LightBulbFun Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 ah cool! glad to know she enjoyed our visiting wish I had something to add to the RUMcar list, sadly I dont own anything myself, well not yet anyway shame im not local, id love to have a bash at getting that Model 57 back on the road! and tinker with the rest of the fleet im happy to hear that they are willing to allow people to help out etc its very cool to hear. mrbenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I'm donating my giant NGK spark plug mobile.... The local car shop closed down and the guy gave it to me. I also have a Castrol oil pavement 0pen & closed sign.... Perhaps she,d like that too ! The Moog and mrbenn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Just now, Christine said: I'm donating my giant NGK spark plug mobile.... The local car shop closed down and the guy gave it to me. I also have a Castrol oil pavement 0pen & closed sign.... Perhaps she,d like that too ! mobile as in a thing you use to keep babies entertained, or a giant fibreglass spark plug mounted to the chassis of a reliant robin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Hmm. I wonder if the Innocenti would pass muster as a microcar. egg, timolloyd and The Moog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 11 hours ago, wuvvum said: Hmm. I wonder if the Innocenti would pass muster as a microcar. The general definition of microcars as economy vehicles with either three or four wheels, powered by petrol engines of no more than 700cc or battery electric propulsion, and manufactured since 1945 was adopted, but this can be varied if justified by vehicle interest. http://www.rumcars.org/a-about.html mrbenn and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 4 hours ago, egg said: The general definition of microcars as economy vehicles with either three or four wheels, powered by petrol engines of no more than 700cc or battery electric propulsion, and manufactured since 1945 was adopted, but this can be varied if justified by vehicle interest. http://www.rumcars.org/a-about.html By that definition my 602cc 2CV passes as a microcar! Looks like an awesome place to visit! I’ll have to make the pilgrimage one day. LightBulbFun, mrbenn and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 BTW, the Hammond Collection Facebook page has got a few pics of the visit of auto'beige' https://www.facebook.com/The-Hammond-Collection-227411790969714/ Quote Today we had a group of visitors from the Auto"beige" forum and what an interesting & interested group of people they proved to be. As soon as they spotted the Milford Road Sweeper, it was clear we had something in common! Good fun thank you for coming to see us Also LightBulbFun, The Moog, RobT and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey spud Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 This place is only 40 mins from my gaff so i would like to get involved. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Likewise, count me in for the June spanner session. Hopefully it doesn't clash with anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 I haven't got many small spanners The Moog and GrumpiusMaximus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 4 hours ago, egg said: Auto"beige" forum It did amuse me that our host seemed to think that shite was a very rude word. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 9 hours ago, Joey spud said: This place is only 40 mins from my gaff so i would like to get involved. 8 hours ago, RobT said: Likewise, count me in for the June spanner session. Hopefully it doesn't clash with anything. OK chaps, I'll call Jean a bit later in the week to let her know. Joey spud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 On 5/19/2019 at 10:04 AM, egg said: The general definition of microcars as economy vehicles with either three or four wheels, powered by petrol engines of no more than 700cc or battery electric propulsion, and manufactured since 1945 was adopted, but this can be varied if justified by vehicle interest. http://www.rumcars.org/a-about.html Well the Innocenti meets that definition. I wasn't sure whether it would be looked down upon for having too many seats / gears / cylinders. Edit: I really must get my arse in gear and get it back on the road. somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 I called in to Mrs Hammond's today ,to drop off an item for their museum.. I saw the right hand man who was there when we were there in May . Their annual show is on Sunday and a drive out is on Saturday ....maybe going on Sunday about 10 onwards.. nigel bickle, egg, Six-cylinder and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 Sad news. GrumpiusMaximus, adw1977, Vantman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey spud Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 That's a shame. She was still very enthusiastic about the collection when we visited in 2019. adw1977, LightBulbFun and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 really sad to hear of her passing! I will always have deep gratitude towards Jean, as she specifically went out of her way to get my details and get the details of a chap who she knew had 2 invacars he wanted to sell, and well as you say the rest is history! and she was also very kind, and stayed with me after my disabilities got the better of me, and I had to sit down and leave the main group behind egg, adw1977 and Mrs6C 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 I have just checked their website which says the Museum in now closed and the collection sold. A great shame that I missed it when it was open, I was hoping to take a visitor from Switzerland who has some sort of small electric vehicle which he has been updating the controls on. I'm not sure what he has got, we were in a noisy restaurant at the time and my hearing aids were having trouble coping with the background noise. Not helped by my zero knowledge of Swiss-German and his limited knowledge of English. Shite Ron, GrumpiusMaximus and egg 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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