barrett Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 I took some detail shots... The newly-plated brightwork really shi9nes agianst the black, and the 'coined' top half is just so bonkers. Gonna try and get together with the 'other' Palladium soon for some photos JimH, rainagain, Asimo and 33 others 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 15 minutes ago, barrett said: Gonna try and get together with the 'other' Palladium On a Saturday night, in London? Bet you're chuffed to have it back after all the work. Nice looking workshop / storage place, very tidy. Is the light blue car a Corvair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 17 minutes ago, High Jetter said: On a Saturday night, in London? Bet you're chuffed to have it back after all the work. Nice looking workshop / storage place, very tidy. Is the light blue car a Corvair? Brooklands, VSCC's Halloween Driving Tests if anyone wants to see it in the flesh! Yass, it's a 1960 Corvair 500. 25k from new, never painted etc. A lovely car. Here I am explaining the fan belt arrangement to some Frenchmen Jon, lesapandre, High Jetter and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Great stuff, as always ! Also, that first Corvair picture could have easily been taken in the 1970s... SiC and barrett 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 Just realised I'm doing my 'top of head model' routine. @garethj haven't I come a long way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Goodness, I remember the days when you didn't have an interesting job and hadn't passed your driving test - maybe 10 or so years ago? And look at your fleet now! Absolute shite hedonism. The boy done good. I could carry on with the gushing admiration but that's not very becoming of me. Instead, have a shoddy image of my own kilometerstone in the Jondeo, a couple of months back: Good job I'm in the film industry, so I could rig a hands free mount, to document the momentous event (your honour). Dick Longbridge, barrett, LightBulbFun and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Speed Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 We had a neighbour with a Corvair. He was paranoid about fan belt breakage which is, in his experience, followed very quickly by engine seizure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 5 hours ago, barrett said: Here I am explaining the fan belt arrangement to some Frenchmen Having owned a 304 I would have assumed that the French would be used to odd fan belt setups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 11 hours ago, Three Speed said: We had a neighbour with a Corvair. He was paranoid about fan belt breakage which is, in his experience, followed very quickly by engine seizure. I've driven for a while with no belt. It gets very hot very quickly and I imagine it would eventually seize entirely, but you get plenty of warning when a belt goes. And in our one, it goes regularly for reasons too boring to get into here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 15 hours ago, barrett said: Just realised I'm doing my 'top of head model' routine. @garethj haven't I come a long way! It’s an odd choice for “this is my best side” but you’re owning it 😀 High Jetter and barrett 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 The repaired headlamps have been put back together for the first time, looking infinitely better for it Vantman, vulgalour, Low Horatio gearbox and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 Outside for the first time in a while, and raring to go. Looks really good with a bit of space round it (despite the glamorous backdrop) Sadly it's going to be horrendous weather on Sunday so I'm not sure I can be bothered driving it to Brooklands in the lashing wind and rain puddlethumper, Sigmund Fraud, egg and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Looks fantastic! What’ll she do, mistah? LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 ooh its looking really lovely! I hope someday ill be able to see the magnificent Palladium in person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 That's a proper chariot that is. Stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 Amazing to think it wasn't that long ago when it looked like this... It's certainly much, much closer to my inspiration photo than it was! LightBulbFun, mk2_craig, Dyslexic Viking and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 2 hours ago, barrett said: Outside for the first time in a while, and raring to go. Looks really good with a bit of space round it (despite the glamorous backdrop) Sadly it's going to be horrendous weather on Sunday so I'm not sure I can be bothered driving it to Brooklands in the lashing wind and rain Woah. Is that the one at Brooklands? Seen some on Yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 So, how many years do you reckon it's been since it looked this good? 70?! What a great way of spending money! I mean, respraying a Tredia is entirely worthy but this is on another scale! Most importantly, have you sketched out designs for your 'Paladium Club' bottle green ill-fitting fleece and matching bucket hat? barrett and privatewire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 4 hours ago, Jon said: So, how many years do you reckon it's been since it looked this good? 70?! What a great way of spending money! I mean, respraying a Tredia is entirely worthy but this is on another scale! Most importantly, have you sketched out designs for your 'Paladium Club' bottle green ill-fitting fleece and matching bucket hat? At least 70 years, yeah. It does feel good that it's getting close to the original vision now although there's a very long way to go. Funnily enough, I did think about making some Palladium Owners' Club clobber just because so few people would legitimately be able to wear it. I think an OC for a car with two survivors is a funny concept. It would also be nice to see if it was possible to make an attractive piece of car club regalia - I'm thinking a tasteful black v-neck with the Palladium logo on the breast (with owners club added round the rim of the circle) (That's off my Palladium Autocars letterhead which I use to send the few letters I write). So, joke's on you @Jon - I love a bit of POC regalia! Jon, egg, LightBulbFun and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Seeing it parked next to that Transit has made me realise I'd got the scale of it wrong in my mind's eye - it's quite a bit bigger than I had thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 The Palladium is just beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 That looks amazing. Really chuffed for you. I assume the Transit van is what you're using to deliver Amazon parcels for 23 hours a day on top of your day job in order to pay for all this? LightBulbFun and Sigmund Fraud 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 On 10/30/2021 at 9:40 PM, barrett said: At least 70 years, yeah. It does feel good that it's getting close to the original vision now although there's a very long way to go. Funnily enough, I did think about making some Palladium Owners' Club clobber just because so few people would legitimately be able to wear it. I think an OC for a car with two survivors is a funny concept. It would also be nice to see if it was possible to make an attractive piece of car club regalia - I'm thinking a tasteful black v-neck with the Palladium logo on the breast (with owners club added round the rim of the circle) (That's off my Palladium Autocars letterhead which I use to send the few letters I write). So, joke's on you @Jon - I love a bit of POC regalia! I think you'll do well to top this regalia effort I picked up from a local charity shop for literal pence: Sawn-off sweatshirt that's Levi's branded, no less! Quite what Alfa the owner was driving, I don't know. It was so mind-boggingly confusing, I couldn't leave without it. Of course, I'll never wear it, even if it does fit me. But a small part of me considered it sufficient reason to buy the car to go with the clothing (that again, I'll never wear)... barrett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Speed Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 On 30/10/2021 at 09:40, barrett said: I think an OC for a car with two survivors is a funny concept. especially if the owner of the other one doesn't join tooSavvy, egg and DSdriver 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 ...and then sets up their own 'Palladium Drivers Club' in opposition. DSdriver, egg, Three Speed and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 Sadly the Palladium is still out of action as there is water getting into number 2 cylinder. Suspected (hoped) head gasket issue rather than a cracked block... I have some new composite gaskets being made to replace the solid copper currently fitted, so we will try it with one of those which should enable the head to be tightened down a little better. Sadly this means it has missed the VSCC Light Car and Edwardian Section's Welsh weekend for the second time (with a long gap for covid in between). This meant a last-minute car change to the only other running Light Car on the fleet, the Riley Monaco. Preparation involved binning the ancient Uruguyan tyres which have been on there since the 1970s and replacing them with a set of venry handsome three-stud tyres from Longstone. Usual reccomendations apply. These are Longstone's 'own' tyres and a quite a bit cheaper than some of the rival brands, but look absolutely spot-on and as several other Vintage Rileys are running these it seemed like a good choice. I also cleaned up the wheels which has made a huge difference - before and after here. Other than topping up the oil, checking the water and filling the tank that was it. On Friday we set off at 8am and were in Llandrindod Wells by 3.30pm, including a few stops along the way. Not bad going I reckon. The route we do is mostly back roads, some quite small, so progress is limited by conditions but on fast roads it's possible to keep up 50mph although it's quite noisy. I did the full 200-mile stint and didn't feel too terrible at the end of it. On saturday my co-owner/driver did the 90-mile tour itself. Another great event down some fantastic Welsh roads one would never normally travel on. Here we are crossing a slightly dodgy single-track bridge And with a great road sign which is about the same age as the car, if not a bit older The other Palladium was there. Imagine how much better this photo could have been! Then on Sunday we set off at about 12.30, carrying a third person who needed a lift back to Sussex. Three-up is a bit more of a struggle, but the car didn't really miss a beat and the journey took exactly six hours, which probably isn't far off what it would take in a modern I'd have thought. Apart from using a frightening amount of oil - it's pissing out from just about every possible place - the car didn't misbehave at all. So, 500 miles in a weekend, and not of particularly gentle driving either. It really is The Wonder Car and you can see why they're still so popular. There must have been another half a dozen Riley Nines there, but ours was the only 1929 car. Anyway. Definitely don't need to drive it again for a while, although I was getting about an 80 per cent clean gearchange result by the end of the trip which is quite good for me. Sadly my BMW is out of MoT very soon and won't pass another without loads of work so I might actually be forced to use this for the commute at least some of the time! How can I have 8 cars and no way of getting to work in the morning?? Fuggin' typical! puddlethumper, BeEP, garethj and 31 others 33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 BMW now on ebay if anyone's feeling stupid https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275275560774 loserone, egg, Shite Ron and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 17 minutes ago, barrett said: BMW now on ebay if anyone's feeling stupid https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275275560774 No need for anyone to feel stupid. Brilliant cars loved ours to bits. Cars of that period for me definatly represent a high water mark. Good luck with the sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 BMW replacement has arrived. It's.... shite More details will follow when I've driven it further than round the block Dyslexic Viking, JMotor, wesacosa and 33 others 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 That looks ace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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