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[Remspoor]

9 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

I’m sure you’ll have these in the bank but just spotted on another page. 

Christ  I had difficulty find that one in the ASDA shot. It is like finding Wally

[egg]

11 minutes ago, Nyphur said:

The local fella was at the local show again this week with another death trap

rare to see one actually road registered in the UK.

[Mrs6C]

12 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

I’m sure you’ll have these in the bank but just spotted on another page.

@LightBulbFun - might there be two in this photo? There is a car which is tall, thin and pale blue with thick screen pillars, fourth in from the left, on the row nearest to the shop. The other is a turquoise colour, possibly with a white roof, to the far right of the photo, just in front of a tree with reddish leaves...

[LightBulbFun]

2 hours ago, Nyphur said:

The local fella was at the local show again this week with another death trap

ah cool! as Egg says nice to see one properly road registered, reg mark looks familiar to me, I think its done the rounds a couple times in the microcar circles  as a side note i'd like to clarify this is not the bloke who has been bothering Stuart, thats apparently another bloke, who happens to have a similar set of machines! LOL

1 hour ago, Mrs6C said:

@LightBulbFun - might there be two in this photo? There is a car which is tall, thin and pale blue with thick screen pillars, fourth in from the left, on the row nearest to the shop. The other is a turquoise colour, possibly with a white roof, to the far right of the photo, just in front of a tree with reddish leaves...

I dont think so, the car 4th from the left looks a bit large, but I can see why you might think it, but as you have spotted, the Model 70 is in the far right  (I mean could be a Model 67! but its likely a 70)

[martc]

1 hour ago, Mrs6C said:

@LightBulbFun - might there be two in this photo? There is a car which is tall, thin and pale blue with thick screen pillars, fourth in from the left, on the row nearest to the shop. The other is a turquoise colour, possibly with a white roof, to the far right of the photo, just in front of a tree with reddish leaves...

This one? Looks like an AC Pettite to me.

I'm not sure what he's done to upset them, but he's been shown the door, twice...

or perhaps he's just a very cool hippy?

[LightBulbFun]

4 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Christ  I had difficulty find that one in the ASDA shot. It is like finding Wally

haha I have got a few that are like that  one of my personal favourites has to be this one

https://flic.kr/p/a5Y6g4 (the source picture in the link is seriously high res if you want to zoom in on the fine details)

[Remspoor]

17 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

haha I have got a few that are like that  one of my personal favourites has to be this one

https://flic.kr/p/a5Y6g4 (the source picture in the link is seriously high res if you want to zoom in on the fine details)

I bet you have the reg number tucked away somewhere. 😉

[Christine]

18 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

haha I have got a few that are like that  one of my personal favourites has to be this one

https://flic.kr/p/a5Y6g4 (the source picture in the link is seriously high res if you want to zoom in on the fine details)

Not often you see two  in one photo! 

[Remspoor]

On 9/9/2023 at 7:59 AM, Christine said:

Not often you see two  in one photo! 

All the time.

[Six-cylinder]

My bedtime reading is currently 1950s Autocars magazines, I had to think of @LightBulbFun when I came across this add in a 1955 mag.

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

My bedtime reading is currently 1950s Autocars magazines, I had to think of @LightBulbFun when I came across this add in a 1955 mag.

He might be a while...

[Mrs6C]

Spotted on FB...

https://fb.watch/n4Cyp1sfUV/

 

[juular]

16 minutes ago, Mrs6C said:

Spotted on FB...

https://fb.watch/n4Cyp1sfUV/

 

Lane discipline: try not to hit anything.

[LightBulbFun]

14 minutes ago, Mrs6C said:

Spotted on FB...

https://fb.watch/n4Cyp1sfUV/

 

I have noticed that one has been doing the rounds so to speak  the same clip is also featured in this video  if you want the same video in a more suitable aspect ratio, youtube has even kindly selected a most appropriate thumbnail   (or at least it has on my end)

its a Tippen Delta 4 or Tippen Delta 5 to be exact for those curious  

[Remspoor]

Cannot read the reg.

 

[LightBulbFun]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

Cannot read the reg.

 

have one with an MGB (well MG RV8) where you can  

 

speaking of Model 70's the Seller of the Barn find one did get back to me, letting me know where its off too so hopefully ill be able to chase that up and assist the new owner with it  and he also kindly got back to me with its details, and I was able to get its chassis number and from that its registration mark, tis indeed a new one for the survivors list  

[catsinthewelder]

Can't see the reg but a candidate for furthest north photo (Thurso).

[LightBulbFun]

6 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

Can't see the reg but a candidate for furthest north photo (Thurso).

very cool! not a photo I have seen before  looking at the comments, if anyone there is reading this post, I can confirm the photo is from 1968, as thats an Fibreglass  AC Acedes Mk14 Model 67, if it was 1965, it would be a Metal AC Acedes Model 57  

as for furthest north photo, I have Photos of TPE376S while it was still on the Isle of Skye if that counts?  

[Crackers]

Thurso is a lot further north than any of Skye. 

[LightBulbFun]

9 minutes ago, Crackers said:

Thurso is a lot further north than any of Skye. 

*mumbles something about the watford gap*

(and even then I had to look up where/what that was when I first heard the saying on here LOL)

 

am I allowed another go? how about the Orkney Islands? I have checked this one on google maps this time and I *think* its Further north LOL

https://photos.orkneycommunities.co.uk/picture/number26906.asp

[Mrs6C]

2 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

how about the Orkney Islands

Interesting! It is still there, although the steamroller has been moved...

[catsinthewelder]

Is that FoD north?

[LightBulbFun]

@st185cs had an early start at OhSoRetro today and grabbed this really awesome picture  

and for me a pair of Spax STY228 G82AZ Rear shocks for a Model 70 arrived yesterday  I dont think REV needs new shocks ( @red5 what do you think? )  , but I spotted them on ebay and no one was bidding so I just lobbed a bid on them at the end managed to grab them! I figured cant hurt to have in the parts stash so to speak  

the F14T12 I put there for size comparison, have to say, I have never been up close and personal with a shock absorber before now, they are hefty buggers! not sure what I was expecting but they heavier then whatever it was that I was expecting

I notice also one has been compressed down, thats not something I did just is how it is, hopefully its fine?

 

I did check with the seller but this was all he had sadly, I was hoping he might have some STY197 G81AZ shock-coil-overs, thats the front shock absorber for a Model 70, and is also compatible with the Acedes Mk15 Model 67/ AC Electric Invalid Tricycle Model 64 Mk5, and Invacar Mk12E Model 66, because all of those use Model 70 front suspension   but alas not just these pair of rears

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Spotted this on the antisocials earlier

[Shep Shepherd]

On 9/19/2023 at 9:21 AM, Remspoor said:

Cannot read the reg.

 

Sandwich!!!

That was the very Invacar which used to scare me with its styling and engine note when I was a pup in the early 1980s 😮

Harnet Motor Carriage in Harnet Street was the 'upmarket' arm of the dodgy local Ford main dealer Malcolm Waite, which then and now has premises scattered all over the town. It was a Lancia dealer until the mid 1980s and has been for many years an extension of the Ford side of MW's business empire, although it dabbled in Volvo sales and servicing very briefly in the 1990s.

The Empire aka the 'Flea Pit' is the town's small but perfectly formed cinema, which opened in the 1930s. It was used as a snooker hall for many years, as per the photo, but in the early 2000s it became a cinema once more

[Snake Charmer]

1 hour ago, LightBulbFun said:

I notice also one has been compressed down, thats not something I did just is how it is, hopefully its fine?

The gas might have escaped from the compressed damper, try compressing the other one and see if it returns. Under the yellow tape there are adjusters for adjusting the damping.

[LightBulbFun]

1 hour ago, Snake Charmer said:

The gas might have escaped from the compressed damper, try compressing the other one and see if it returns. Under the yellow tape there are adjusters for adjusting the damping.

I compressed the other one and it does not return either, they dont compress or decompress easily tho

I mean the action is smooth, but you really do have to either tug on it quite hard to get it to extend (ahem) or put a fair bit of weight on one to compress it

not sure whats normal for these...

[LightBulbFun]

2 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Spotted this on the antisocials earlier

have a slightly higher res version I think I pinched this off instagram, but sadly now you cant really search for things on instagram without an account

2 hours ago, Shep Shepherd said:

Sandwich!!!

That was the very Invacar which used to scare me with its styling and engine note when I was a pup in the early 1980s 😮

Harnet Motor Carriage in Harnet Street was the 'upmarket' arm of the local Ford main dealer Malcolm Waite, which then and now has premises scattered all over the town. It was a Lancia dealer until the mid 1980s and has been for many years an extension of the Ford side of MW's business empire, although it dabbled in Volvo sales and servicing very briefly in the 1990s.

The Empire aka the 'Flea Pit' is the town's small but perfectly formed cinema, which opened in the 1930s. It was used as a snooker hall for many years, as per the photo, but in the early 2000s it became a cinema once more

somewhere I do have a higher resolution version of that picture, but need to dig it up, sadly you cant make out the reg of the Model 70 even then

[DVee8]

[Mr Pastry]

1 hour ago, LightBulbFun said:

I compressed the other one and it does not return either, they dont compress or decompress easily tho

I mean the action is smooth, but you really do have to either tug on it quite hard to get it to extend (ahem) or put a fair bit of weight on one to compress it

not sure whats normal for these...

That sounds perfectly normal.  It's a hydraulic damper which contains a gas cell IIRC so the damper itself isn't pressurised.  If you turn the adjusting screw you will find it clicks around and you can alter the resistance, clockwise for harder.    I wonder how interchangeable they are with stock Fiat 126 dampers?