cort1977 Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 6 hours ago, Madman Of The People said: The old joke we used to tell about the Chevrolet Celebrity was how no celebrity would ever be caught dead driving one! However, I do have to make one small correction. The Celebrity wasn't a Mk 2 Cavalier. Chevrolet had it's own Cavalier which, like the Vauxhall of the same name, was built on GM's "J" platform. The Celebrity was built on the "A" platform which was little more than the "X" platform (Chevrolet Citation) with longer front and rear overhangs. X and A cars even shared the same 104.9 inch wheelbase. The smaller J-body Cavalier rode on a 101.2 inch wheelbase and was unrelated to the X and A cars. You're right, it's so easy to get your mediocre and forgotten American cars from 40 years ago mixed up. Which means GM had two slightly different FWD platforms introduced in the same year - madness. Somehow, they still made money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 On 08/11/2021 at 08:40, STUNO said: Very rare, don't ever expect to see another. 1226 Victoria St - Google Maps Beecham? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 That makes no sense; a critical reactor gives off far more radiation than a lump of Pu238; the Kilopower was developed because they wanted far more power than RTGs could offer. 7 hours ago, SteersWithThrottle said: The shielding issue comes about when you consider what you'd like to have versus what you can actually achieve; weight is critical for anything you want to put in space, and all the extra shielding (mostly for the electronics) makes a [sup]238[/sup]Pu power unit far heavier than a [sup]235[/sup]U one. After that you're left with engineering your piece of kit to use the amount of power you [i]can[/i] provide... EDIT: Lack of BBcode support is really annoying here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteersWithThrottle Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 16 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said: That makes no sense; a critical reactor gives off far more radiation than a lump of Pu238; the Kilopower was developed because they wanted far more power than RTGs could offer. I'm confused; the implication of your previous posts is that we are talking about radioactive materials as heat sources in sub-critical mass applications? For that matter a fission reactor running at the cusp of critical mass is MASSIVE and HEAVY compared to any radioactive decay powered thermo-electric generator, as you need all the extra paraphernalia of cooling systems, control rods and the mechanism to insert/remove them etc, not to mention the fact that if you're going to the trouble of making something as powerful as a fission reactor, you're stupid to use it to power a TEG, when you could generate far more power using a traditional steam turbine of some sort (granted, you'd need to use some pretty exotic materials, but that's not unusual in nuclear generating technology anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Victoria Spatz 250: bogeyhead, anonymous user, JeeExEll and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieInExile Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Quite a few Beetle looking bits on that... Is it a Beetle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 2 hours ago, GeordieInExile said: Quite a few Beetle looking bits on that... Is it a Beetle? No, it's a sparrow! (spatz = sparrow in German). Looking at the page below there doesn't seem to be much/any VW in it, but don't worry, like VW, there was quite a considerable amount of German 'quality engineering'. For example the original suspension was mounted directly to the fibreglass body resulting in it cracking spectacularly when driven over bumps, Hans Ledwinka (of Tatra fame) was called in to actually design a proper chassis for it. And they burst into flames regularly. https://www.bk-group.com/bkcarcollection/victoria_spatz.htm SteersWithThrottle, garethj and GeordieInExile 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 I've got a spare English-language Victoria 250 sales leaflet here if anyone is interested? Austat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 I was reading up about the Hyundai Grandeur after Hyundai did that EV restomod thing, and found out that before they launched it in 1986 the car to have if you were rich and Korean was a Daewoo Royale: Yeah, it's a Carlton. But then the Granduer came out. And it had a SIX cylinder engine. Suddenly, the Royale didn't cut it. So, Daewoo took a Senator and turned it into the Daewoo Imperial: bunglebus, somewhatfoolish, JeeExEll and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Published under several names the AZLK S-1 Other names Moskvich S-series, Meridian-1700TS Later version Supernaut, ProgRocker, martc and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Thought there'd been a 'parts-bin offence light raid' there. Nearly, but not quite... Remspoor, somewhatfoolish and JeeExEll 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavieW Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 7 hours ago, Remspoor said: Published under several names the AZLK S-1 That has a shade of Saab 900 to a lot of the panels and windows. chaseracer, myglaren, Remspoor and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 hour ago, DavieW said: That has a shade of Saab 900 to a lot of the panels and windows. Agreed and I also see the FSO in there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Further down that rabbit hole I found the Fiat Toro, some markets called the Ram 1000. Made in Brazil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 2:58 AM, barrett said: I've got a spare English-language Victoria 250 sales leaflet here if anyone is interested? I'd be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 ZAZ KD Sport-900: garethj, lesapandre, SteersWithThrottle and 11 others 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Absolutely фантастика Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMotor Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 May I present the Opel Monza... No no not THAT Monza. The name was used in South Africa on the Kadett E saloon. Hatches still being called the Kadett. What they got was the Monza 2.0 CD. Plush interior, Cav GSi 15's, GSi style kit and C20XE with F20 gearbag. Could also get these with the kit and everything but with smaller engines too. Daewoo sold a version of the Racer/Le Mans with the same bumpers and the GSi model name. bunglebus, EML, Aston Martin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 10:30 AM, Remspoor said: Published under several names the AZLK S-1 Other names Moskvich S-series, Meridian-1700TS Later version I'm getting a definite Mazda 323 vibe from the blue one. jmsguzzi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 6 hours ago, artdjones said: I'm getting a definite Mazda 323 vibe from the blue one. And a Mk1 Astra at the back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 ....with a bit of Hyundai Pony thrown in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 21 hours ago, artdjones said: I'm getting a definite Mazda 323 vibe from the blue one. 15 hours ago, martc said: And a Mk1 Astra at the back... 15 hours ago, High Jetter said: ....with a bit of Hyundai Pony thrown in I'm getting a lot of "this is something an American designer might have turned out as a smoll* car" martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Minerva Land Rover. I had heard of Minerva. Didn't know about this! https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/auctions/1952-minerva-land-rover-41DqRn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 The Hillman Zimp, a coachbuilt Imp, by Zagato. https://www.carrozzieri-italiani.com/listing/hillman-zimp/ LightBulbFun, myglaren, artdjones and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian_pt Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 On 11/17/2021 at 12:28 PM, martc said: The Hillman Zimp, a coachbuilt Imp, by Zagato. https://www.carrozzieri-italiani.com/listing/hillman-zimp/ Imagine the name had Ghia done it myglaren, Crackers, MisterH and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 heres one that really caught me by surprise of course I knew of the MF35 (I have driven one even ) but what I did not know is that Massey ferguson since 2015 had started making them again! https://www.masseyferguson.com/en/product/tractors/mf-35.html (I mean yeah I have seen a good number of vehicles with long production runs, but cant think of any where they stopped making them 50 years ago and then went "you know what lets start making them again" closest other vehicle I can think of like that off the top of my head is the new James Bond DB5's that Aston Martin put out a while back) I would love to know just exactly how many parts are still shared with an original 1955-1964 model... and also how much one of these new ones cost, and could one be road registered over here? that would be some hilarious Late registration madness a MF35 on a 71 plate LOL egg, adw1977, Dyslexic Viking and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 On 14/11/2021 at 10:40, JMotor said: May I present the Opel Monza... No no not THAT Monza. The name was used in South Africa on the Kadett E saloon. Hatches still being called the Kadett. What they got was the Monza 2.0 CD. Plush interior, Cav GSi 15's, GSi style kit and C20XE with F20 gearbag. Could also get these with the kit and everything but with smaller engines too. Daewoo sold a version of the Racer/Le Mans with the same bumpers and the GSi model name. Wasn't that the Belmont when it was sold here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 7 hours ago, LightBulbFun said: Massey ferguson since 2015 had started making them again! This link might be easier to follow:http://ame-en.masseyferguson.com/mf35.aspx Leyland Worldmaster and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, Metal Guru said: Wasn't that the Belmont when it was sold here? Yup. I remember a mates Belmont GLSi, plush velour, Irmscher bodykit. 6 up and off to the pub. Happy days. MisterH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 13 hours ago, LightBulbFun said: heres one that really caught me by surprise of course I knew of the MF35 (I have driven one even ) but what I did not know is that Massey ferguson since 2015 had started making them again! https://www.masseyferguson.com/en/product/tractors/mf-35.html (I mean yeah I have seen a good number of vehicles with long production runs, but cant think of any where they stopped making them 50 years ago and then went "you know what lets start making them again" closest other vehicle I can think of like that off the top of my head is the new James Bond DB5's that Aston Martin put out a while back) I would love to know just exactly how many parts are still shared with an original 1955-1964 model... and also how much one of these new ones cost, and could one be road registered over here? that would be some hilarious Late registration madness a MF35 on a 71 plate LOL "This range is only available in Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa and Iraq". That would be one heck of a roadtrip to bring one back here. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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