8Kg, but the 2023 V5 states 305.0Kg
  8. well I had not seen that particular ebay listing, but the "scene" is known I appreciate the heads up regardless as always looking at the other pictures in that listing looks like WOO848S, a known car, it used to the show circuit alongside MHJ107P sometimes (but I think MHJ107P has changed hands since then) I wonder how inundated he is with questions about the Model 70, if you leave one in the background you usually get a torrent of questions about it LOL as always I appreciate the heads up
  9. Hot off the press (well email) Ducan's Cat (well I presume its his!) I am told approves of REV also this is my 12000th post! I was gonna do another photo montage as I usually do, but with this just landing in my inbox I thought REV and cats was equally fitting
  10. its interesting to read the comments in that link about the complexity of modern cars making such adaptations harder to do that is, and also because of what Etchy States here is exactly why I said this a while back I still think its a shame that there never was any direct replacement for the invalid vehicle scheme, I dont think people realise just how appliance like the whole scheme was run even if you where only temporarily disabled, lets say you broke both of your legs, not permanently or anything, but you knew you would be all cast up for a few weeks? back in the old days, the GP would be prescribe you 1 Invacar, to help you get out and about while your legs put themselves back together, thats how Graham hill ended up with one for a time for example and you just dont have that option anymore, the only option is the Motablity scheme, which you have to have PIP for, which is a *massively painful* song and dance to go through so I think an NHS provided vehicle, that was *specifically* designed from the ground up for the disabled and to be most adaptable to different disabilities, is still a hole left behind by the passing of the Invacar, that has never really been plugged (obviously im not saying bring back the Model 70 Verbatim, car technology has come along way since 1971! but something of the same general ethos if you follow I imagine would be most welcome among certain disabled folk)
  11. thats how I imagined such a foot controlled setup might be done, something like rudder pedals on an aircraft, push left and right for steering, and then tilt the whole thing with your feet for acceleration or braking I know that you can find a full harness seatbelt listed in the Model 70 parts list, which I always imagined was for if you where missing too many limbs for a regular 3 point belt (which is what a Model 70 has normally) to work properly
  12. I know of a few others, including a story of an approved repair of fixing a machine that had a steering plate for a very small women with small feet , and him having to basically test drive the thing with his toes because his feet would nit fit in the mounted shoes when I got REV I was fortunate to get a copy of her 1985 V5 which listed Dennis (then as the current owner) and REV's first keeper in the previous keeper section, but sadly on the first keeper front no one seems to still survive (she never had any direct children etc) so I have wondered if the machine being referred to in the story I heard with the small women and the foot plate was in-fact REV, but thats purely speculative
  13. dont worry, I found myself in the right head space and after a couple hours of deliberating exactly how to go about things, I have made contact, and alls going swimmingly I appreciate the advice on what to say but its not that I dont know what to say or anything like that, its just the social anxiety/overthinking part, unfortunately I am not sure how else to explain it, but that is one of my foibles I guess, it took me 6 months to work up the courage to knock on the door of my neighbour who owns the Rover SD1, despite the fact I have known his wife since I was born! anyways, the Son has been most kind and thankful for the contact, he says he has all of his fathers old pictures and slides in storage, that it will probably be some time before they can be got to, but he thinks theres a fair old chance there will be a picture of REV in there, so thats very exciting! and he has very kindly given me a couple pictures of TJN back in the day at Silverstone to share here, which is really awesome to see and have
  14. further on the TJN front theres a neat audio interview of sorts here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hj3h69 REV even gets a brief mention at the end too
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