Tayne Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Leafs (leaves?) Are coming right down in price, and it will be not long before a cosmetically damaged one will equal write-off. 80kw in an invacar. Given that DW and I easily lifted the front wheel off the ground and got it a foot in the air without trying, I suspect a wheelie bar would be needed for every pull-away. Nah, you want to get scrap Tesla components from Norway and software from the Fat Man to make it all run. Thats a 426bhp motor, inverter and gearbox. NorfolkNWeigh, Cavcraft, Pillock and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Ice Blue is the official DHSS name BTW,also known as Toilet blueSee Citroen C3 colour chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 Does the variomatic transmission in these produce an LSD effect like it does in a Daf? Wet roundabout plus Invacar equals drifting in an impossibly unlikely way?Sadly not. One pulley, sending drive to Fiat 500 diff I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Bitsa ..... Q plate fodder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougiefourspeed Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 As an aside, are any of those old road signs still in situ that you used to see on motorway slip roads etc. which effectively said 'THIS IS A FAST BIT SO NO 50cc MOPEDS, NO HORSES, NO CAMELS, NO LIGHT AIRCRAFT, NO DOGGING AND ABSOLUTELY NO BLOODY INVALID CARRIAGES PLEASE.' I remember there used to be one on the A27 around Brighton but I don't think its there anymore. I presume they're no longer deemed necessary? Squire_Dawson, uk_senator, richardthestag and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Are they narrow enough to get both on one A-frame for the tow home? Some of the HUGE 4wd mobility scooters that have recently come into use must weigh more than one of these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth in a bowl Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Can somebody please do a photoshop of Dollywobbler in an Invacar, jumping a shark. Cos my brain is stung by the fact that I woke up this morning and this whole thread wasn't a weird dream. Sigmund Fraud, Cavcraft and dome 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 As an aside, are any of those old road signs still in situ that you used to see on motorway slip roads etc. which effectively said 'THIS IS A FAST BIT SO NO 50cc MOPEDS, NO HORSES, NO CAMELS, NO LIGHT AIRCRAFT, NO DOGGING AND ABSOLUTELY NO BLOODY INVALID CARRIAGES PLEASE.' I remember there used to be one on the A27 around Brighton but I don't think its there anymore. I presume they're no longer deemed necessary? There's a few on the A55 in North Wales I think. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 But you're driving around in an invalid carriage out of irony, because they're so funny? Okay then.It's a bloody car mate! I don't care what it was built for. I'm not ripping the piss out of 1990s executives by driving a Lexus...Ah but you know how hobbies progress... After a while you will find yourself looking at antique wheelchairs and start cruising Aberytwyth promenade on them.. The Moog and dollywobbler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eifion Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 There's a few on the A55 in North Wales I think. Yes, at the start of the Special Road sections between Colwyn Bay and Conwy, they look like this: . spartacus, Twiggy and BorniteIdentity 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise2cv Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 I was thinking of the A55 but not sure if they specifically mention invalid carriages. ETA Google images seems to think so. Better remember that for journey planning MrSeabrook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Ahh but it's registered as a trike to be on the road now, so it's not an invalid carriage... LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Mental illness is still a disability... BorniteIdentity, Twiggy, richardthestag and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 No, it's a requirement for this forum. Christine, danthecapriman, Sigmund Fraud and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Having watched the video it brought back a few more memories of my grandfathers. As I remember there's space behind the seat for a folded wheelchair. When not in use, a small boy can stand in there and enjoy a trip around the local streets. Those were the days. Vince70 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 As an aside, are any of those old road signs still in situ that you used to see on motorway slip roads etc. which effectively said 'THIS IS A FAST BIT SO NO 50cc MOPEDS, NO HORSES, NO CAMELS, NO LIGHT AIRCRAFT, NO DOGGING AND ABSOLUTELY NO BLOODY INVALID CARRIAGES PLEASE.' I remember there used to be one on the A27 around Brighton but I don't think its there anymore. I presume they're no longer deemed necessary? https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.1488927,-0.6998548,3a,38.6y,227.63h,89.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9eXvI5hyXEnW1UwNCN2wBg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 A30 sliproad at Thursley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougiefourspeed Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.1488927,-0.6998548,3a,38.6y,227.63h,89.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9eXvI5hyXEnW1UwNCN2wBg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 A30 sliproad at Thursley. That one says nowt about Invacars mind, so it looks like the A30 is a prime location for DW to go for a V-MAX run in one of these bad boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 There used to be an old guy in the village with one of these, his wife somehow used to squeeze into the back of it and he'd fasten a hay-bale to the engine compartment. They'd go for a drive out to feed their horses. RobT, chodweaver, DodgeRover and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Excellent purchase! As an aside, are any of those old road signs still in situ that you used to see on motorway slip roads etc. which effectively said 'THIS IS A FAST BIT SO NO 50cc MOPEDS, NO HORSES, NO CAMELS, NO LIGHT AIRCRAFT, NO DOGGING AND ABSOLUTELY NO BLOODY INVALID CARRIAGES PLEASE.' I remember there used to be one on the A27 around Brighton but I don't think its there anymore. I presume they're no longer deemed necessary?I think they are all gone now, but they were from the very dawn of motorways:There was even a Welsh version :(photos from SABRE) Vince70 and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Eric Burdon would have been fucked then. puddlethumper, nebuchenezer, Jerzy Woking and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougiefourspeed Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 That's the sort of thing. The 'no animals' bit used to make me laugh as a child picturing in my head a cow sauntering down the motorway slip-road and upon reading the sign turning around and flouncing off in a huff. I was a slightly odd child. Mr Laurence, Cavcraft, drum and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 82 mph in an AC Invalid carriage..... now that is scary!! i remember seeing one trundling about town when i was small, like really small, i've not seen one since the last time i was at South Lakes Motor Museum. i didn't think there were any of these left in the wild, just the odd one in museums, then DW goes and finds TWO!! now i cannot wait to see one of them return to the road..... cpjitservices, oldcars and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyboy406v6 Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 If this is to qualify for a calendar shot, can it be after DW has achieved the quoted top speed ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 This feels wrong. I'm home from a caper but don't have a new car on the driveway. Frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 What are the most unobtanium parts for these then? Or is there lots of parts bin stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 I vaguely remember them in Bexleyheath back in the mid 90s. Didn't think much of them as there was plenty of three wheelers in regular use then anyway. I also had a car book (for kids with all the different types of car body styles and other vehicles etc with actual photos) which covered these. Pretty sure I still have said book at my mum's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 What are the most unobtanium parts for these then? Or is there lots of parts bin stuff? Not sure yet. There is a lot of parts bin stuff, and a lot of 'scrapped' parts do seem to have survived somehow - much like the cars. timolloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 When are they due to arrive with you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardthestag Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Don't forget Comic Strip Presents Dirty Movie 13.40 or there about's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBJpmfuJKfM interesting fact for the day, that cinema was my local Flea Pit, The Rembrandt in Ewell. Long gone and replaced by houses went down there after school to see them in the scene where they threw the dummy off the room, Aid and Rik were signing autographs, was a bit star shocked. Have some piccies of it all someplace Joloke and Eddie Honda 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 When are they due to arrive with you? No date fixed yet. If we can't tie something up in the next few weeks, I'll forgo the Autotest, hire a van and go and drag at least the 'good' one back home. Anyway, more pics! I might get this one framed. DESIRABLE. chodweaver, garethj, uk_senator and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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