Eye-catching black and whites

[lesapandre]

[lesapandre]

Fleamarket find - old snap of a 1953-57 Ford Anglia - on back reads:

"DONT BELIEVE IT, I AM NOT DRIVING - ONLY SWANK"    😂

[bigstraight6]

On 14/02/2025 at 20:48, Remspoor said:

OMG! Climate change catastrophe, oh hang on that picture appears to be a long time ago.

[lesapandre]

I looked on Google Earth - there does not appear to be any obvious source for that flooding - though there was a gasworks to the left at the time. To the right there is a railway embankment - so maybe a subterranean drain or even a burst main.

The pub is still going. A live music venue.

Past anomalous weather events are no measure that the climate is not currently changing.

[martc]

1932 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Cabriolet (by Weinberger), chassis number: 41121 on it's way to that America owned by Dr. Josef Fuchs, a wealthy Surgeon from Munich. It suffered a piston seizure and left for scrap. Fortunately it was saved and is still with us, although now painted white.

[Remspoor]

4 hours ago, bigstraight6 said:

OMG! Climate change catastrophe, oh hang on that picture appears to be a long time ago.

Thank you I have now lost a bet with the wife. She said that someone will post a comment about climate change and begin taken  too early.

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Stop monkeying around and just get in ffs!

[martc]

[martc]

[martc]

A Vernon Derby (ie a Derby imported into the UK by Vernon Balls) tackling a stage on the London-to-Land’s End trial in 1930.

Perhaps one for the cars I didn't know about util recently thread. The Derby was made in France although the company was controlled by us Brits. Details here -

https://www.uniquecarsandparts.com/lost_marques_derby.htm

A few have survived -

[martc]

Count de Cadignan at the 1903 Dourdan speed trials in a twin-crankshaft, opposed piston Bardon. The engine was built under licence from Gobron-Brillié, the inventors.

It was equipped with the 'Roussel' sprung wheels he manufactured in the mistaken belief he would put Michelin out of business.

[martc]

[martc]

Rolf Armstrong’s special was built on a shortened Duesenberg Model A chassis using a variety of parts, note it's got those Woodlight lights. It is believed that it survives.

Rolf Armstrong was a bit of a lad and made his money by painting pretty ladies he was known as the 'father of American pin-ups.

more here - https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/artists/rolf-armstrong

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

50 minutes ago, martc said:

 

It was equipped with the 'Roussel' sprung wheels he manufactured in the mistaken belief he would put Michelin out of business.

Searched for info on the Rousell Wheels but nothing on them appeared.

Another take made in Germany during World War 1 when there was a shortage of rubber.

[MiniMinorMk3]

Another sprung wheel, no details

[MiniMinorMk3]

The sprung wheels lead me on to dynaspheres.

[MiniMinorMk3]

The I found this

[Remspoor]