Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[bobdisk]

My trailer, a Brian James C4 Blue was stolen from our works car park in Sunbury-on-Thames. We saw it being taken on our CCTV at 18:30, Friday 13 (!) November, by a white Ford Transit, with an odd "tray" type roof rack covering the whole roof. I will post a video of the cctv when I get a copy of it.

It is this trailer I purchased in February this year;

mathewsons.co.uk/auctions/auction-dates/vehicles/13128-new-entry-brian-james-c4-trailer

[Mrs6C]

On 15/11/2020 at 14:46, Six-cylinder said:

No, it happened when I was dancing!

They don't call them earthmovers for nothing...

[wuvvum]

11 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

What are you saying about my machine!

It arrived the same as a new machine.

I can't say I'd fancy negotiating FOD Lane in a bloody great artic like that.  Especially the junction with the main road.

[Yoss]

My Club Triumph mag arrived today and I was slightly surprised to see this. 

Each issue has a club history page. They pick a random year, the top of the page is Club events from that year but the little bit at the bottom is general car events. So of all the cars introduced in 1980 they chose to feature this. I'd say that's a fair write up. 

Talbot Tagora gets a mention too. 

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, bobdisk said:

My trailer, a Brian James C4 Blue was stolen from our works car park in Sunbury-on-Thames. We saw it being taken on our CCTV at 18:30, Friday 13 (!) November, by a white Ford Transit, with an odd "tray" type roof rack covering the whole roof. I will post a video of the cctv when I get a copy of it.

It is this trailer I purchased in February this year;

mathewsons.co.uk/auctions/auction-dates/vehicles/13128-new-entry-brian-james-c4-trailer

POst it on the main news etc forums, some ( weird) people may not read @Six-cylinder’s thread.

[Six-cylinder]

14 minutes ago, Yoss said:

My Club Triumph mag arrived today and I was slightly surprised to see this. 

Each issue has a club history page. They pick a random year, the top of the page is Club events from that year but the little bit at the bottom is general car events. So of all the cars introduced in 1980 they chose to feature this. I'd say that's a fair write up. 

Talbot Tagora gets a mention too. 

There was also a 2.0 Ltr Carb engine 115 bhp, that I have. (no EFi or Supercharger in UK)

[Yoss]

Ah well, it's a Triumph magazine after all, you can't expect them to know all the intricacies of fairly obscure (to some people) Lancia. 

[bobdisk]

8 hours ago, richardmorris said:

POst it on the main news etc forums, some ( weird) people may not read @Six-cylinder’s thread.

Its here as well;

https://dafcars.proboards.com/thread/3799/trailer-stolen

https://essexdafs.proboards.com/thread/974/trailer-stolen

https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/216512/trailer-stolen

 

[Six-cylinder]

I have had a busy day shifting cars into some new indoor storage I have on a temporary basis.

Today I have driven:

CLK Conv

Visa Cab

E36 323i

Somebody else’s classic Range Rover

Then my friend needed to store his Fiat van temporally, yes the one @Christine brokered for us on the Forum. The clutch now works great but it is still short of synchromesh on most gears. My friend Derek has just had a new knee and can’t drive a manual so I had the pleasure of driving it 10 miles.

I will send a packet of smarties to the person who can guess what is under the blue cover next to the Range Rover?

[Christine]

wide body  ***acar  or 2 side by side

or Davrian ?

 

[HMC]

Unipower gt ?

 

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Then my friend needed to store his Fiat van temporally, yes the one @Christine brokered for us on the Forum. The clutch now works great but it is still short of synchromesh on most gears.

TADT, S.  At least the 2.8D is a torquey old lump so you don't need to change gear too often.

[Christine]

28 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

TADT, S.  At least the 2.8D is a torquey old lump so you don't need to change gear too often.

It certainly did have some grunt ..

and graunch... 

 

Lotus 47 ?

[chaseracer]

ADO16 with the bottom six inches missing*? 😉

* don't they all...?

[LightBulbFun]

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I will send a packet of smarties to the person who can guess what is under the blue cover next to the Range Rover?

a harding spinal carriage on its err "roof"?

[Out Run]

4 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

a harding spinal carriage on its err "roof"?

That one’s upside down, on top of the trailer.

[MorrisItalSLX]

Trick question, it’s not a car at all.

[Six-cylinder]

5 minutes ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

Trick question, it’s not a car at all.

It is a car, sat on its factory wheels as normal.

[Christine]

Too low for an Amphicar..Spitfire,  GT 6 ?     

[High Jetter]

It is very, very low - compared with the Rangie's wheelarch.

[Christine]

 

I don't like Smarties anyway ..

Gis a clue , what letter is on the lid of the Smarties ?  Is it the same letter the name of the car  starts with ? 

Chris , i sent the van  picture to John , the previous owner .. he reckons its a Spitfire too !!!

[hairnet]

imp

[chaseracer]

Is it the front, or the back?

[Six-cylinder]

22 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Is it the front, or the back?

Front

[timolloyd]

Rickman Ranger?

[Six-cylinder]

33 minutes ago, Nyphur said:

DS?

DS is quite tall even sat on its belly.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Please don't say you've acquired an SM?

[Six-cylinder]

Just now, timolloyd said:

Rickman Ranger?

No

I thought about this GRS kit car recently, started a conversation with the seller and then he wanted to increase his asking price so I left it there.

[Christine]

Daf with a roofrack .   Its so low the engine must be in the back !  or its a boxer..

[DVee8]

Is it a Lotus Europa?