Pictures of old or rare vehicles

[Olderisbetter]

This T25 is on my to do list (lol) it has the 1.9dg water cooled petrol engine, i just fancy keeping it as a panel van not doing a camper conversion but i have seen a few diesel conversions using a passat engine and gearbox giving it more power and economy.

 

[Matchless]

I still have those alloy step ladders and the sign from the door...…… and a set of keys for the plane! we got some looks with the Cessna on that truck...….. needed a police escort but they would not do it!

 

[Jacktegla]

Here’s one of my dads, it was his original work van from 20 years ago.

A Bedford CF

It might get restored yet. In the long list of things to restore.

Another one we’ve got is the Vauxhall Nova Sport these are two of 500 made. And I think there is about 40 to 50 left on the road.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Here’s one of my dads, it was his original work van from 20 years ago.

A Bedford CF

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It might get restored yet. In the long list of things to restore.

Another one we’ve got is the Vauxhall Nova Sport these are two of 500 made. And I think there is about 40 to 50 left on the road.
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I loved the CF van when i was young mainly because it looked the closest thing to the A-team and a guy near me had a CF A-team van that turned was like a day bus in the back and it was the family camper, sadly it ended up on his drive for about 10 years but he used to still sit in it and have a cuppa maybe a strong emotional attachment was the reason he kept it.

 

[Wallace]

Some pics from a vintage car show here in Sheffield.

When were these photos taken? Quite a big Jensen meeting.

 

[Seadog]

My first car was CF250. Donated to me by the chap I was working for. They were quick off the mark but, with no rear bulkhead, noisy as hell when empty. I drove it up to Scotland a couple of times. That was tiring.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Make sure you can start it!

Oh I’ve played with them before, I know that struggle!

 

[minimutly]

I loved the CF van when i was young mainly because it looked the closest thing to the A-team and a guy near me had a CF A-team van that turned was like a day bus in the back and it was the family camper, sadly it ended up on his drive for about 10 years but he used to still sit in it and have a cuppa maybe a strong emotional attachment was the reason he kept it.

I converted a swb one to 4 berth camper, high top from Sheldon, cut a big hole with a zip gun...
It was pure delight to drive, a pleasure to go away racing, mini pickup behind.
Once we were coming home from the midlands, Mrs mm driving, me relaxing but not sleeping. Somewhere between Llandovery and Llandeilo whilst following a slower car I here the mrs changing down, slant 2.3 revving - she's only overtaking this car - "don't forget the trailer!" Probably the 1st and only time she'd overtaken anything with the trailer on (in the dark at that). It was Ok though, just disturbed my "rest".
One thing that happened when I put the high top on - it took 15 mph off it's top speed - would only do 85 after

 

[johnny7]

When were these photos taken? Quite a big Jensen meeting.

Hi Wallace

It was at a show in Greenhill park, Low Edges in Sheffield back in 2017, I'd guess there was around five or six hundred cars/lorries/steam hehicles, Even Horses/Donkeys and knights in armour whacking each other with gret swords/axes!!

Years ago my aunt had an Interceptor, 7.2 litres from memory, It had a load of carbs and a massive air filter box that covered most of the engine, My dad brought it back on the M1, He gave it full throttle for a few seconds and hit 150mph


John

 

[johnny7]

A few more oldies from the show..

There's heaps more pics, Most haven't been uploaded to my imgur account yet though!


John

 

[Nick DV]

Love the Jag Mk II and the Daimler Dart

 

[johnny7]

Love the Jag Mk II and the Daimler Dart

Were they actually called the Dart as I know them as the SP250, I'm sure that the Dart name wasn't used by Daimler but a sort of common name applied by the public?!

Fab motors whatever is the case!

A couple more from the show..

A couple of bikes that my brother painted

John

 

[Nick DV]

Were they actually called the Dart as I know them as the SP250, I'm sure that the Dart name wasn't used by Daimler but a sort of common name applied by the public?!

Fab motors whatever is the case!

It was indeed the SP250, I think it was the 'SP 250 Dart' or originally called the Dart, but I've always called it the Dart - sounds 'cooler'

 

[Scruffywelder]

Ross Leopard, a Grimsby middle-water side trawler, built by Cochranes of Selby, Yorks in 1957. One of a class of 12 sisters (Cat class) she fished continuously until the late 80's when they were converted to 150- survivor class, offshore standby vessels by Cam Shipping.
That " conversion" was painting them orange and putting 150 packets of Cup-a-Soup on board. I know because we drank them all over a cold winter..
After the Piper Alfa disaster, the gov. put the kibosh on using shagged-out old sidewinders for rescue ships, so we got her for less than scrap price.
The engine room had been dismantled and cannibalised, but I did some night-time re-cannibalisation and eventually got her going. Took a year roughly.
Rivetted steel, weight about 400 ton empty, ie no fuel or fish.
Fuel 70 ton.. lube oil 1 ton
Main engine: Ruston and Hornsby, Lincoln, VGB7XM, 200 litre, 705 HP at 1000rpm, seven cylinder, 4-valve heads turbo !! No intercooler.
Gennies, Ruston 4YE 50HP, turning Crompton Parkinson 30Kw 110v DC dynamos.
Now scrapped, but her sister the Tiger is a museum if you are near Grimsby
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My dad served his apprenticeship at Tysons in Selby from 1954. Just asked him and he can remember those trawlers being built.

Pretty sure Tysons bought most of the machine shop gear from Cochranes when they sold up including a monster Binns & Berry lathe that dad used to run sometimes if general engineering was busier than the agricultural side of the business.

 

[Cobbler]

It was indeed the SP250, I think it was the 'SP 250 Dart' or originally called the Dart, but I've always called it the Dart - sounds 'cooler'

I think you will find they wanted to call it the Dart, but Dodge had registered the name & objected to Daimler using it. So SP250 officially, Dart unofficially

 

[jerrytug]

My dad served his apprenticeship at Tysons in Selby from 1954. Just asked him and he can remember those trawlers being built.

Pretty sure Tysons bought most of the machine shop gear from Cochranes when they sold up including a monster Binns & Berry lathe that dad used to run sometimes if general engineering was busier than the agricultural side of the business.

Thanks it's always interesting to hear snippets like that. The lathe probably made propellor shafts etc. At least the Humber is busy with ships still, Immingham especially and the Alex dock in GY is still up and running. I took a yacht into Gy this autumn, it was like crossing the M25 on a skateboard..
Grimsby fish docks are crumbling, just a few wind farm cats really. Piccy is No.1 Fish Dock..

We used to go up to Goole as well in the 80's, lots of shipbreaking with huge engines lying around.
Still got a couple of good mates up there.

 

[graffian]

I never heard them called SP250s they were daimler darts.

I had a 67 dodge dart, cost me a hundred dollars;-)
Great car, but really drank the petrol compared to the little honda/GM thing I had
hired.


We had a CF, this is probably the only picture I have of it.

 

[Stueeee]

It was indeed the SP250, I think it was the 'SP 250 Dart' or originally called the Dart, but I've always called it the Dart - sounds 'cooler'

Apparently it was originally just called the Daimler Dart, but Mopar in the US (the Daimler's target market) already had the name slated for the Dodge Dart. In the US it was sold as the SP250 in the UK both SP250 and Dart seemed to have been used.

 

[Hopefuldave]

Hi Wallace

It was at a show in Greenhill park, Low Edges in Sheffield back in 2017, I'd guess there was around five or six hundred cars/lorries/steam hehicles, Even Horses/Donkeys and knights in armour whacking each other with gret swords/axes!!

Years ago my aunt had an Interceptor, 7.2 litres from memory, It had a load of carbs and a massive air filter box that covered most of the engine, My dad brought it back on the M1, He gave it full throttle for a few seconds and hit 150mph


John

Those pics aren't Interceptors though, they have the extra shark gill (and longer wheelbase) that tells you they're the FF (Ferguson Formula) with the big V8, 4WD and antilock braking - rarer than rocking-horse droppings!

Dave H. (the other one)

 

[graffian]

To bring it back to welding.
I tubbed the back of a 67 Dart for someone, he borrowed an SIP mig for the weekend.
I lay under the car all the saturday and he was beside the mig cutting out the birds nests, I gave up on it having done a few inches of weld.
Bought my mig on the monday and did the job without a single birdsnest on the monday.