martc Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Somewhere in the USSR sometime in the '60's. warch, JeeExEll, JimH and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Almost faded to B&W Red Lion Autos, Cheadle next to The Red Lion Pub. Bunting and a caravan. fred and Shite Ron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 A fine collection of British and Italian shite, and that's just the trucks. JeeExEll, LightBulbFun, martc and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 21 hours ago, martc said: Somewhere in the USSR sometime in the '60's. Fred Dibnah's wife? martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Remspoor said: Fred Dibnah's wife? I thought it was Les Dawson on his day job prior to getting on the BBC. martc and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Absolute scenes in the Darien Gap 1971. The British Trans Americas Expedition was a Top Gear-esque trip from Alaska to Cape Horn, taking six months, three of which were absorbed in crossing the aformentioned Gap. The main reason for using Range Rovers was to publicise the newly launched vehicle. The team, who were largely drawn from the British Army acquired a Land Rover to use as a pathfinder for the Range Rovers. This originally had a roof which fell off after numerous roll overs. The Darien Gap is an area of uncharted swampland roughly the same as size of Wales situated in Central America. Several expeditions have been mounted, so you probably can't walk six feet with tripping over a bit of broken Land Rover or Jeep, but there is still no route through the wilderness. Much like mid-Wales in fact. Dick Longbridge, Minimad5, Rab and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Don't soil that remarkable feat by association with 3 middle-aged berks off the TV, the people involved deserve better than that; the period-appropriate analogy would "Boys' Own adventure". They made their way through trackless wilderness which is still regarded as basically impassable. 1 hour ago, warch said: The British Trans Americas Expedition was a Top Gear-esque trip from Alaska to Cape Horn, taking six months, three of which were absorbed in crossing the aformentioned Gap. The main reason for using Range Rovers was to publicise the newly launched vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 2 hours ago, warch said: .... Much like mid-Wales in fact. Having managed to get lost somewhere in the Brechfa Forest a couple of years ago, I'd tend to agree ... warch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 23 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said: Don't soil that remarkable feat by association with 3 middle-aged berks off the TV, the people involved deserve better than that; the period-appropriate analogy would "Boys' Own adventure". They made their way through trackless wilderness which is still regarded as basically impassable. Apparently a few vehicular crossings had been achieved prior to this, including a Brazilian duo in Model T Fords, two chaps driving a Jeep and a Land Rover in 1959 and a team incongruously using Chevrolet Corvairs in 1961. It was a pretty dangerous undertaking, five local guides drowned during the 1971 expedition and the Range Rovers munched their way through differentials at an impressive rate, so yes I do take my hat off to them for trying it. somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 martc, Rab, Austat and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 That's the face of job satisfaction there; "I'm on the edge of going full Patrick Bateman and a harmless photographer might just be the trigger event". At least in a 1300 Simca the rampage will be quite sedate. JeeExEll, Skut and martc 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 RayMK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 2 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said: That's the face of job satisfaction there; "I'm on the edge of going full Patrick Bateman and a harmless photographer might just be the trigger event". At least in a 1300 Simca the rampage will be quite sedate. I thought he was looking a bit embarrassed, as if he'd told his friends that he was one of the trusted few working on the 'soon to be a run-away success' new executive luxury Tagora and then along came the local press... somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 6 hours ago, Remspoor said: That's one hell of a monobrow. 4 hours ago, JeeExEll said: Starting to look a bit like a stretched Hillman Avenger there Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 'Quick, get a pic of the Capri as it drives past'. Remspoor, Shite Ron and Austat 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Alexisogonnis Innisognio with some crates of ADO16 stuff. Rab, Remspoor, Dick Longbridge and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bfg Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 42 minutes ago, JeeExEll said: 'Quick, get a pic of the Capri as it drives past'. "Argh., you missed the Mexico Escort it was trying to catch !" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 1971. Welly welly welly my Droogies, how goes it? Shite Ron, Austat and bogeyhead 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 19 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: That's one hell of a monobrow. Starting to look a bit like a stretched Hillman Avenger there Herman Munster works at Chrysler's Madrid factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 6 hours ago, JeeExEll said: 1971. Welly welly welly my Droogies, how goes it? Is that Imp-powered or is this the Maxi version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 I don't know. Must try harder. In my mind there were 4 possible scenarios - Imp, Maxi, Landcrab 1800, or maybe VW Beetle / Type 3 derived. Deserves further investigation. I don't think many were made. Just look at that fab steering wheel though. Getting into it via the roof every time must have been a bit of a PITA. And getting out. Not ideal for taking your gran to the shops. somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Photochop. Interesting idea though. Dick Longbridge and Skut 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Aungier Street, Dublin, 1984 Tadhg Tiogar, puddlethumper, Leyland Worldmaster and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Is Harold the driver or the clippie? Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 On 12/03/2021 at 13:42, JeeExEll said: 1971. Welly welly welly my Droogies, how goes it? I'm also getting 'UFO' vibes off the steering wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skut Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 On 2/19/2021 at 3:59 PM, JeeExEll said: Pininfarina design proposal for the Morris ADO28, which became the Marina. Looks a bit like what a Fiat 131 would have looked like had one appeared in Trumpton. Pininfarinamarina. An opportunity lost. That was meant to be Sadly things took a different direction and it didn't happen, but what a fantastic bootlid badge that would have been - in chrome script right across the bootlid. That's the design Harry Webster said looked like "a bloody goldfish bowl" Not dated or provincial enough looking for his tastes I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 'Welcoming home the Irish team after reaching the quarter-finals of Italia '90, Dublin' from The Light of Day by Tony O'Shea. warch, Tadhg Tiogar and Shite Ron 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Statue cleaning, high above Hyde Park Corner,1929. Bfg, JeeExEll, RayMK and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 RayMK, Asimo, Remspoor and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Dick Longbridge, Amishtat, RayMK and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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