MinZaPint Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 That's a fabulous Bentley, thanks for posting. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 One for Citroen fans! Seen at Yorkshire Air Museum last year. steve 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetmorgan Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) Few screen shots from the film Breaking Point that was on Talking pics TV the other week. Apart from the MGA and a Triumph, I don't know any of the other makes...although I think the police car maybe a Humber. Very worried in the scene in London at night that no one appears to have their headlights on...and the Triumph doing an illegal U turn on the A23. Edited November 7, 2017 by jetmorgan 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) Why would they have headlights on in a built-up area with streetlights? Side lights only. (The police car is a Wolseley 6/90). The pictures seem to have come out all squashed up. Edited November 7, 2017 by BernardTPM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) Incidentally, the Escort Estate is a genuine Ford-built example with provenance. steve Was it one of the rare Mexico estates? (can't quite make out the badge with my eyesight now - even on the enlarged pic!) I seem to recall Boreham did a few RS2000's too (or were rumoured to have done!) Lovely car! Keith Edited November 7, 2017 by keefr2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I think the police car maybe a Humber. The Police car is a Wolseley 6/90 (although the compression on the picture makes it look like a 4/44). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two_sugars Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Was it one of the rare Mexico estates? (can't quite make out the badge with my eyesight now - even on the enlarged pic!) I seem to recall Boreham did a few RS2000's too (or were rumoured to have done!) Lovely car! Keith The badge on the wing says Mexico. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted November 8, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 8, 2017 The badge on the wing says Mexico. It also shows as 1601cc on DVLA ,so a double yes . 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I believe it was the Wolseley 6/90 that had a suspension torsion bar that had to be removed if you were dropping the gear box to change the clutch. Being under very high tension made it dangerous to remove if you didn't know how to go about it and almost impossible without the right tools to bolt it back up again. Wonderful car all the same and an old lady in Beaconsfield gave me her late husbands 'pride and joy', a Wolseley 6/90, that stood under wraps in her garage and a truly immaculate example in black with very low mileage of which I sold to my Uncle Jim who wrote it off the next day ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 .....an old lady in Beaconsfield gave me her late husbands 'pride and joy', a Wolseley 6/90, that stood under wraps in her garage and a truly immaculate example in black with very low mileage of which I sold to my Uncle Jim who wrote it off the next day ! Pearls before swine? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Why would they have headlights on in a built-up area with streetlights? Side lights only. (The police car is a Wolseley 6/90). The pictures seem to have come out all squashed up. Indeed! As a one-time London bus driver in the early 1970's......most of the night driving was done on sidelights. The RT deckers I drove only had one headlight lit on dip beam ( the nearside one) and generally this would only be used in foul weather, or out towards Bromley. I don't know when ordinary drivers began to stop 'looking' at night? Nowadays they need to be 'told' something's there, instead of simply spotting it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 8, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 8, 2017 Pearls before swine? Indeed! As a one-time London bus driver in the early 1970's......most of the night driving was done on sidelights. The RT deckers I drove only had one headlight lit on dip beam ( the nearside one) and generally this would only be used in foul weather, or out towards Bromley. I don't know when ordinary drivers began to stop 'looking' at night? Nowadays they need to be 'told' something's there, instead of simply spotting it! Probably because traffic generally moves at a much faster pace and theres a lot more of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Probably because traffic generally moves at a much faster pace and theres a lot more of it. WHilst I agree that's what has occurred over the years, there has been a seed-change in the past. I wouldn't like to comment on traffic quantities...London back then could get pretty hectic. Perhaps it all changed when people started to expect ''things done for them?'' Rather than feeling they ''have to do it themselves?'' We have now reached the stage where our car lights come on regardless of what we do....so now, folk thinks it is the 'norm?' 70 years ago, most cars would have ground to a halt with flat batteries if lights-on had been the rule.!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekl Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Bentley S3 parked near Packwood House, Warwickshire today 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 A few more from the DVLR day steve 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 It also shows as 1601cc on DVLA ,so a double yes . Another incorrect DVLA record then! I always believed the (non bored out) engines in my Mex's were 1598cc. The Factory Original Sporting Escorts book has it as 1599cc. It's important as being under lets 'standard' Mexico's run in up to 1600cc classes in rallies etc.1601 would put them in with RS1800's & 2000's etc..! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Bentley S3 parked near Packwood House, Warwickshire todayBentley S3.JPG Ding-, I do like that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted November 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2017 I was in the Thorneycroft museum Tuesday I'd managed to leave the camera at home, too much SWMBO in the ears that day and the bl00dy phone had a flat battery I was surprised to see Thorneycroft cars that's one vehicle maker I thought I knew everything about. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Thorneycroft+cars&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiamreaqLLXAhWIIuwKHe8nA88Q_AUICigB&biw=1917&bih=942 I must do some homework before visiting these places. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted November 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2017 Was it one of the rare Mexico estates? (can't quite make out the badge with my eyesight now - even on the enlarged pic!) I seem to recall Boreham did a few RS2000's too (or were rumoured to have done!) Lovely car! Keith I trust the RS2 estates were mk1? As if there were nose cone mk2s they would need a bespoke nose and wings. Would be a good rival to the firenza sports hatch though 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Had a good old shuftie at the NEC today while my mate was setting up on the SD1 club stand... Early 912 in RHD was for sale along with several other Porsches... Very pleased to see this rare Fiat Dino Spyder in the flesh... One of the twelve original lightweight E-Types... Another car I didn't expect to see, one of the rare RHD Alfa Montreals... I didn't ask how much...! Fabulous road going GT40... And the one I'd happily drive home and cherish, Harry Metcalfe's bonkers Series 2 Lamborghini Espada... Going back tomorrow to give the wallet a good thraping... 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 interesting take on the 2cv https://www.facebook.com/rallyemag/photos/a.68262979972.93990.68262729972/10155945354939973/?type=3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Meanwhile, these have arrived.... ....and will be tested in the CX at the weekend.... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I trust the RS2 estates were mk1? As if there were nose cone mk2s they would need a bespoke nose and wings. Would be a good rival to the firenza sports hatch though Yup, supposedly Mk1's - I can't say I ever actually saw one though.... The Mk2 RS2 had a bespoke nose, wings & bonnet as I understand it, so if they could graft it onto the saloon body, would it be any more difficult to do an estate? I agree it would have been great to see one to rival the Vauxhall droop snoot...!! I'm sure I've seen a 'home made' Mk2 RS2 van somewhere, so an estate should be possible? Keith 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted November 9, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 9, 2017 Meanwhile, these have arrived.... image.jpeg ....and will be tested in the CX at the weekend.... Do you really need 5 times more tail light? I would have thought that the output would be very close to fog lamp intensity, and therefore very dangerous at night and in rain... All this modern stuff to make lights as bright as a nuclear explosion is making driving at night just more and more dangerous, and tiring... Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Do you really need 5 times more tail light? I would have thought that the output would be very close to fog lamp intensity, and therefore very dangerous at night and in rain... If you'd seen the output of the standard filament bulbs in my CX, I think you'd be moaning that you're struggling to see any light at all... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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