Eye-catching black and whites

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

I just picked up a little something from the gift shop, it'll look good in the conservatory.

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

When the tread is gone you are supposed to get new ones.

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[lesapandre]

2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

The K7 jet boat is now back at Coniston after restoration. The Ruskin Museum have three spare Orpheus engines and will be running the boat again on the lake.

[sheffcortinacentre]

6 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Mmmm ma baker & her 4 sons

[sheffcortinacentre]

6 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

When the tread is gone you are supposed to get new ones.

Really?!

[sheffcortinacentre]

6 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Isn't that one of the original velars?

[busmansholiday]

7 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Doncaster on a good day ?

[Tayne]

[busmansholiday]

On 17/03/2024 at 16:07, Remspoor said:

They really do look wrong with the headlamps placed at the corners rather than a foot or so out from the radiator.

[Metal Guru]

11 hours ago, busmansholiday said:

They really do look wrong with the headlamps placed at the corners rather than a foot or so out from the radiator.

I’d be more worried about the lean at what looks like a slow speed at a junction.

[Austat]

Housing commission flats, Melbourne, Australia, c.1971.

[MiniMinorMk3]

13 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Isn't that one of the original velars?

Probably is as it has a plate in the same sequence as this one.

Unique Opportunity 1970 'Velar' Pre-Production Range… | Kingsley Cars

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[martc]

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[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Ooh er - remind me what?

[lesapandre]

6 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

That's Zebu - the first go at the Triumph 2000 - a strange mish-mash 'any car' style before Michelotti tidied it up.

Rear 3/4 oddly Austin Cambridge-ish.

[High Jetter]

Knew I'd seen it before. The nose looks way ahead of it's time. A60 stripe line too

[lesapandre]

Front reminds me of the 1960 Thunderbird  and 1958 Packard  Hawk.

[lesapandre]

On 18/03/2024 at 13:36, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I just picked up a little something from the gift shop, it'll look good in the conservatory.

 

Guinness Book of Records - world's biggest bong...

" It'll tend to make you very very high"

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Front reminds me of the 1960 Thunderbird  and 1958 Packard  Hawk.

I think the front has a hint of the Spitfire (Triumph not Supermarine) about it. Was this prior to the Spitfire?

[lesapandre]

5 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

I think the front has a hint of the Spitfire (Triumph not Supermarine) about it. Was this prior to the Spitfire?

I think they were all developed around the same time. The Zabu project is 1958 onwards. That picture must be 1959 onwards, as there is an early Herald in the background - without the rubber- covered bumpers that were introduced in April 1961.

Spitfire production started in '62.

Bit of the 1960 Peugeot 404 in the front glasshouse too.

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

I think they were all developed around the same time. The Zabu project is 1958 onwards. That picture must be 1959 onwards, as there is an early Herald in the background - without the rubber- covered bumpers that were introduced in April 1961.

The Zabu thingy has a vague Ford Anglia feel around the windscreen? The Herald looks a lot better without the rubber bumpers (they just kept falling off ours when it was about 8 years old - awful rust traps)

[Asimo]

On 18/03/2024 at 20:27, sheffcortinacentre said:

Isn't that one of the original velars?

It can also be seen in this.

 

[Asimo]

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

The Zabu thingy has a vague Ford Anglia feel around the windscreen? The Herald looks a lot better without the rubber bumpers (they just kept falling off ours when it was about 8 years old - awful rust traps)

Was it the car Johnny Cash was singing about?