invacar LightBulbFun's Invacar & general ramble thread, index on page 1, survivors lists on Pages 24/134 & AdgeCutler's Invacar Mk12 Restoration from Page 186 onwards, still harping on...

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[AdgeCutler]

[somewhatfoolish]

8 hours ago, egg said:

Is this a matryoshka thing; they fit inside each other?🤣

[RayMK]

8 hours ago, AdgeCutler said:

Rear wheel steering looks interesting.  Is it controlled by the back rest?

[AdgeCutler]

10 hours ago, RayMK said:

Rear wheel steering looks interesting.  Is it controlled by the back rest?

It is indeed, quite a fascinating machine and in fantastic original condition.

[Weird Car]

Thought I’d share this here incase anyone was after an engine, or a step sibling to your model 70

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285295970591

[LightBulbFun]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/950689934973969/posts/6234856223223954/

someone do a buy and put the Tiller bar back please! XEV88S was one of the only if not the only known survivor of a Right hand tiller all hand control machines so it makes me grumpy such a rare variant has been converted to normal handlebars

(and theres also the matter of the mould lines he shaved off the back, but that would probably take some fine-hand fibreglass skills to put back LOL)

 

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Dodgy still from this youtube video (around 2:39)

[LightBulbFun]

48 minutes ago, egg said:

Dodgy still from this youtube video (around 2:39)

hah nifty! at 2:47 is another Model 70 also  

[LightBulbFun]

Meanwhile at Castle Combe 

*Ennio Morricone type Western/Dual music goes here*

performance reports has that the Mk12E Brian is better off the line, but the Model 70 will have Brain up the inclines and has the grunt to keep going and pass Brian once the going gets fast

 

It would be interesting to see a comparison review with TPA, as she by all accounts sounds like quite the performant Model 70 and likewise Brian sounds like quite the sprightly Mk12E! I mean I guess I should not be surprised the Engine has been expertly rebuilt and tuned  

so it would be awesome to get an @dollywobbler type back to back review of TPA and Brian, an example of each type at their best, a well Sorted Model 70 and very well sorted Mk12E!

 

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19 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

hah nifty! at 2:47 is another Model 70 also  

 

yes the same one I think, as he goes round in a loop (Ford Corsair behind)

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1:28 in this one

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Invalid carriage or AC Petite? 18:53 here.

[LightBulbFun]

2 minutes ago, egg said:

Invalid carriage or AC Petite? 18:53 here.

AC Acedes Mk10 or later  (and before it gets asked yeah I have seen these before but I appreciate the heads up none the less ) 

[brownnova]

I’d wager you’ve had this before… but watching one foot in the grave tonight and… 

[Lankytim]

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Another spot of the 'Oxford Street Tippen' @ 4:03

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MK12 boom at 1:24

[LightBulbFun]

very cool! I had seen the Acedes and the first Tippen Delta beforehand, but not the 2nd Delta shot or the Mk12 one  

 

id love to take REV right through Central London, into Oxford street-regent-street etc, I mean its not exactly all that far away from here! just wondering if/hoping I will ever get REV back before they pedestrianise the lot! 

 

BTW a top tip for grabbing screen-shots from youtube videos, with the video paused about where you want it, use the < (less than) and (greater than) > keys on your keyboard to move the video frame by frame, its very handy for searching for that 1 non-blurry frame  

[AdgeCutler]

A pretty shot of Brian that one of my sisters took before heading to Castle Combe. 
Tomorrow I shall be loading up my Ruston and Hornsby 1YHR stationary engine on the trailer to head to Rainscombe park rally. My cousin is to tow the engine, while I drive Brian who will also be exhibited. It’s a lovely little show in a beautiful setting in Oare, Wiltshire.

[AdgeCutler]

Last job complete, door stop installed. We also now have a period fire extinguisher installed.

[JJ0063]

[LightBulbFun]

3 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

Ooooh do you have any details where you found those pictures, that one I have been wondering about for a few years now  it needs saving!

On 21/10/2020 at 16:38, LightBulbFun said:

and finally this Tippen Delta papped by someone in Sheffield in 2016, one for @busmansholiday to look out for? I wonder if its the "other one" brian mentioned a while ago Ill have to ask him

sadly it looks to have been fire damaged at some point

 

[JJ0063]

It doesn’t look like it’s moved from those original pics, just overgrown since!

[AdgeCutler]

Looking down at Rainscombe park rally from the top of the hill, a steep climb that makes you puff a good un. Anyone for a game of spot the Brian?!

[Remspoor]

I did search on the tile of the following YT video. Nothing came up- I know that not everyone puts titles of the vids in the post. So has this been posted before?

Our Daily Bread - Reel 2 (1962)

 

The magic appears at 9:20

 

[LightBulbFun]

47 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

I did search on the tile of the following YT video. Nothing came up- I know that not everyone puts titles of the vids in the post. So has this been posted before?

Our Daily Bread - Reel 2 (1962)

 

The magic appears at 9:20

 

Sort of! I have spoken about OO259 quite a bit on account of its rather unusual registration mark, but I never realised the picture I had of it was from a video, thats nifty  

https://autoshite.com/topic/32723-lightbulbfuns-invacar-general-ramble-thread-index-on-page-1-survivors-lists-on-pages-24134-adgecutlers-invacar-mk12-restoration-from-page-186-onwards-still-harping-on/page/191/?tab=comments#comment-2261782

although curiously the photo I have is clearer than any frame I can grab from the video, so I wonder if it is a photo that was taken at the same time, or just from outside of youtube and its compression?

[Dick Longbridge]

On 10/21/2020 at 4:38 PM, LightBulbFun said:

  I wonder if its the "other one" brian mentioned a while ago

 

Hang on, Brian talks? @AdgeCutler's restoration works have no limits!

[Remspoor]

3 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

Sort of! I have spoken about OO259 quite a bit on account of its rather unusual registration mark, but I never realised the picture I had of it was from a video, thats nifty  

https://autoshite.com/topic/32723-lightbulbfuns-invacar-general-ramble-thread-index-on-page-1-survivors-lists-on-pages-24134-adgecutlers-invacar-mk12-restoration-from-page-186-onwards-still-harping-on/page/191/?tab=comments#comment-2261782

although curiously the photo I have is clearer than any frame I can grab from the video, so I wonder if it is a photo that was taken at the same time, or just from outside of youtube and its compression?

I never thought about searching for the reg plate . The vid was uploaded quite a number of years ago . Maybe there was a time when quality could not be high. I know there once was a limit on the length of upload. I expect the image was taken from a copy of the original film.

[AdgeCutler]

A couple of shots taken on the way home from a cracking weekend at Rainscombe park. I did mean to capture Brian at Silbury hill but alas someone else was parked in the spot.