JeeExEll 15515 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Testing a prototype F-type Victor. The thing on the roof is an antenna to send suspension readings back to HQ at Luton. I can't get that Telstar tune out of my head now. Pic and info from Vauxpedia. Asimo, LightBulbFun, RayMK and 5 others 8 Link to post Share on other sites
Sham 356 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 19 minutes ago, JeeExEll said: Shit quality zoom-in but WTF is it?? I don't know, looks a bit like a Mk1 Scirocco panelled as a van. Looks too upright to be a Scirocco to me. I reckon a kit car, but no idea what. JeeExEll 1 Link to post Share on other sites
eddyramrod 17602 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Eye-catching black and whites I rest my case, your honour. Garythesnail, LightBulbFun, Remspoor and 2 others 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites
georgeinabz 240 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Dundee.I was wondering with the mini being an Aberdeen reg. ThanksSent from my iPad using Tapatalk JeeExEll 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Pastry 1183 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Not Railshite or Aeroshite, so maybe it belongs here. Not sci-fi either, this was an actual thing. The Bennie Railplane. artdjones, Amishtat, eddyramrod and 8 others 11 Link to post Share on other sites
busmansholiday 5611 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 3 hours ago, JeeExEll said: Shit quality zoom-in but WTF is it?? I don't know, looks a bit like a Mk1 Scirocco panelled as a van. Given its 1990 by the Tory party advert, Matra Simca Bagheera? Link to post Share on other sites
Remspoor 4302 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 4 hours ago, eddyramrod said: Eye-catching black and whites I rest my case, your honour. Mean while back in Blighty DSdriver, artdjones, eddyramrod and 3 others 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites
somewhatfoolish 7845 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 4 hours ago, Mr Pastry said: Not Railshite or Aeroshite, so maybe it belongs here. Not sci-fi either, this was an actual thing. The Bennie Railplane. The first and last time cutting edge transport technology was developed in Maryhill. Skut 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Pastry 1183 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 38 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said: The first and last time cutting edge transport technology was developed in Maryhill. You have to hand it to George Bennie for following his dream and actually getting the thing built. Link to post Share on other sites
martc 7455 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Kings Cross. Some distinctive Sherpas, any of our cockernee viewers recognise them? RayMK, JeeExEll and artdjones 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Pastry 1183 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 5 minutes ago, martc said: Kings Cross. Some distinctive Sherpas, any of our cockernee viewers recognise them? Evening Standard. martc 1 Link to post Share on other sites
martc 7455 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 More stuff from the Soviet Union - Ambulance crew, Omsk, 1975. Photo by Anatoly Yakovlev. Tanks at Tbilisi Embankment, Georgian SSR, 1989. Photo by Vladimir Valishvili and Ivan Shlamov (seems it took two of them). Soz not B&W but I couldn't resist - 'The Country is Building a Car' illustration from 'Za Rulem' ('Behind the Steering Wheel') Soviet magazine, 1972. And their fate ... Fish canning factory, Murmansk, USSR, 1972 Skut, JeeExEll, Austat and 4 others 7 Link to post Share on other sites
martc 7455 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Haulage yard, Lye, 1979. Looks like they're all out delivering. Shite Ron, Austat, JeeExEll and 4 others 7 Link to post Share on other sites
Remspoor 4302 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 JeeExEll, spartacus, puddlethumper and 3 others 6 Link to post Share on other sites
sheffcortinacentre 1734 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 11 hours ago, martc said: Kings Cross. Some distinctive Sherpas, any of our cockernee viewers recognise them? Morny stanart!? Remspoor, somewhatfoolish and martc 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
JeeExEll 15515 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I hope that bus has stopped. Amishtat, Skut, uk_senator and 3 others 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites
JeeExEll 15515 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Govan. (Glasgow). Amishtat, hennabm, Skut and 3 others 6 Link to post Share on other sites
martc 7455 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 The cupolas at Cradley Castings, Cradley Heath, 1983. Still with us, now called Spunalloys artdjones, somewhatfoolish and JeeExEll 3 Link to post Share on other sites
uk_senator 1505 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Some from my local London Facebook groups.. busmansholiday, Shite Ron, Mr Pastry and 11 others 14 Link to post Share on other sites
uk_senator 1505 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 And a few more Amishtat, Shite Ron, Remspoor and 5 others 8 Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew353w 902 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I worked on Fore Street, Edmonton in the 1980s, but I don't recognise that view at all..... That said, I recently drove back around where I worked (first time I'd been back in about 30+ years) and I don't recognise it now either! DSdriver and uk_senator 2 Link to post Share on other sites
uk_senator 1505 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 6 minutes ago, Andrew353w said: I worked on Fore Street, Edmonton in the 1980s, but I don't recognise that view at all..... That said, I recently drove back around where I worked (first time I'd been back in about 30+ years) and I don't recognise it now either! I did too, at Halfords when I was at school, then at Ripspeed (on the right in that pic) later on! Link to post Share on other sites
uk_senator 1505 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 24 minutes ago, Andrew353w said: I worked on Fore Street, Edmonton in the 1980s, but I don't recognise that view at all..... That said, I recently drove back around where I worked (first time I'd been back in about 30+ years) and I don't recognise it now either! There you go, its roughly there, on the border with Tottenham, looking north. RayMK 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew353w 902 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Ah ha, I worked north of the North Circular, in Fore Street, and the postcode was N9, the northern part of Edmonton, not N18, the southern part. Link to post Share on other sites
Asimo 16258 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 On 02/02/2021 at 13:28, leafsprung said: Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson who founded the 'Blue Shirts' an anti-fascist organisation, and who sheltered Albert Einstein in a hut near his Estate in North Norfolk with his game keeper and two heavily armed young female assistants. Factoids! Locker-Lampson commanded a Royal Navy Air Service armoured car unit in the First World War. They weren't really needed by the Navy so were loaned to the Czar to aid the Russian fight against Germany and the Austro-Hungarian empire in the Eastern front. From Archangel at the start of 1916 to the Balkans via the Russian revolution! Mrs Asimo's Grandfather fought in this bizarre unit, getting home, gassed, in 1919. Their armoured cars were pretty basic, these are Lanchesters, they had a few Fords also. Amishtat, martc, JeeExEll and 3 others 6 Link to post Share on other sites
uk_senator 1505 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 minute ago, Andrew353w said: Ah ha, I worked north of the North Circular, in Fore Street, and the postcode was N9, the northern part of Edmonton, not N18, the southern part. I see. So you remember Blatter Oakthorpe when it was Ford then, opposite the old nick. Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew353w 902 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 35 minutes ago, uk_senator said: I see. So you remember Blatter Oakthorpe when it was Ford then, opposite the old nick. ABSOLUTELY 100% They sold B.P. petrol, if memory serves.... I worked almost next door to them, opposite the old nick, over an undertakers (sorry about the pun!) We frequently viewed bodies in metal coffins being unloaded from their "collections" van, but we had been warned about this when we worked there. A minicab firm also operated from the same building and their drivers used a load of 1980s chod, including 2 guys (Father & son) who both used new Ladas as minicabs, reckoning they were sooo cheap it didn't matter if they fell to bits after a few years. They didn't....... uk_senator 1 Link to post Share on other sites
uk_senator 1505 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 59 minutes ago, Andrew353w said: ABSOLUTELY 100% They sold B.P. petrol, if memory serves.... I worked almost next door to them, opposite the old nick, over an undertakers (sorry about the pun!) We frequently viewed bodies in metal coffins being unloaded from their "collections" van, but we had been warned about this when we worked there. A minicab firm also operated from the same building and their drivers used a load of 1980s chod, including 2 guys (Father & son) who both used new Ladas as minicabs, reckoning they were sooo cheap it didn't matter if they fell to bits after a few years. They didn't....... Pretty sure theres still a funeral directors there now! I`m assuming they got their Lada`s from BMG at Bruce Grove, I nearly got a new Riva SLX (with the performance package upgrade) there once, at 0%, with a £1500 minimum trade in.. I didn't in the end, I stuck with my assorted shite, & nothings changed! (they also sold Fiats at BMG, & they had an unregistered X1/9 Gran Finale in the showroom for several years after production ended, till they left circa 1992-ish). Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew353w 902 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 7 minutes ago, uk_senator said: I`m assuming they got their Ladas from BMG at Bruce Grove..... If memory serves (35+ years have gone under the bridge....) they both bought them from dealer in Westpole Avenue, Oakwood. I've been through a few jobs since then..... uk_senator 1 Link to post Share on other sites
somewhatfoolish 7845 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 3 hours ago, uk_senator said: That is a sharp-dressed man with a sharp-dressed motor; Armstrong Siddeley Special I think. 1 hour ago, Asimo said: Locker-Lampson commanded a Royal Navy Air Service armoured car unit in the First World War. They weren't really needed by the Navy so were loaned to the Czar to aid the Russian fight against Germany and the Austro-Hungarian empire in the Eastern front. From Archangel at the start of 1916 to the Balkans via the Russian revolution! Mrs Asimo's Grandfather fought in this bizarre unit, getting home, gassed, in 1919. Their armoured cars were pretty basic, these are Lanchesters, they had a few Fords also. I think I've read about this; did they do most of that distance on their own wheels and the CO was somewhat buccaneering? uk_senator and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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