Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread

4,915 · October 24, 2023

17 hours ago, Muniphobia said:

So thats left at the Mosque and carry on until you pass the tethered goat?

In the pre-satnav late 90's I had a delivery to do around the slate mines in Wales, couldn't find the named place, no phone signal to ring up and ask either. I spotted a dog walker so asked for directions and was told turn right at the post box then left at the tethered goat. I was expecting it to be a pub, but no it was a bloody goat tied to a telegraph pole.

28,925 · October 24, 2023

Yep, that's Wales!

22,928 · October 24, 2023

2 hours ago, Rusty Pelican said:

Its a dying art but not dead , I work for an electrical rewinders and we do tonnes of stuff for the military , plus old car stuff going right back to the 20s , yeh we rewind almost zero mains motors nowadays ( cheap Chinese inports killed that off ) but anything rare / not available new or just plain obsolete still gets done . Plus I rewind all the bits for my 60s cars - starter , wiper motor plus upgrade alternators --- we are still about

Still a load of us with classic bikes or scooters who use this service. My old 186 engined Lambretta from a few years back became really unreliable with lots of starting and running issues. As soon as the stator plate was refitted following rewinding, it ran beautifully. Can't remember who did it now though...

15,848 · October 24, 2023

4 hours ago, Rusty Pelican said:

Its a dying art but not dead , I work for an electrical rewinders and we do tonnes of stuff for the military , plus old car stuff going right back to the 20s , yeh we rewind almost zero mains motors nowadays ( cheap Chinese inports killed that off ) but anything rare / not available new or just plain obsolete still gets done . Plus I rewind all the bits for my 60s cars - starter , wiper motor plus upgrade alternators --- we are still about

Respect for the skillz! I sometimes get 2 speed motors re-wound by a firm with 2 names in the W. Mids, not many will do it.

11,959 · October 25, 2023

The one I mentioned is still going

Team Valley Rewinds

22,928 · October 25, 2023

Noo Yoik '56

22,928 · October 25, 2023

LA '50s

2,201 · October 25, 2023

1 hour ago, Dick Longbridge said:

LA '50s

Little boxes on the hillside

Little boxes made of ticky-tacky

Little boxes on the hillside

Little boxes all the same 🎶

22,928 · October 25, 2023

Modern photo although difficult to tell at first glance.

5,142 · October 25, 2023

6 minutes ago, 5speedracer said:

Little boxes on the hillside

Little boxes made of ticky-tacky

Little boxes on the hillside

Little boxes all the same 🎶