HMC- Return of the Cheeky 500

[HMC]

[sierraman]

Peter Simpson strikes me as a bloke I’d like to have a pint with. 

[chaseracer]

He is indeed a top bloke.  He came to SF17 at the Bubble Car Museum, and I don't think we unsettled him too much...

[HMC]

[SiC]

I hope it's the first that Google reckons!

 

[HMC]

 

[sdkrc]

You fucking nutter 

[SiC]

Ha! I saw that for sale in my local classic car search. Did wonder who would be prepared to buy that.

[SiC]

If you breakdown or have troubles then Panhard65 (now on TDW) is your man. His workshop is just off Wellington too. 

[HMC]

Always fancied some sort of blown Bentley. This was cheap, and used previously as a daily so I’m hoping for reliability and embracing the slightly faded grandeur vibe.  obviously the crappy plates will be binned ASAP

 

 

[HMC]

Money shot. I can’t say it been a relaxing drive back as I’ve been listening for noises, sniffing for the aroma of impending doom and watching the gauges like a hawk. But so far no ftp and it’s a lovely cruiser. 

 

[High Jetter]

I'm not sure if Sir Humphrey would describe that purchase as 'brave' or 'courageous'! I'll mebbe have a random when the time comes!

[Tickman]

You really are doing us all a service by buying all these and vetting them.

[Matty]

Thought nothing else could surprise me 👏

[gadgetgricey]

Think there's a youtuber doing up his Rolls/Bentley on his driveway (My Mate Vince) . Some of the stuff is so over engineered when taken apart.
You are such a brave man for taking this on, can only be a Citroen SM next

 

[HMC]

First owner- A Record producer, first registered to the company and later the person themselves. Worked with the Rolling Stones. 
 

Rock and roll! And fuel bills.

[Liggle]

That's a lovely old barge

[Cookiesouwest]

Blimey. Brave. Bonkers. Brilliant

Well done Mr HMC

[83C]

Outstanding. When you come to sell it in a few weeks, let me know.

[HMC]

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/glyn-johns-interview-my-50-years-of-producing-rock-classics-9830884.html?amp

 

[Low Horatio gearbox]

Immense and well bought, that one looks impressively not fucked.

 I saw a similar  (Broken) one  2 weeks ago for very little and interested me  very briefly. Mind it's still for sale, tho to be fair the inside looks vastly better then the outside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Marm Toastsmith]

Holy fuck! That’s amazing. You know how to live.

[andyberg]

Ah yes, a proper shape for a posh English car, none of this bloated German nonsense. Well bought. Asking for others tho, when's the roffle?

[wuvvum]

Fantastic!  I assume it'll still be carb'd on a B-plate?  Have you worked out how many gpm you're getting?

[Zelandeth]

One of these is similarly on my bucket list (well, actually a Silver Spirit I'm actively after, but I'd not say no to that either!).  

Hopefully it behaves for you, biggest killer of these (aside from rust) is disuse from what I've seen.  If they're used regularly and maintenance is kept on top of - based on the couple of folks I know who have or have had them - they're not too scary.  The price of some parts on the other hand is bloody terrifying.  See also why disuse is so dangerous to their longevity.

[hairnet]

so from bork factor possibly to bork factor churchill

man is 100% insane

enjoy untill the voices tell you to buy an aixam

 

[Boycie]

How does she handle ? , at that kind of money if she does implode she,ll break for more that what you,d paid 

[HillmanImp]

5 minutes ago, Boycie said:

How does she handle ? 

She's built like a steakhouse but handles like a bistro. 

[Saabnut]

@HMC Welcome to the Blown Bentley club.

Mine has the same engine as yours

[Dan_ZTT]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/glyn-johns-interview-my-50-years-of-producing-rock-classics-9830884.html?amp

 

Holy shit was this Glyn Johns' car??

Actual living legend, inventor of a method for recording drums that he used extensively with Led Zeppelin, engineer on Beatles recordings, and a whole lot more besides

If you watch Peter Jackson's Get Back documentary about the Beatles that came out recently you'll see him in it loads