Popular Post steve1 Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 Managed a closer look at this and a chat with owner. It was rescued from a barn after 50 years of neglect. steve 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted February 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2020 22 hours ago, Wolseley said: Spotted in Montague Street, Goulburn. An old car enthusiast who obviously does not believe in angle parking: Perhaps no reverese 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 2 hours ago, MJI said: Perhaps no reverese Dunno if that would be an excuse. I used to run a sidecar outfit which had no reverse and was hard to push. It didn't take me that long to learn to read slopes and Chambers to the extent that I could get gravity to do maybe 90% of my reversing and/or parking brake duties for me. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted February 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2020 8 hours ago, PatB said: Dunno if that would be an excuse. I used to run a sidecar outfit which had no reverse and was hard to push. It didn't take me that long to learn to read slopes and Chambers to the extent that I could get gravity to do maybe 90% of my reversing and/or parking brake duties for me. Maybe it’s a new owner and he hasn’t had your experience yet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2020 10 hours ago, MJI said: Perhaps no reverese The car is a late 20's Austin 12* and does have a reverse gear. There might be a very good reason for parking that way but we can omly speculate as to why the car is parked so. *It could be a 14 or a 16. Austin produced more than 20 different models at any one time rangeing from the 7 up to luxury limousines. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted February 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2020 8 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: The car is a late 20's Austin 12* and does have a reverse gear. There might be a very good reason for parking that way but we can omly speculate as to why the car is parked so. *It could be a 14 or a 16. Austin produced more than 20 different models at any one time rangeing from the 7 up to luxury limousines. There you go......the owner is just proud and wants to show it off 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2020 28 minutes ago, boxbrownie said: There you go......the owner is just proud and wants to show it off And parking it thus would help it stand out from other cars, of course..... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2020 34 minutes ago, boxbrownie said: There you go......the owner is just proud and wants to show it off There could be many reasons. Possibly it was being loaded/unloaded from a transporter that is out of picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Praaaaps.....it was stuck there [parking is for dinosaurs]...just for a better piccy-chure? Or, maybe, the parking brake was a bit u/s? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom q vaxy Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 12 hours ago, MJI said: Perhaps no reverese or not wishing to have his doors dinged 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom q vaxy Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 17 hours ago, steve1 said: Managed a closer look at this and a chat with owner. It was rescued from a barn after 50 years of neglect. steve absolutely stunning. "cream crackers" indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Addison Place, West London, 1970... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Oldddudders said: And parking it thus would help it stand out from other cars, of course..... Trouble is, it would have people thinking it was a BMW... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kingzance Posted February 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2020 12 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: Addison Place, West London, 1970... I was in college in Glasgow around when that picture was taken and I too had a Consul 375. Massive (by then current standards) front bench seat and column change, not going to admit to more of what happened in it . 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Some more West London nostalgia... Lexham Mews in 1976 with a 1969 / 70 registered Rover 'Three Thousand Five' V8... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kingzance Posted February 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2020 5 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Some more West London nostalgia... Lexham Mews in 1976 with a 1969 / 70 registered Rover 'Three Thousand Five' V8... Have you access to my motoring history Nidge? I had one of those on a 74 M plate, the 3500S with manual transmission. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted February 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2020 21 hours ago, RJS1977 said: Trouble is, it would have people thinking it was a BMW... Will people get the reference though? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Hard to believe this was fifty years ago - Tony Curtis steps out of a chauffeur driven Bentley S2 Continental (with James Young Coachwork) outside Uxbridge Magistrates Court on 27th April 1970, he was charged with possession of cannabis when he arrived at Heathrow Airport in February to start work on 'The Persuaders' and fined £50... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Chatting with a TVR owner elsewhere prompted me to dig out this photo, taken when I nipped down to see how the resto on my Cooper S was getting on back in 2014, the Tiv' sounded fantastic just being driven into the paint booth... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted February 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2020 I’d still choose the Cooper 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, a Mk1 Jag meets its untimely demise... 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted February 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2020 Ohh the boss don't look too pleased 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Bromley in Kent 1920's. The man with the beard is my Great Grandfather. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kingzance Posted February 3, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2020 45 minutes ago, boxbrownie said: Ohh the boss don't look too pleased Probably more-so that there was someone around with a camera! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted February 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2020 4 hours ago, rocor said: Bromley in Kent 1920's. The man with the beard is my Great Grandfather. If the bloke in front of the car in the 1st photo was a mechanic, I would have probably avoided that garage. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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