Eye-catching black and whites

[JeeExEll]

Once a Street Machine mag staff-car, with Rover V8.  Young lady was an employee.

[lesapandre]

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[Remspoor]

[Remspoor]

[lesapandre]

Does this rally car survive? I have put the photo in the Maxi thread btw.

[lesapandre]

5 hours ago, Remspoor said:

How cool can you get. Does it survive ? 

[keef]

On 12 January 2019 at 9:28 PM, JeeExEll said:

Nice Maxi!

[keef]

On 10 January 2020 at 11:57 AM, lesapandre said:

Does this rally car survive? I have put the photo in the Maxi thread btw.

No. Only survivors appear to be Puff (still owned by Bron, the rally driver) and the Maxi in the museum at Gaydon.

 

[keef]

2 hours ago, lesapandre said:

How cool can you get. Does it survive ? 

No. Cubed, used as garden ornament then scrapped.

[Austat]

Autoshite campers Australia

[lesapandre]

[keef]

 

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[Remspoor]

On 1/10/2020 at 7:19 AM, Remspoor said:

I have found this too.

Before the accident.

[lesapandre]

Webasto - presumably to be able to see Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

MK1 Audax Minx getting a look-in too...

Great pic. Hillman and Lennon in 1 shot. 

[keef]

52 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

I have found this too.

Before the accident.

Quite an upgrade from the mini they started off in.

Webasto sunroof as well.

[New POD]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

I have found this too.

Before the accident.

The first car available on PCP. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phencyclidine

 

[JeeExEll]

Rather intriguing pic around the 1969 launch of the Mk1 Capri at Halewood, Liverpool, with Corsairs in the background. Very early lhd Capris.

[martc]

On 1/8/2020 at 2:17 PM, lesapandre said:

Citroen's first attempt at testing their anti-corrosion system was not a great success. In fact they gave up on the whole idea of rust proofing...

[JeeExEll]

[lesapandre]

That is one of the BL safety vehicles - SRV3. Pedestrian frontal impact is now legislated in Europe - fascinating to see how advanced BL thinking  was at the time.  The low bonnet line was intended to sweep impacted pedestrians onto the bonnet as the vehicle slowed - rather than going underneath. And the smooth profile to minimise injury.

https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and-prototypes/bl-safety-research-vehicles/

Not a 'stying' exercise on the 1800 - this was research only - thought it did cross over into TR7 designs.

 

[Austat]

On the topic of the Landcrab... 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

On 1/12/2020 at 9:27 PM, lesapandre said:

That is one of the BL safety vehicles - SRV3. Pedestrian frontal impact is now legislated in Europe - fascinating to see how advanced BL thinking  was at the time.  The low bonnet line was intended to sweep impacted pedestrians onto the bonnet as the vehicle slowed - rather than going underneath. And the smooth profile to minimise injury.

https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and-prototypes/bl-safety-research-vehicles/

Not a 'stying' exercise on the 1800 - this was research only - thought it did cross over into TR7 designs.

 

It actually improves the look of the 1800, I think. 

[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, Austat said:

On the topic of the Landcrab... 

Australian ad. All the comforts of a Jet...carpets, cigarette lighter, room and comfy seats...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, lesapandre said:

.....All the comforts of a Jet...carpets, cigarette lighter, room and comfy seats...

Just not the performance of a jet....

[Bfg]

On 1/2/2020 at 8:09 PM, JeeExEll said:

Looks like a Bini.

^ what exactly is this./  I like it.

[lesapandre]

Imagine a car that big...with a boot so small. Issigonis was a great designer...but not all the time.

Those odd sills seemed a bit crap and made it to several production cars too.

[JeeExEll]

21 hours ago, Bfg said:

^ what exactly is this./  I like it.

It's a late 50s prototype Austin, the XC9000 (rwd), which was developed into the XC9001 (fwd).

Alternative pics and more info on here, another excellent page from Aronline.

https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/bmc/1800-2200/