price of petrol is suppsoed to going down, yipee.............28.5L engines are in!!!

[lchris21]

crank up your speakers........

https://grrc.goodwood.com/race/historic/28-5-litre-fiat-s76-runs-first-time-100-years

 

[Wendelspanswick]

crank up your speakers........

https://grrc.goodwood.com/race/historic/28-5-litre-fiat-s76-runs-first-time-100-years

But Babs is homegrown:

 

[norlander]

crank up your speakers........

https://grrc.goodwood.com/race/historic/28-5-litre-fiat-s76-runs-first-time-100-years

absolutley bonkers but absolutley brilliant, looks like something out of Wallace n Grommit, no poncey carbon fibre about there then!.

 

[norlander]

But Babs is homegrown:

sad story but good to know she lives again, quite a suprise that she goes round bends, must be a bit of a handful I guess. Impressive skills and know how from the teams that rebuilt those two beasts.

 

[rtbcomp]

I visited Babs when I was at UCNW Bangor c1968. Restoration was at a very early stage and I didn't really believe they would get it going again.

 

[brightspark]

I visited Babs when I was at UCNW Bangor c1968. Restoration was at a very early stage and I didn't really believe they would get it going again.

specialy after it was buried in sand for years

 

[ford34/2]

Tenerife beginning of Nov 2014 top of the Island. Anything from 771/2 pence to 91 pence a litre.

 

[lchris21]

But Babs is homegrown:

pah...............a mere 27 litres !!!!

 

[Gritineye]

sad story but good to know she lives again, quite a suprise that she goes round bends, must be a bit of a handful I guess. Impressive skills and know how from the teams that rebuilt those two beasts.

My dad was an apprentice mechanic at Brooklands, he used to go out on test runs on Parry's 'Babs' car sitting on the chassis before the body was built, they knew no fear!

 

[lchris21]

men in sheds..............bonkers the lot of em..................us

 

[Fazerruss]

28.5 litres is pathetic, 46 litres is a more acceptable size....

 

[lchris21]

28.5 litres is pathetic, 46 litres is a more acceptable size....

trumped

 

[sardine]

I'd like to stop it outside George Mombiot's house and rev it up for a hour or two.

 

[Fazerruss]

Its hard to believe that the Fiat is started by a cranking handle!!!!

 

[CRB]

Its hard to believe that the Fiat is started by a cranking handle!!!!

I have just watched the videos and thought the exact same thing.

I would not like to be on the end of that handle should it kick back.

Ground, sky, ground, sky repeat ad infinitum...or just straight to the infirmary.

I am in awe of these pioneers. MASSIVE motive power, negligible brakes and tyres, no power steering and body work made from paper, sort of.

Unbliddybelievable.

 

[mechman]

Tenerife beginning of Nov 2014 top of the Island. Anything from 771/2 pence to 91 pence a litre.

Hi
ford34
Can anyone beat this. I worked in Libya in the 70s we had a filling station on camp the fuel was free, The down side was you had to serve yourself.

 

[ford34/2]

Can anyone beat this. I worked in Libya in the 70s we had a filling station on camp the fuel was free, The down side was you had to serve yourself.

About the same time (70s) there seemed to be many people enjoying free petrol, the bother was in the morning you went to start the car and found the tank empty. Drained syphoned or line cut. Hopefully behind us now which is surprising given the price of todays fuels.
Stan

 

[CompoSimmonite]

Today noticed unleaded at Asda was 117.9p litre.

 

[Shox Dr]

I'm sure there is a cartel around here.

It's always a good 2-3pence per litre dearer, than 10 miles in any direction.

 

[Robotstar5]

I filled up at 117.9p today.