royaloak Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Wasn't she the doctor in heartbeat! That was Niamh Cusack, you were close! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 (edited) A couple of very nice old car books arrived via Santa today, a rather hefty volume on the Porsche 912, a stop gap car set between the outgoing 356 and the new-fangled 911 largely overlooked by many but gathering quite a following today, and another welcome volume in the Brooklands Road Test series on the NSU Ro80. With a bit of cash in the odd Christmas card my Amazon shopping basket will get a good old thrashing later on today, more Brooklands RT goodies in the form of the BMW six cylinder cars of 1969 - 1976 and with a bit of luck the rare one on the Citroen SM. ''I may be gone for some considerable time...'' I see you've gone for cars I've either owned or found technically interesting. Are you spying on me?!??? This was my old one: ...and Martin Buckley's previous Ro80 spotted at RoTechniks Grazeley (before he bought his current orange one): Edited December 25, 2017 by Horsetan 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chriswright03 Posted December 25, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2017 That was Niamh Cusack, you were close! Didn't they look the same? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chriswright03 Posted December 25, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2017 The fastest I have ever driven a car on the public highway was 105 mph. This was done legally I might add before the 70 mph limit was introduced. The car was a standard Vauxhall FD Victor with the 1600cc slant four engine. Even more remarkable was that it was well and truly laden with the driver (me) and four passengers. Something not quite right there. 22nd December 1965 the speed limit was introduced. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/on-this-day--70mph-speed-limit-imposed-on-motorways-164136359.html Vauxhall Victor FD introduced in 1967. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Victor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Something not quite right there. 22nd December 1965 the speed limit was introduced. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/on-this-day--70mph-speed-limit-imposed-on-motorways-164136359.html Vauxhall Victor FD introduced in 1967. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Victor It's probably a bit late to incriminate himself! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Does anyone remember the Serck "computer font" numberplates? I suddenly fancy a set..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 25, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2017 Numberplate fonts can make or break the look of a classic any pre 01 car with late font just looks wrong Can you still get computer font? There are a few people on eBay that does pre 01 but technically they are for show use only 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 (edited) ....Can you still get computer font? There are a few people on eBay that does pre 01 but technically they are for show use only A1 Show Plates offers a very similar font to Serck called "Euro Style", but the size is marginally smaller. They are just about age-appropriate for the CX, I think, but they need to be full-size characters. Edited December 25, 2017 by Horsetan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 25, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2017 Something not quite right there. 22nd December 1965 the speed limit was introduced. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/on-this-day--70mph-speed-limit-imposed-on-motorways-164136359.html Vauxhall Victor FD introduced in 1967. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Victor It's probably a bit late to incriminate himself! You caught me out, mind you it was on an empty Motorway very early in the morning in May 1976. It would be difficult to find an empty Motorway under any circumstances today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 ....It would be difficult to find an empty Motorway under any circumstances today. Only middle of the night, and today you have speed cameras. Is it worth the bother of staying up to get points on your licence / ban, even if you're trying to blow the cobwebs out of a car that otherwise has only seen town use? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 25, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2017 A1 Show Plates offers a very similar font to Serck called "Euro Style", but the size is marginally smaller. They are just about age-appropriate for the CX, I think, but they need to be full-size characters. As they are probably done on a computer they should be able to enlarge the font. I wanted 3d font for the MGf but couldn't find it so mg rover badged pre 01 had to do 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chriswright03 Posted December 25, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2017 It's probably a bit late to incriminate himself! Might get a few TIC's out of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 A1 Show Plates offers a very similar font to Serck called "Euro Style", but the size is marginally smaller. They are just about age-appropriate for the CX, I think, but they need to be full-size characters. There are quite a few number plate makers / traders who attend the larger car shows regularly, there were two at the NEC last month (both Brum based anyway so handy for them) who pretty much covered all of the styles / fonts between them. I've used them in the past and others online whose work is good quality. Putting the wrong plates on a classic can ruin the look of the whole car quite easily, I had a brain fart when I bought my '73 Rover P6 and replaced its original but very tatty reflective raised digit plates with cheap black and silver pressed alloy ones, silly me. Time for a brew and a perusal of that Ro80 book..! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 .... Putting the wrong plates on a classic can ruin the look of the whole car quite easily, I had a brain fart when I bought my '73 Rover P6 and replaced its original but very tatty reflective raised digit plates with cheap black and silver pressed alloy ones, silly me. My old BMW had an embossed Irish standard plate obtained from Ennis Motor Factors in Ireland in the days before internet shopping. Time for a brew and a perusal of that Ro80 book..! I think you'll like it - I've got the same book. Wondering whether to buy the one covering the CX. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Only middle of the night, and today you have speed cameras. Is it worth the bother of staying up to get points on your licence / ban, even if you're trying to blow the cobwebs out of a car that otherwise has only seen town use? Even in the middle of the night there are streams of lorries to and from the Channel ports and the supermarket distribution centres. Yet cross the Channel, and you can look for several miles in front and behind and there's not a vehicle to be seen on some sections of the A16 and A26. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 (edited) Good point about the cameras, in recent months the M1, parts of the M6 and several trunk roads in and around Brum have had new cameras erected, I've heard, rightly or wrongly that the new yellow box type on the ends of the M1 and M6 gantries can be set to go off at 70mph. I find the M40 is pretty clear in the midnight to 4 o'clock period, but still use cruise control most of the time. Edited December 25, 2017 by Rugd1022 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 My old BMW had an embossed Irish standard plate obtained from Ennis Motor Factors in Ireland in the days before internet shopping. DSCF0015.JPG I think you'll like it - I've got the same book. Wondering whether to buy the one covering the CX. Which 'E number' variant was it, I like the look of that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Which 'E number' variant was it, I like the look of that! E24. Nothing else will do. Typically average values of the 6-Series rose after I sold mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 I've heard, rightly or wrongly that the new yellow box type on the ends of the M1 and M6 gantries can be set to go off at 70mph. From what I've been told, any camera can be set to be triggered at any speed, it's up to the local authorities what the threshold speed is..... If they set them to 70, I bet 75% of motorway users would be banned in a year....!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 From what I've been told, any camera can be set to be triggered at any speed, it's up to the local authorities what the threshold speed is..... If they set them to 70, I bet 75% of motorway users would be banned in a year....!! I wonder if they can be hacked into....? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 I knew it wasn't a good idea to start idly perusing the online for sale ads whist digesting my Christmas fodder.... https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/lotus/classics/beautiful-andamp-unmolested-europa-type-54/6018690 Might seem rather pricey for what is a basic looking 'breadvan' but I've always liked the simple Series 2 styling rather than the chopped down rear of the later twin cam version. I can't stop looking at it, I can hear Barry Grey's theme tune to 'UFO' going round and round in my head... Got it bad this year methinks 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chriswright03 Posted December 25, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2017 You caught me out, mind you it was on an empty Motorway very early in the morning in May 1976. It would be difficult to find an empty Motorway under any circumstances today. Some years ago I was batting back down the M62 on my way home from Manchester Airport in my 320i BMW. Early hours of the morning with nothing about wanting to get home. Still checking my mirrors and saw something gaining on us real quick so I slowed down to something nearly representing a speed limit only to be passed by an Astra van! He was doing three figures and just vanished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 .. something gaining on us real quick so I slowed down to something nearly representing a speed limit only to be passed by an Astra van! He was doing three figures and just vanished. In the years before that, it would have been a Royal Mail Sherpa van (diesel, natch) passing you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 This one's for "Rugd1022" - unusual things to find in a Mini. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 26, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2017 Oh the joy of doing the clutch on that!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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