lesapandre Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 & 1959. JeeExEll, Mr Pastry, adw1977 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 1977. hennabm, Mr Pastry and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 31 minutes ago, lesapandre said: Paris. 1977. The photo looks like one of the streets that was used in Ronin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 On the hill up to Montmartre I think. Tadhg Tiogar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Rare Australian Skoda advert from late 1963, before they started using decimal currency (dollars) in February 1966 (hence why the price is in pounds): They were sold in miniscule numbers. hennabm, Remspoor, Amishtat and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 On 2/9/2020 at 5:40 AM, JeeExEll said: It's seven minutes to two, But what's in the box with the handle? Chocolate? Secrets? Maybe a 50p coin. Fitted luggage? There was a bit of an obsession with it in the 50's as a luxury - along with a heater, second sun visor and fancy hubcaps. Usually very odd shaped suitcases to fit an odd shaped boot. Ever seen in a Rover P4 boot? Looks big but shallow with a weird humped base - hmmmm....could apply to the owner too. adw1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Surbiton. Demolished 1998. Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Madrid 1950. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Amishtat, stonedagain, Remspoor and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 sheffcortinacentre and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Amishtat and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 'No need for the complications of better wheels, tyres, suspension or brakes' Allard, after they stopped making cars in around 1957, did quite a lot of auto-engineering on Fords...but it was all over by 1966 alas. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allard_Motor_Company JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 20 minutes ago, JeeExEll said: A Viva with a V8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Yes, that is correct. Google Basil Green South Africa. There have been a few similar spec cars in the UK, rally driver Jimmy McRae did some events in one a few years ago, probably not an original. It sounded fantastic. Obvious solution to the lack of power and torque from a 1256. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Far as I knew there's one possibly 2 gen Chevrolet can-am firenzas in the UK. One has been here since late 81-2. Was always led to believe that GM built them. & basil green ( as he was a ford dealer & ex racer) built the perana mk2 3.0 cortina & half dozen MK3 3.0 V6 cortina before ford put the 2.5 & 3.0 V6 into production. As well as the 5.0V8 MK1 Capri & Granada's, he reputedly built one mk2 Granada V8 & I think one Sierra sapphire V8. As well as some MK3 escort GTs ( cam/head & twin down draughts). LVX 781 J was one of the MK3 GT 2drs used in a pro-celebrity race a brands hatch in 71 & race proved used it to build the first MK3 savage, it was rumoured to have been in a bad accident severely damaging the shell in the late 90"s-00's the remains where forsale at one point with an estimated then a few years back it was for sale sometimes with mention of being "rebuilt with another shell". lesapandre and JeeExEll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Always worth a repost. I used to have this hanging in our kitchen. puddlethumper, lesapandre, stonedagain and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Well you can't say they haven't tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 It's a speed machine. Remspoor and stonedagain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 L.M.Selby, get your Skodas and fags here. 'Twenty Silk Cut and a 4-door, certainly Sir, would you like a disposable lighter too, half price today only. Now then, that'll be £1,312.18p please'. Bamboocarman, RayMK and Remspoor 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 9 hours ago, JeeExEll said: Well you can't say they haven't tried. The turning circle must have been excellent* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Which episode of the A-Team is that from? Remspoor, stonedagain and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/15/2020 at 4:02 PM, lesapandre said: Madrid 1950. Note the Right Hand drive bus on the right of the photo. Just like these ex LT trolleybuses, location North of Spian lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Why did the Generalissimo prefer right-hand drive omnibuses then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 17 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said: Why did the Generalissimo prefer right-hand drive omnibuses then? They were going cheap? There is some history of Britain and Ireland shipping pensioned-off transport equipment to Spain, mostly for scrap. somewhatfoolish and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 1 hour ago, somewhatfoolish said: Why did the Generalissimo prefer right-hand drive omnibuses then? I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and suggest it was a conscious decision as it allows the driver to position the bus close to the curb edge to help the passengers to board/alight without falling into the gutter.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 They were bought by a consortium of Spanish bus operators when London Transport modernised their fleet - they continued to buy them. At least one is preserved I believe. Lots of old buses get exported of course to some odd places. The Franco regime was not a strict command and control economy like some in Eastern Europe - there was an amount of free enterprise. The control would have been in obtaining the £'s sterling to buy the buses as Spain operated strict currency controls on the Peseta to protect its economy. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 The Portuguese bought them new.So they could have them the way they needed to be. lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 1 hour ago, lesapandre said: ....Lots of old buses get exported of course to some odd places.... See Malta! lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: See Malta! See Maltese quarries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 1 minute ago, martc said: See Maltese quarries..... Yes, Red Ken's bendy-bus was too much even for the Maltese. Remspoor and stonedagain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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