The new news 24 thread

[richardmorris]

10 minutes ago, hairnet said:

why is there a horse kneeling resting on your fiat?

steering wheel needs to be in the sea sorry 

It was tired. 
wheel is original if faded leather.

[EspenO]

On 26/03/2024 at 23:37, D.E said:

One chapter in this 1970s book ("The Small Business Casebook", S. Birley) is about the (mis)management of Gilbern. The price and specs of the Invader are being compared to other cars, but this list doesn't seem to make much sense? Cars in a totally different price and performance league (AC, Aston, Dino), the Citroen DS and GS, floppytop Cortina... Also, according to sir Google the Crayford William is a microcar!

 

 

The Morgan +8 seems to have been a bit of a bargain? Cheaper than a Triumph estate, half price of a 911. 

[Metal Guru]

33 minutes ago, EspenO said:

The Morgan +8 seems to have been a bit of a bargain? Cheaper than a Triumph estate, half price of a 911. 

I thought that. The current prices probably reflect the vast increase in labour rates since then. I don’t suppose the skilled craftsmen are relatively much better off , but it’s probably more due to overheads especially energy.

[reb]

I have an interview in an hour, one which will allow me to buy my DVDs 25% cheaper. (Volunteering at BHF)

[High Jetter]

Hope it goes well.

[Bazfr69]

It is sunny in NI.

 

That is all. 

[Metal Guru]

8 minutes ago, Bazfr69 said:

It is sunny in NI.

 

That is all. 

It’s sunny here in Scotland too. It won’t be in 10 minutes time but probably will be again within the hour.

[Bazfr69]

17 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

It’s sunny here in Scotland too. It won’t be in 10 minutes time but probably will be again within the hour.

All morning here, it’s like a heatwave…

I’m heading out soon, likely chuck it down now I’ve cleaned the car. 

[SiC]

Really warm here in the South West too. Like suddenly Spring has arrived over night 

[richardmorris]

Just been for a walk in bright sunshine from the ponderosa on the horsehoe pass.

[EssDeeWon]

After 3 years sat in the garage and only covering about 5 miles to the MOT station and back last year, my 75 has set sail, quite literally and has gone to some fanatical 75 collector in Belgium.     I now live in Gibraltar so getting the car over here was going to be costly and a bit of a faff to say the least.   It served me well for 8 years but deserved better in the end so some chap from Belgium contacted me and offered a healthy sum to acquire it.  

[EssDeeWon]

In other news I bought this recently, not my ideal choice of motor but second hand cars are somewhat limited here in Gibraltar and this has been well kept.    Very little choice of nice 15-20 year old stuff here.  It’s mostly death traps that haven’t been MOT’d since last millennium or nearly new Mercs and Range Rovers for eleventy million pounds, only for it to be scraped and dented before you get the thing a mile up the road.   So this tank was acquired, starting to quite like it and very practical for going shopping over in Spain (when our Spanish neighbours let us through the border) 

[hairnet]

man in enclave buys panzer

is that in case anything interesting happens

 

[17-Coffees]

I got a new car today!

was amazed to find one in the wild, Home Bargains no less! 

[Snake Charmer]

Saga lout! 😁

[Barry Cade]

6 minutes ago, 17-Coffees said:

I got a new car today!

was amazed to find one in the wild, Home Bargains no less! 

I saw one of those in B+M in Berwnick upon Tweed, couldn't quite believe it 🤔

Astro passed its mot today, 1 advisory for an idler arm. Had to guide the tester through the test, he'd never done a test before where it had a cat but doesn't get a cat test, never done an mot with a steering box, never seen plastic leaf springs, never seen a hydroboost brake system, or front torsion bars..

Youngsters these days. Strange thing is, he's older than me! Been testing 4 years..

[Zelandeth]

28 minutes ago, 17-Coffees said:

I got a new car today!

was amazed to find one in the wild, Home Bargains no less! 

That's normally a shop I avoid as our local one is a total zoo most of the time, but I'm going to have to go looking now!

[vulgalour]

Today has been spent working on a friend's white Rover.  Another friend was here helping and arrived in his red Rover.  The Princess was just there to provide moral support and tools.

[reb]

[Rustybullethole]

2 minutes ago, reb said:

There's something purposeful about those arch's that makes me think id probably end up in a ditch driving that. 

[BorniteIdentity]

3 hours ago, EssDeeWon said:

After 3 years sat in the garage and only covering about 5 miles to the MOT station and back last year, my 75 has set sail, quite literally and has gone to some fanatical 75 collector in Belgium.     I now live in Gibraltar so getting the car over here was going to be costly and a bit of a faff to say the least.   It served me well for 8 years but deserved better in the end so some chap from Belgium contacted me and offered a healthy sum to acquire it.  

Weird - I was thinking about this car just the other day, and in fact searched up the thread again.  If i'd known I'd have absolutely bought it, Primrose 75s are the best of the best.  

[reb]

This needs to come out

I'm really rather glad it's not my problem.

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, Barry Cade said:

 

Astro passed its mot today, 1 advisory for an idler arm. Had to guide the tester through the test, he'd never done a test before where it had a cat but doesn't get a cat test, never done an mot with a steering box, never seen plastic leaf springs, never seen a hydroboost brake system, or front torsion bars..

Youngsters these days. Strange thing is, he's older than me! Been testing 4 years..

Didn't those have some weird ABS system that only works on the back wheels?  Surprised the tester had never seen plastic leaf springs before though, several modern vans use them. 

[SiC]

34 minutes ago, reb said:

Nice VTS 👌

Is it yours?

One car I'd like a go at sometimes but they seem to be already going up to crazy money or buggered rusty.

[Rustybullethole]

Great bit of chod spotting to be had on the Stonehouse documentary on the telebox channel 4+1 now.

[reb]

40 minutes ago, SiC said:

Nice VTS 👌

Is it yours?

One car I'd like a go at sometimes but they seem to be already going up to crazy money or buggered rusty.

Not mine, belongs to the guy I share the unit with now.

That's him doing prep work to remove the engine from his Grandeur

[cort1977]

53 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Didn't those have some weird ABS system that only works on the back wheels?  Surprised the tester had never seen plastic leaf springs before though, several modern vans use them. 

Volvo xc90s use them too. 

[HMC]

24 minutes ago, cort1977 said:

Volvo xc90s use them too. 

And late 900 estates

[HillmanImp]

1980s office car park vibes. 

Head of accounts parked next to the company director. 

[Yoss]

2 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Didn't those have some weird ABS system that only works on the back wheels?  Surprised the tester had never seen plastic leaf springs before though, several modern vans use them. 

Landcrabs had a very basic ABS on the rear. They had a unit mounted on the inner wing at a slight angle with a ball bearing in it. The harder you braked the further the ball bearing slid up it's little tube until eventually it blocked the line to the rear brakes. Then when you eased off it slid back down and normal service was resumed. 

I can confirm it was not entirely reliable. Twice in my 18/85S I ended up pointing in the opposite direction after a hefty brake application. 

On later cars, 1800 mk3 and 2200s, they had a more sophisticated pressure switch but on the earlier cars it was entirely mechanical.