Pictures of old or rare vehicles

[Barking Mat]

I'll take some photos of my Citroen HY tommorow, it's well dark.

I've a stripped Morris 1000 too, stalled project.

 

[KimB]

super super cool

I drove a Bugatti from 1924 it’s a straight 8 2.0 sounds like hell itself was lucky to do a few jobs on the car

every single panel has a dink or dent and it’s all original

That's very cool, any pics?
I did a bit on the Chrysler the other week, it's been running rough since they got it. I stripped the carb fully and carefully. Found one of the jets was blocked along with other things. It ran absolutely perfect after. Then the fuel gauge has always been broken so I checked the senders ohm reading to make sure it fluctuated correctly and also rebuilt the dial because the needle snapped. That was a serious nightmare. It was maybe .2mm thick. and maybe 1mm wide.

 

[Barking Mat]

All my projects are stalled, due to house renovation, then I'll start on the workshop.

Wish, I had a money tree.....

 

[KimB]

All my projects are stalled, house renovation, then I'll start on the workshop.

Wish, I had a money tree.....

If you ever get one can I come and look at it

 

[Barking Mat]

@KimB , you can have cuttings, to plant, when I find one.....

 

[Mick Annick]

Thats a name I haven't heard of in a long while Mick, are they still building bikes?

Bob

Bob

No, they made a brief comeback about ten years ago but didn’t last long. I sold the one in the photo in 1978 to buy an engagement ring... Bought my current one, registered the same week as the original, during the foot and mouth epidemic with only 250 miles on it, got it off an engineer at Ford’s Dunton site, not far from another gentleman of this parish @pressbrake1

 

[pressbrake1]

Bob

No, they made a brief comeback about ten years ago but didn’t last long. I sold the one in the photo in 1978 to buy an engagement ring... Bought my current one, registered the same week as the original, during the foot and mouth epidemic with only 250 miles on it, got it off an engineer at Ford’s Dunton site, not far from another gentleman of this parish @pressbrake1

I spent time at fords dunton in the early nineties. Sitting at a desk doing calculations bored me to the point of no return!

 

[Mick Annick]

Wish I could still ride like that

• I was a little surprised to see that I had a pair of Alpinestars boots at this point, NCB Dunlop wellies were still the norm then, I must have done a bit of overtime to afford them. Please note the seaboot socks with the 2” turnover the top of my boots, well proper

 

[Wallace]

• I was a little surprised to see that I had a pair of Alpinestars boots at this point, NCB Dunlop wellies were still the norm then, I must have done a bit of overtime to afford them. Please note the seaboot socks with the 2” turnover the top of my boots, well proper

I was just about to post Alpine Stars! And Seaboot socks.

 

[Barking Mat]

@Wallace go on post some sock photos, no really, must be bed time. Ignore me.

 

[Barking Mat]

We've an Australian in the village with a 1920's chrysler, van, it was his first car, he's still got it!

I'll try to get some photos, it's immaculate, he was having timing ignition problems, local garages wouldn't touch it, or failed.

In all due modesty, I fixed it.

 

[Seadog]

Did he buy it new?

 

[Wallace]

Well I learnt something tonight, the lack of Continental kit was bugging me as I thought they were part & parcel of the early Thunderbirds and the rear lights being much smaller before the four seater cars were introduced. I always liked the huge '64-'66 models.

LINK

 

[eddie49]

I think that there are less than 50 of these Piper P2's left. A 1970's kit car, with a square-tube steel chassis, sprayed chopped-strand fibreglass body, Ford 1600 crossflow engine, Corsair 2000E gearbox, Triumph Spitfire front end, Capri 3-litre back axle. Here are photos of mine coming out of 37 years in storage:

 

[Wallace]

I think that there are less than 50 of these Piper P2's left. A 1970's kit car, with a square-tube steel chassis, sprayed chopped-strand fibreglass body, Ford 1600 crossflow engine, Corsair 2000E gearbox, Triumph Spitfire front end, Capri 3-litre back axle. Here are photos of mine coming out of 37 years in storage:
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Super cool, what are you doing with it? I think one of those appeared in the UFO TV series.

 

[Barking Mat]

Did he buy it new?

Second hand, it is immaculate.

 

[eddie49]

Super cool, what are you doing with it?

It is back in storage again, but 180 miles away from the first location.... hopefully not for such a long time.

 

[Wallace]

@Wallace go on post some sock photos, no really, must be bed time. Ignore me.

As you're tired and flagging here's one in a similar vein.....

 

[stuvy]

It is back in storage again, but 180 miles away from the first location.... hopefully not for such a long time.

Get it in the road

 

[Barking Mat]

@Wallace , you must have 'side show Bob's 'sized feet.