spaddad Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 A BMW 3 series with functional indicators! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 1 hour ago, spaddad said: A BMW 3 series with functional indicators! Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR2Don Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 I thought they were an optional extra, like MCAS on a 737 Max.😳 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy37 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 On 5/1/2019 at 11:12 PM, Admiral Puff said: You wouldn't, by any happy chance, have any more shots of that Scammell, would you? I'm working on turning an IBG Pioneer kit into something civil, and that one looks like a perfect subject! Got a couple more shots of the big Scammell . It was a beast of a truck ! In the cab was an intercom headset , and on the white panel next to the winch was a plug labelled “ mic “ . This must have been for the man who stood at the back end to couple up trailers as the driver wouldn’t have much of a rear view . On 5/2/2019 at 3:20 PM, MR2Don said: No photo, sadly, as I was in the car heading the other way, but one of the new Alpine A110s. Must be pretty rare in the country at this time, but not so rare as the original one, although I happen to know where one of those is! A photo from Bicester last Sunday. Two modern Alpines and a Renault Sport Spider . There really is something for every taste at Bicester Scramble ! Thanks for looking, Gary . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR2Don Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 On Alpines, here's one of the REAL Alpine, found on the web a while ago. Very, very rare now. First seen by me charging through a Scottish forest in around 1972 (not this one, though; works rally car, probably driven by Darniche or Therier); glorious sound, incredible cornering technique, entered a hairpin virtually backwards! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhouse Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Windy37 said: This must have been for the man who stood at the back end to couple up trailers as the driver wouldn’t have much of a rear view . I think you're right. There was an extra-long trailer variant that had a steerable rear bogie together with its own steering wheel. I imagine some form of driver to rear-steerer comms would have been essential. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 6 hours ago, Windy37 said: Got a couple more shots of the big Scammell . It was a beast of a truck ! In the cab was an intercom headset , and on the white panel next to the winch was a plug labelled “ mic “ . This must have been for the man who stood at the back end to couple up trailers as the driver wouldn’t have much of a rear view . Many thanks, Gary - a fine beast indeed! I've not seen pictures of this one before, but I have seen them of others. It seems that Pickfords had all sorts of set-ups for large indivisible loads. Quite commonly there was a second control station at the rear of the trailer, which included a steering wheel for the rear bogies to assist in getting long loads around tight corners. There's a whole world of modelling just in Pickfords' Scammell fleet alone! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 On the A642 at Woodlesford this morning an F reg Riley Elf in a colour that could be described as teal. It was coming the other way so not a good view and it could have been a Hornet, although I thought the badge was more Riley. Obviously someone's pride and joy as immaculate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 In the corner of a field whilst heading north on the M6 and about a mile from junction 2, an Alvis Stalwart parked next to a Jaguar GR.3. They were advertising a paintball business apparently. Obviously at 70mph no reg for the Jag but I think the tail code was EU? Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2man Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 22 minutes ago, Max Headroom said: In the corner of a field whilst heading north on the M6 and about a mile from junction 2, an Alvis Stalwart parked next to a Jaguar GR.3. They were advertising a paintball business apparently. Obviously at 70mph no reg for the Jag but I think the tail code was EU? Trevor According to Google , the Jaguar is XZ739 and the tailcode is indeed EU . Apparently it's in 6 Sqn markings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy37 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 17 hours ago, Admiral Puff said: Many thanks, Gary - a fine beast indeed! I've not seen pictures of this one before, but I have seen them of others. It seems that Pickfords had all sorts of set-ups for large indivisible loads. Quite commonly there was a second control station at the rear of the trailer, which included a steering wheel for the rear bogies to assist in getting long loads around tight corners. There's a whole world of modelling just in Pickfords' Scammell fleet alone! There's plenty of old photos of Pickfords , and other abnormal load hauliers moving huge loads through town centres before the days of bypasses and motorways . About 5 years ago I stood and watched Abnormal Load Engineering move a generator to Ferrybridge off the M62 . The thing I remember most was the creaking and groaning of the multi axle trailer as it was coaxed round a roundabout. Unfortunately I never downloaded the photos I took . Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Not something I expect to see on a walk in the Cotswolds: SA-5? OK it's not a car, but still pretty cool! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 @Sabrejet Cool and disturbing! What’s the context here???? Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 1 minute ago, Max Headroom said: @Sabrejet Cool and disturbing! What’s the context here???? Trevor Not a clue: it's at a largish stables and no obvious link. Interesting talking point is the best I can do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Googled it (BBC/Wiki): Not an SA-5 as such, but based on it: A Russian rocket, which was once the fastest machine in the earth's atmosphere, has been installed in a private garden in a Wiltshire village. The Hypersonic Flying Laboratory, known as Kholod, was bought at auction for £38,000 by Rory Sweet. He said he had to buy it because it was "the coolest thing I had ever seen". The rocket, once capable of flying at almost 5,000mph (8,000km/h), has been restored and set in place in his garden in Sherston. Mr Sweet said: "I saw it for sale at a car auction, and decided to buy it, not really knowing what I was going to do with it." He said the rocket had been stripped down and repainted by a company specialising in car restorations in South Cerney, Gloucestershire. Mr Sweet said he would make a "bit of a garden feature out of it". The machine, which weighs five tonnes and is 39ft (12m) long, originally cost more than $10m to develop. It was built in an experimental collaborative project between the Soviet Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM) and the American National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA). It was capable of doing 4,925mph (Mach 6.47), which set a record in 1991 for the fastest machine to run within the earth's atmosphere - a record it held for a decade. Kholod (Холод) is the name of a project which was originally developed in Russia. The hypersonic rocket uses a scramjet engine and was created to exceed the speed of 5.75 Ma. The prototype consists of a Soyuz TMKB with liquid hydrogen and modified fillings from the SA-5 Gammon missiles. The entire rocket including the four booster rockets is 12 metres (39 ft) long and 750 millimetres (30 in) in diameter. The project led to other Russian hypersonic rockets like the Igla rocket craft and the Yu-71 boost-glide warhead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Heck of a garden ornament, I can just imagine the wife's reaction if she came home and found that on the front lawn!! Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Spotted in Leith on Saturday morning (Getting around a bit this weekend...) A rally prepared Citroen Visa in age appropriate works colours - Whether it was just a GTI or something more exotic like a Chrono or Mille Pistes, I couldn't really tell in the time I had available. IanJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 Our annual vintage car run today. So much choice. several Minis and Clubman versions, 5 Model T fords, several Mk 1 Escort Mexicos, a couple of Mk 2s, Mk 1 and 2 Lotus Cortinas, plus Mk 3 and 5 variants, Mk 1 Granada, Lotus Talbot Sunbeam, Sunbeam Tiger, late model Rapier, assorted Morry Thous, Series MO Morris Oxfords, a Marina! Several Farina Oxfords, 2 Corsairs, multiple Stags, TR3, 4 6 and 7, Mk1 Feista, 57 Galaxie, Ford Pilot ragtop, 3 PA Crestas, 2 Clynos, 3 Vauxhall lightweight tourers, 3 Super Minx (2 ragtops), 3 E types, 3 Reliant Scimitars, Vauxhall Shove-it, 3 Alfa Spyders, ZA and ZB Magnettes, and many more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan R Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Spotted on Saturday near Bristol, A Jaguar C-type followed by a Cobra, both replicas I suspect. As it was sunny (but cool day) tey both had tops down. Cheers, Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan R Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Spotted on the M4 yesterday afternoon, A rather odd looking Lamborghini SUV thing... Very incongruous... Cheers, Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted May 10, 2019 Author Share Posted May 10, 2019 One of these: and one of these: on a transporter on the A12 today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhouse Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Great angle on that Topolino (assuming that's what it is) - it looks as if it's been converted to a 3 wheeler! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted May 10, 2019 Author Share Posted May 10, 2019 47 minutes ago, bhouse said: Great angle on that Topolino (assuming that's what it is) - it looks as if it's been converted to a 3 wheeler! Its a 500 Gamine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 3 hours ago, bentwaters81tfw said: on a transporter on the A12 today The body on that really needs to be painted yellow (& the driver given a hat with a bell!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 On Monday, parked near the Canal Basin in Skipton a 'R' Triumph Dolomite in a mustard orange colour scheme. Cannot be many left I would have thought given the propensity to rot and did they not have engine issues. At one time Dolomites were the favoured transport of a Mr Neil Robinson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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