Rugd1022 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Some more goodies from the dim and distant past... The smaller '60s TVRs have been on my radar for a while now, one day it might happen... Plymouth in the '70s... Quality assured... I have naughty dreams about these lovely old things... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28XX Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 First time I've seen the V8 Victor. What a beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Just seen this in the multi-storey in Ealing: Nice car. Illegal use of black plates, though. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Black Prince may still exist, all be it with a different V8. Was on Ebay according to the last post here http://retro-motoring.blogspot.co.uk/2007/02/vauxhall-black-prince.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 As that Pug is RHD plates look origanal to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 (edited) As that Pug is RHD plates look origanal to me. Post-'73 car, though, unless the owner can prove it was built before 1st Jan. '73. Edited October 10, 2016 by Horsetan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28XX Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 But as it's RHD it's probably not an import, so N Reg dates it to 1974 / 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Nice car. Illegal use of black plates, though. Gallic shrug! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 (edited) That Pug is a delight! Shall we have some Gordon Keebles...? I took the green Mini down to Napton today to have a chin wag with the chap who did all of the body and paintwork on my Mk2 S, to get an idea of what he can do to bring the paint finish up a notch, a mop and polish won't quite do it justice so some time in the New Year he's going to give it a blow over and paint a set of Wood & Pickett wheel arches to match. It really needs to be a 'glass out' job so I'll take the opportunity to put a new front screen in with a top tint. While I was there he had another customer's Ferrari 308 GTB in for some panel and paint work, an early one too as it's one of the fibreglass bodied versions. In bright yellow with a black interior and being a RHD manual it was a gem! Edited October 10, 2016 by Rugd1022 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Black Prince may still exist, all be it with a different V8. Was on Ebay according to the last post here http://retro-motoring.blogspot.co.uk/2007/02/vauxhall-black-prince.html And I thought Black prince was steam powered.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 10, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 10, 2016 Just seen this in the multi-storey in Ealing: IMG_20161010_160654_1476112899379.jpg IMG_20161010_160641_1476112916985.jpg Nice car. Illegal use of black plates, though. I thought you would pick up on them plates, I hope you slashed his seats as a punishment!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 GKs were originally made in Slough. Their showroom was clearly visible from the bus stop I used to go home from school. GT40s were also from the John Wyer operation on Slough Trading Estate. And for a railway link, my Granddad worked on the Slough Estates Railway... steve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted October 10, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 10, 2016 Del Boy bids for out-sourced Meals service! Having worked for Southwark Council for most of my working life, it is not surprising that Del Boy's Peckham figured large in my consciousness. The attached brochure was one of the documents I came across, whilst winding down the Social Services transport depot and thought that I must preserve for posterity. The depot had been the base for the tail-lift coaches, which took people to and from day-centres, and for 20+ Meals-on-wheels vans. Back in 1968 serious consideration was given to the use of Reliant Supervans for the MOW service - carrying 50 meals in charcoal heated cabinets around the borough. To include the appraisal given by the Deputy Chief Welfare Officer to his boss would be breaching my employment terms, but this brochure is a publicity tool available to anyone. Suffice it to say that no custard or gravy was spilt by reckless driving of these three-wheeled vans, as none were bought. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 I believe the US Embassy had several for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted October 10, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 10, 2016 I believe the US Embassy had several for a while. Do you think that the brochure is a classified document and that the CIA will be after me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 10, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 10, 2016 I believe the US Embassy had several for a while. Back in the 70's my mum earned a bit of pin money by taking in short term exchange students. One year we had a pair of students from New York, one of them was facinated by the Reliant Robin's which were quite common at the time. His father was a car dealer, in fact a Ford concessionare and he was seriously considering trying to sell them in the USA. I was able to put him in touch with Reliants but I don't think anything came of it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Back in the 70's my mum earned a bit of pin money by taking in short term exchange students. One year we had a pair of students from New York, one of them was facinated by the Reliant Robin's which were quite common at the time. His father was a car dealer, in fact a Ford concessionare and he was seriously considering trying to sell them in the USA. I was able to put him in touch with Reliants but I don't think anything came of it. Probably just as well. NY's reputation as the centre of the American Dream might have taken a bit of a knock if there had been loads of LHD Reliants crawling around the blocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 And, speaking of old advertisements, here's another one. I wonder how many people know that Wolseley once made a straight eight? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Bet the V8 Victor easy a bit of a handful, even with the Konis and those fat radials . I remember that the custom mags in the 70s and 80s reckoned the Smallblock Chevy was a relatively easy fit into various Vauxhall and Bedford products of the tim, the CF van being another example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 11, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2016 Bet the V8 Victor easy a bit of a handful, even with the Konis and those fat radials . I remember that the custom mags in the 70s and 80s reckoned the Smallblock Chevy was a relatively easy fit into various Vauxhall and Bedford products of the tim, the CF van being another example. I knew a chap who put Chevy engine in one with excellent results 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) Bet the V8 Victor easy a bit of a handful, even with the Konis and those fat radials . They certainly were! Taking us back to the decade that style forgot, and the days of the late Gerry Marshall and Dealer Team Vauxhall. Watch how he has to work the car on the in-car lap of Oulton Park. Admittedly it's a Firenza rather than a Victor. Ahhh! V8 Vauxhalls Edited October 11, 2016 by Robert 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 ^^ The subtitling on that film is hilariously bad. They must be using the same system as the BBC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 11, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 11, 2016 And, speaking of old advertisements, here's another one. I wonder how many people know that Wolseley once made a straight eight? Wolseley Straight 8.jpg So did Hillman, half of their straight eight went on to power the Hillman Minx. IIRC one still survives largely because many engine components are interchangable with the 10 h.p. Minx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) It seems that motorists cutting up other road users is nothing new (at about 1:08)! Edited October 11, 2016 by BG John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 So did Hillman, half of their straight eight went on to power the Hillman Minx. IIRC one still survives largely because many engine components are interchangable with the 10 h.p. Minx. However, unlike the Wizard and the Minx, which had sidevalve engines, the Straight 8 and its equally unsuccessful successor, the Vortic had overhead valves. The Straight 8 was introduced around the time of the Rootes takeover - were ohv engines a bit too progressive for the rather conservative Rootes Group perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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