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  • 2 weeks later...
Matt Rank: Renault 16

Matt

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Ladies watch? Sod that, I'd wear it.

 

Quite a large face for a ladies watch I thought (or it's just my mother liking flippin' tiny watches that makes me think that). I'd probably wear it too, I like an unusual watch. I've got this Volkswagen Polo one that was from Volkswagen's launch of the facelifted 6n at the 1999 Frankfurt Motor Show. Pretty sure it was a freebie for people with a press pass, I've never seen another (and I have looked). Unfortunately the strap is made of two layers and the top leather layer has become detached slightly so I haven't worn it in ages.

 

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  • 2 weeks later...
UltraWomble Rank: Talbot Tagora

UltraWomble

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How about illuminated tyres? Goodyear tried this in 1961. The tyres were lit from 18 lamps within the wheel rim. Various colours of tyre too.

 

Am not sure what that lady is doing with that coiled cord.

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Holy fuck, that really was actually a "thing"

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fraser.innes.3 Rank: BL Wedge

fraser.innes.3

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Brilliant but it doesn't look like it was actually produced. Google Books shows the original source for that piece as the October 1962 issue of Popular Science and companycheck.co.uk shows that Carquad Limited was incorporated in January 1970 and is dissolved. That is the total extent of information that I can find about it.

Somebody is making them for motorbikes. I viewed a house 4 years ago that had one on the side wall.

 

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  • 1 month later...
fordperv Rank: Lancia Gamma

fordperv

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Talking of driving lamps had these lovely looking ones off hertz

 

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They shall look great bolted onto my capri

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Timewaster Rank: Isuzu Florian

Timewaster

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Equip accessories. Maccess Cash and carry own brand along with Direct components, a sort of Tesco Blue stripe for the car world.

  • 5 weeks later...
Conrad D. Conelrad Rank: Lancia Gamma

Conrad D. Conelrad

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Chrysler UK was so pathetic they didn't even list themselves first on that sticker.

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Pillock Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Pillock

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Ironically depicts a Maestro that's out of MOT for maximum half-arsedness.

Conrad D. Conelrad Rank: Lancia Gamma

Conrad D. Conelrad

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"a test car passenger sitting closest to the Feu Orange felt very ill"

 

Feu Orange test car.

 

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"the Auto Defroster is also dangerous. The first sample used cleared only three screens before the blower came off the motor spindle, and the heater element then set light to the plastic case"

 

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A device to inflate tyres by using one of your engine's cylinders as an air pump.

 

"provided the engine is run at tick over speed very little petrol vapour enters the cylinder, so the air in the tyre is relatively clean"

Mr_Bo11ox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Mr_Bo11ox

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I like how that engine pump is manufactured by 'A. Schraeder's Son' as if we are supposed to know who that is! "Oh yeah Alf's lad is making them now since he got kicked out of school"

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martc Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

martc

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How about illuminated tyres? Goodyear tried this in 1961. The tyres were lit from 18 lamps within the wheel rim. Various colours of tyre too.

 

A device to inflate tyres by using one of your engine's cylinders as an air pump.

 

"provided the engine is run at tick over speed very little petrol vapour enters the cylinder, so the air in the tyre is relatively clean"

 

Filling your tyre with a flammable/explosive petrol atmosphere is very much the DIY way of making an illuminated tyre. See also 'Catherine Wheel'.

Conrad D. Conelrad Rank: Lancia Gamma

Conrad D. Conelrad

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"the Auto Defroster is also dangerous. The first sample used cleared only three screens before the blower came off the motor spindle, and the heater element then set light to the plastic case"

 

I forgot to quote it in my post, but it's worth noting that the second Auto Defroster they tried also set itself on fire. 

 

Other items they tested included an expensive compass which took a navigation officer 40 minutes to adjust to a reasonable accuracy, then another at one tenth the price which was almost as accurate right out of the box. Plus a device intended to prevent dazzle from oncoming headlights by projecting "wonder mauve light" onto your windscreen, which was determined to be useless. 

  • 4 weeks later...
Conrad D. Conelrad Rank: Lancia Gamma

Conrad D. Conelrad

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Have we had this yet? It really is magnificently half-arsed.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MG-Maestro-Clocke-plate-with-a/302575843858

 

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I'm reposting this because I keep thinking about it, and the pictures need to be saved for posterity. 

 

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I don't think there's another item in this thread with a higher shite density. 

  • Amazing tonal mismatch between car and style of clock face
  • shit photo of car
  • ...printed on the curve of the plate so it's distorted 
  • ugly bend on second hand to clear curve
  • acres of blank space
  • clock mechanism mounted upside down so you can't even hang the plate
  • baffling title including a mis-spelling of the word "clock" to keep it out of search results
  • seller doesn't know if it works, because how could such an item ever be tested?
  • listed in Men's Accessories > Wallets

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