martc Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Eric Fernihough, British motorcycle racer. In 1935, riding a Brough Superior, he improved the lap record for the Brooklands circuit, one of the fastest tracks of the time, raising it to 123.58 miles per hour (198.88 km/h). In 1936 he held the motorcycle landspeed record for solo motorcycles, over the flying mile, at a speed of 163.82 miles per hour (263.64 km/h). All carried out wearing the most ridiculous head gear ever. Rab, RayMK and Dick Longbridge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Lotus 4-door. One of very few 4-door Twin Cams made. 'THERE'S BEEN A CRASH CRASH CRASH!!!'. Amishtat, uk_senator, Remspoor and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 The main road between Oslo and Kristiansand spring thaw late 30s. Harsh winter conditions Northern Norway Rab, JeeExEll, busmansholiday and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Construction of hydrohydroelectric dams Tokke Norway. Work began in 1956 and began producing electricity in the 1960s and was completed in 1987. 23 workers lost their lives during construction. Asimo, busmansholiday, martc and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Russian Volga was one of the most common taxis in Norway in the 1960s Rab, LightBulbFun, Asimo and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Punk Festival Robur. Netherlands. 1993 Dyslexic Viking, Austat and martc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Fort William Scrapyard. Highlands. 1991 uk_senator, Dick Longbridge, Remspoor and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said: Construction of hydrohydroelectric dams Tokke Norway. Work began in 1956 and began producing electricity in the 1960s and was completed in 1987. 23 workers lost their lives during construction. Sd.Kfz 8 I think, presumably left behind by the Wehrmacht. Dyslexic Viking, Macscrooge and martc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 7 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said: Sd.Kfz 8 I think, presumably left behind by the Wehrmacht. I was curious if anyone would notice this. And yes I also believe that this is one of these. Amazing and this is one of my favorite finds. I wonder what happened to this considering that it was worthless at this time and spare parts were impossible to get. So i think this did not survive the construction. And since it was so remote it may still be up there, at the bottom of a lake or under a rockfill. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 There were hundreds of thousands of germans in Norway on VE Day, so there would have been a lot of hardware just abandoned afterwards; the govt would have had its hands full collecting and destroying armoured vehicles, weapons and ammo/explosives, general purpose vehicles like the one above were probably just written off and left for locals to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Yes, I am very familiar with Norwegian war history and its aftermath. But vehicles like these I have until now perceived that they were all scrapped due to limited civilian use. So therefore this one surprises me. And we had fairly organized handling of German vehicles most of which were sold by the state and some given to owners of seized vehicles during the war as compensation. Rab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Tell me if this is unwanted content here and I will not do more. But if you want to understand the pictures, you have to know the story behind them. This is a late 30s Scania bus that was nicknamed the blood bus after an incident in April 1940. The driver came to work one morning to be met by German soldiers and was forced to transport German soldiers. The bus ended up as the first vehicle in the invasion of an area south east of Oslo. When it came around a bend with the rock wall on the right side and the river on the other, there was a roadblock. When the bus stopped, a hidden Norwegian defense position on the other side of the river opened fire. Of the more than 50 people on the bus, only the driver survived thanks to the fact that the bus was right-hand drive and the engine was between the front seats so he hid behind it. The bus was after this patched together and was in service until the mid 50s when it was scrapped. The driver stopped driving the bus after this and became a carpenter instead. Asimo, busmansholiday, Dick Longbridge and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said: Yes, I am very familiar with Norwegian war history and its aftermath. But vehicles like these I have until now perceived that they were all scrapped due to limited civilian use. So therefore this one surprises me. And we had fairly organized handling of German vehicles most of which were sold by the state and some given to owners of seized vehicles during the war as compensation. You'd have to like things with iron crosses on the side a lot to use one recreationally for sure, not a lot of that in Norway I expect immediately post-war, plus a 15 tonne halftrack with an 8 litre petrol V12 isn't exactly economical or easy to store! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Probably watching football. Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Rab, Bfg, uk_senator and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Shite Ron, Rab, Amishtat and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Shite Ron and uk_senator 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Chevrolet taxi Oslo 1952 Beer delivery Oslo 1940. Volvo truck with wood gas generator. Oslo police 1970s or 1980s. This Volvo was scrapped in November 1991. Traffic pictures Oslo 1970s Rab, adw1977, Remspoor and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 More traffic pictures from Oslo these from the 1980s or late 70s. LightBulbFun, sheffcortinacentre, Remspoor and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Austat and Dyslexic Viking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 martc, Rab, Amishtat and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dick Longbridge Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 On 7/13/2021 at 4:26 PM, martc said: Probably watching football. Amazing photo. Looks like the fella with the Lambretta LD has some mechanical woes owing to the lack of sidepanels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: ....Looks like the fella with the Lambretta LD has some mechanical woes owing to the lack of sidepanels. 'T was ever thus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 126 in the Eifel..where I used to live..currently under water just now....our first house on the riverside..Sauer..is a write off... uk_senator and lesapandre 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 47 minutes ago, martc said: Milk scooter. Perhaps he dreamt of trading up to an Ape. martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 JeeExEll, Rab and uk_senator 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Car auction Oslo 1956 martc, Remspoor and JeeExEll 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Lena Norway busmansholiday, Rab and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Rab, JeeExEll, Dyslexic Viking and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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