HMC P4 Progress

[brownnova]

  On 24/02/2024 at 18:36, 83C said:

I too keep watching for the inevitable advert.

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Me too… 

This will be the scenario when it occurs! 

[HMC]

Side note- ive chased up the banger racer for a backstory on how his father in law got hold of the shad, and am awaiting the grandson of the first owner getting in touch re his mothers recollections +/- photos

Meanwhile the  son of the original owner appears to have been a colourful character. As well as a powerboat racer, he appears also to be a racer of the earliest TVR sportscars..

 

 

[egg]

better than 'Doctor owned from new'

[lesapandre]

Doctors often wilfully neglect their cars as they are so busy with the sick.

[loserone]

much better buying a car from a dentist in my experience 

[Six-cylinder]

  On 24/02/2024 at 22:13, loserone said:

much better buying a car from a dentist in my experience 

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Yes I have tried that as well, but my Rolls Royce came from a Butcher!

[Matty]

  On 24/02/2024 at 18:28, HMC said:

Its lovely to drive- distant burble, lovely smooth shifts from the gearbox (you hear the engine note drop but dont feel anything) finger light (one finger if you wanted) power steering ( with very little feel) - but so usable for a car this age. Its a full on barge but id rather trade the sharper experience (relatively) of the shad II for the detailing of the earlier cars. Soooo relaxing to go around in. It feels like im piloting a boat- sounds dreadful but if thats your thing its great! Its quicker than i was expecting. A very gentle car to drive.

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Dare I say this is beginning to look like a keeper?

[High Jetter]

  On 24/02/2024 at 23:12, Six-cylinder said:

Yes I have tried that as well, but my Rolls Royce came from a Butcher!

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Say that again? 🤣

[Six-cylinder]

  On 25/02/2024 at 00:35, High Jetter said:

Say that again? 🤣

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Just go into Hazeldine Butchers order 1 lb of sausages, 4 lamb chops and a Rolls Royce. I believe they are sold out of 20/25’s but still have 20 HP's in stock!

Then try a Dentist for a check-up, filling and a Rolls Royce!

[grogee]

  On 24/02/2024 at 20:20, HMC said:

Meanwhile the  son of the original owner appears to have been a colourful character. As well as a powerboat racer, he appears also to be a racer of the earliest TVR sportscars..

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[Tayne]

Jonny Smith?

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

  On 25/02/2024 at 17:52, grogee said:

 

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[bezzabsa]

RE Rolls Royce pins stripes, My YTS was in Dudley next door to the then RR dealer, saw a RR pull in one day with an old geezer in the back - got out holding a small wooden 'case' , found out later off the mechanics he was THE RR pin striper was 88 and they wouldn't let him retire...watched him do the stripe on 1 side in 1 stroke.. this was 1982 and he was on £100 Per Stripe...NOT car but stripe, so Easy £200 and fully chauffeured everywhere too

[High Jetter]

  On 25/02/2024 at 20:24, bezzabsa said:

RE Rolls Royce pins stripes, My YTS was in Dudley next door to the then RR dealer, saw a RR pull in one day with an old geezer in the back - got out holding a small wooden 'case' , found out later off the mechanics he was THE RR pin striper was 88 and they wouldn't let him retire...watched him do the stripe on 1 side in 1 stroke.. this was 1982 and he was on £100 Per Stripe...NOT car but stripe, so Easy £200 and fully chauffeured everywhere too

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I bet he made it look so easy. Did you fuck up try to emulate him?

[EyesWeldedShut]

  On 22/02/2024 at 22:10, grogee said:

 

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Well they're doing better than that there Pirates of Plainmoor Club? 
Aka The Gulls
Aka Torquay United. 
RIP

Sprog here has a face like a wet Friday - it's not bad enough supporting the losers, they're now bankrupt? 
 

[grogee]

  On 26/02/2024 at 07:13, EyesWeldedShut said:

Well they're doing better than that there Pirates of Plainmoor Club? 
Aka The Gulls
Aka Torquay United. 
RIP

Sprog here has a face like a wet Friday - it's not bad enough supporting the losers, they're now bankrupt? 
 

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Yes that is a very sad tale. Rivals of old but south-west football clubs are a rare beast and Torquay has a rich history. I don't know the full story but it was mentioned on my Argyle forum. I hope something can be done to save the club. 

[HillmanImp]

  On 21/02/2024 at 17:27, HMC said:

One of them told me my next should be a hillman imp, which isnt a bad idea! Less hassle than moving a beached oil tanker, for sure.

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The planets are aligning. 

Check the number plate. 

[ETCHY]

  On 24/02/2024 at 18:28, HMC said:

Its lovely to drive- distant burble, lovely smooth shifts from the gearbox (you hear the engine note drop but dont feel anything) finger light (one finger if you wanted) power steering ( with very little feel) - but so usable for a car this age. Its a full on barge but id rather trade the sharper experience (relatively) of the shad II for the detailing of the earlier cars. Soooo relaxing to go around in. It feels like im piloting a boat- sounds dreadful but if thats your thing its great! Its quicker than i was expecting. A very gentle car to drive.

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Comfortable quiet waftiness is what big luxurious cars should be about. Indeed it's what they were about until all this daft Nurburgring wannabe Top Gear type shit meant everything had to handle like an MX5. Hence low profile tyres on everything & often crap ride comfort.

[lesapandre]

  On 25/02/2024 at 20:24, bezzabsa said:

RE Rolls Royce pins stripes, My YTS was in Dudley next door to the then RR dealer, saw a RR pull in one day with an old geezer in the back - got out holding a small wooden 'case' , found out later off the mechanics he was THE RR pin striper was 88 and they wouldn't let him retire...watched him do the stripe on 1 side in 1 stroke.. this was 1982 and he was on £100 Per Stripe...NOT car but stripe, so Easy £200 and fully chauffeured everywhere too

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And here is the current pinstriper in the pinstriper tradition:

https://money.cnn.com/2015/04/30/autos/rolls-royce-stripe-painter/

[HMC]

More on our original owners son. He also started his own (small) airline….

 

 

 

Is it like private plates? - looks like “Ken Cassir AViation”

[HMC]

Most of the fleet seem to have survived, including #1 which although crashed, was repaired and lived on.

#2 seems to still be around, or at least parts of it…

[lesapandre]

And it's got pinstripes.

Maybe reunite plane and car sometime. Or just settle for the kit:

https://jbarhobbies.com/products/cessna-402-b-1-72-resin-kit-by-gremlin

People clearly had quite a 'lifestyle' right at the top of the cotton and clothes manufacturering trades.  Mostly gone in the 80's when it all went abroad.

[egg]

It's extremely hard to make money from a small airline I think, as the long wikipedia list of 'defunct UK airlines' attests to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_airlines_of_the_United_Kingdom

[Tubbo]

  On 26/02/2024 at 07:13, EyesWeldedShut said:

Well they're doing better than that there Pirates of Plainmoor Club? 
Aka The Gulls
Aka Torquay United. 
RIP

Sprog here has a face like a wet Friday - it's not bad enough supporting the losers, they're now bankrupt? 
 

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Do you live near Torquay? As I’m Paignton.

[Tayne]

  On 26/02/2024 at 11:21, HMC said:

More on our original owners son. He also started his own (small) airline….

 

 

Is it like private plates? - looks like “Ken Cassir AViation”

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Yes.

I don't know quite how it all works but lots of companies seem to have very convenient letters.

The first letter is a country identifier and the rest seem up for grabs.

G- Uk, D- Germany, N-USA, etc

Nike had N-IKE and some wrestling type had N-247WWE.

[EyesWeldedShut]

  On 26/02/2024 at 15:06, Tubbo said:

Do you live near Torquay? As I’m Paignton.

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Used to live other side of Torbay - Maidencombe way. I worked in Westlands School (aka The Spires) - moved to West Wales in 2006 (via North Dartmoor for 5 years).
La Sproglette has followed The Gulls forever and is a bit miffed at the latest news  - touchy subject (I'm not into footie at all)

[bezzabsa]

  On 25/02/2024 at 23:29, High Jetter said:

I bet he made it look so easy. Did you fuck up try to emulate him?

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I struggle to draw stick figures so deffo didn't try that LOL

[HMC]

Some further Cassir trivia….

Thanks to Ken’s entry in the Goodwood members meeting race in 1959, that early TVR has more sales kudos….

 

And is now given tribute with a T-shirt…..

[HMC]

 

 

https://m.facebook.com/BritishPowerboatRacingClub/videos/yellowdrama-iii/3182056518510586/

 

[HMC]

https://m.facebook.com/BritishPowerboatRacingClub/videos/glory-days-1977-/583219069328049/