Eye-catching black and whites

[Joey spud]

[Joey spud]

[Joey spud]

Unmistakable face of a Simca peering out of the showroom.

[D.E]

[sheffcortinacentre]

4 hours ago, D.E said:

Anymore info?

[Remspoor]

[D.E]

17 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Anymore info?

Not much, I'm afraid. According to the source of the picture it was a "mobile catering" bus, but how mobile would it be with teeny-weeny wheels like that?

[lesapandre]

On 20/10/2024 at 14:52, Joey spud said:

"I told you if you took it easy your trunnion would be fine."

[lesapandre]

10 minutes ago, D.E said:

Not much, I'm afraid. According to the source of the picture it was a "mobile catering" bus, but how mobile would it be with teeny-weeny wheels like that?

I'd guess it's to get round some by-law. As long as it's got wheels it's a 'market stall' or mobile vendor or the like - not a building.

[lesapandre]

10 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Inspector Closeau on an Italian  case falls out of the top right window five seconds after this was taken.

[D.E]

[lesapandre]

1 minute ago, D.E said:

That's not to push it along - it's for creating a smoke screen or dispersing gas?

[D.E]

1 minute ago, lesapandre said:

That's not to push it along - it's for creating a smoke screen or dispersing gas?

https://www.slashgear.com/1411026/weird-armored-car-ww1-sizaire-berwick-armored-car/

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The thought was that the added plane engine could help propel the vehicle over the loose sands of the desert. However, rather unsurprisingly, because the chassis for the vehicle was not designed or graded for military use, there were many problems with the Sizaire-Berwick's Armored Wind Wagon, and the vehicle was never used in a real operation. 

 

[bigstraight6]

On 20/10/2024 at 13:51, Joey spud said:

For rusting second to none would have been more appropriate, drove a few of these back in the mid 80’s that were owned by friends and they were nice to drive but rust was running rampant.

[busmansholiday]

On 19/10/2024 at 20:15, sheffcortinacentre said:

 it's been pedestrianised since around the date of pic.

I was there teatime today.

Only the left of picture is still there ( derelict for roughly the last 20 years) the market on right is waste land being "regenerated " into a city centre park.

This was the bustling heart of the city until it was run into the ground in the 90's

With traffic, shoppers and buses in 1971.

It's demolition was one of many 'improvements' to the City centre the Council have since done and been successfully in destroying it.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Oooo yesh!

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, lesapandre said:

That's not to push it along - it's for creating a smoke screen or dispersing gas?

To back into your enemy and slice them to bits when you run out of bullets.

[Remspoor]

[D.E]

[EyesWeldedShut]

[Remspoor]

[adw1977]

[Metal Guru]

5 hours ago, adw1977 said:

We really ought to have a separate thread on Mercedes reliability issues. 
 

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I’d imagined the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to look more scarey.

[Remspoor]

[EyesWeldedShut]

Ayr, corner shop where I used to buy penny packets of stamps and twenty fags for my granny making way for progress.