RMweb Gold 30801 Posted March 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2017 What's the smallest thing you can tow a caravan with? http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/the-caravan-you-can-tow-behind-your-bike-164630 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 What's the smallest thing you can tow a caravan single horse trailer with?.... Or indeed this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 What's the smallest thing you can tow a caravan with? http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/the-caravan-you-can-tow-behind-your-bike-164630 Funnily enough, I just watched Sightseers the other night. It wasn't a great advert for cycle towed caravans . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted March 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2017 With the mention of caravans a bit back reminded me of this. I was actually real but this clip is from a TV show I don't like to rate that as "funny" because it certainly was not to the caravan's owner. But being honest, I did laugh. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted March 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2017 Some years back I was driving down the A38 (by then already a good dual-carriageway road) getting near Buckfastleigh when a big Rover towing a caravan shot past me at a rate of knots doing well over 60; the 'van was yawing all over the place. I said to Mrs Stationmaster that I hoped he had a good stabiliser on his tow because if he went round the curves approaching Buckfastleigh that fast he would probably be doing most of them sideways. As we got to the first of the curves there he was on the verge with the car still upright (more or less) but the caravan very definitely wasn't upright and I suspect the tow might have parted or partly given way. Big surprise (not) Better that the tow gives way than that it tips the car over as well. That's what happened just in front of me on the A303 a few years back. As cars get more and more powerful, I often see trailers and caravans at speeds in excess of 80mph, one recently doing close to 100mph. Do the drivers not know how feeble the wheel bearings are on most trailers? Or do they simply forget that they have something hooked on the back? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBrit Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I am not interested in old cars. I have one! I cannot afford a new one. LOL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Better that the tow gives way than that it tips the car over as well. That's what happened just in front of me on the A303 a few years back. Happened to my grandfather getting on for 40 years ago too... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted March 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2017 Better that the tow gives way than that it tips the car over as well. That's what happened just in front of me on the A303 a few years back. As cars get more and more powerful, I often see trailers and caravans at speeds in excess of 80mph, one recently doing close to 100mph. Do the drivers not know how feeble the wheel bearings are on most trailers? Or do they simply forget that they have something hooked on the back? I'm afraid its the effect of better noise insulation and engines that all seem to be turning out 100bhp+. The wifes Galaxy I find difficult to drive, as I can't hear the engine, and can you hear an emergency vehicle? No. I bet they can't feel them, unless their detachable towbar is worn... I think its time power levels were reduced, my minors have about 35-45 BHP+ (on a good day, downhill) and I can still get upto 70mph if I need to. Why down family cars need such powerful engines? Andy G 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 That's not really an excuse though, there's still the big dial on the dashboard.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 I'm afraid its the effect of better noise insulation and engines that all seem to be turning out 100bhp+. The wifes Galaxy I find difficult to drive, as I can't hear the engine, and can you hear an emergency vehicle? No. I bet they can't feel them, unless their detachable towbar is worn... I think its time power levels were reduced, my minors have about 35-45 BHP+ (on a good day, downhill) and I can still get upto 70mph if I need to. Why down family cars need such powerful engines? Andy G Andy, it's all about marketing to people who like showing off - "my so and so is bigger than yours". Why else do yummy mummies drive Chelsea Tractors, sales reps drive BMWs or Audis rather than Fords or Nissans? Young men who can't afford those go for lowered Citroens and Honda's with a 1000 watts of thumping noise, so they hope they will be noticed. Just human nature really, as with people who need to have a collection of 200 plus locos to feel good. Jol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 triumph herald just popped up on my local facebook selling site sat for 36 years very tatty but £1 ! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted March 22, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22, 2017 For a quid you can't go wrong! Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 triumph herald just popped up on my local facebook selling site sat for 36 years very tatty but £1 ! Probably as long inactive as the recluse's Austin 1100... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted March 22, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22, 2017 Saw the Car SOS one with the Herald yesterday - they fitted a new car to the numberplate! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 (edited) Godzill verus the red Cortina,https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauretania/30416045734/in/pool-brblue/ Leeds but caption gives no clues to what the event was but its circa '78, pretty sure the two red Cortina's are just coincidence. Parked one is an S plate, passing one is a T. Plenty of press and one copper who appears to be arresting the brown T rex for eating a Saab 99. I'd take the silver Granada on the kerb. Oh just to say the rest of the site is pretty good too. Edited March 26, 2017 by w124bob 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted March 26, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2017 Garage today in Ramsey. A Healey 3000 pulling out as a Herald saloon pulled in for fuel. The sun brings them out. Two Ferraris and a Lambo down the road also, but that's modern stuff/. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlambert Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Spotted today visiting the British Motor Museum, a Bristol 406. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 27, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 27, 2017 Godzill verus the red Cortina,https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauretania/30416045734/in/pool-brblue/ Leeds but caption gives no clues to what the event was but its circa '78, pretty sure the two red Cortina's are just coincidence. Parked one is an S plate, passing one is a T. Plenty of press and one copper who appears to be arresting the brown T rex for eating a Saab 99. I'd take the silver Granada on the kerb. Oh just to say the rest of the site is pretty good too. If you put that on a layout they'd think your having a joke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 A chap I know is a car restorer and as I was going to be in his part of the world at the weekend I arranged to drop in to see what he had in the workshop. The workshop is rather cramped and the lighting not that powerful, so my apologies for the quality of the photographs. Start with a Packard. I find this an ugly brute. But rather impressive. The mascot is rather smart. The interior There is another example but in a less advanced state. More to follow. Bernard 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 If you put that on a layout they'd think your having a joke. I'd think the same if I saw it in real life! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) On Saturday on the A41 heading towards Elstree, the unmistakable shape of a white Citroen CX DTR T2 drew up behind my car in traffic. Not only that, but it happened to be none other than "G83 XWK" - the 175,000-mile car sold at the beginning of 2016 by its original owner in Whitley Bay for £2000. Bradley James, the classic car trader, had given it no more than a wash and a polish before selling it on (after about eight months on its books) for £5000. I looked at the present driver / owner in my rear view mirror, and thought: "If you knew how much you'd overpaid for that car, you wouldn't be so happy...." Edited March 27, 2017 by Horsetan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 To continue. An Alfa Romeo. I can't give chapter and verse on the technical details as I know little about such matters. I am told that they are highly sort after and change hands for serious money. More like the cost of a house than a car in some cases, with a good engine fetching £100k. The engine in this one is not the original as that was too far gone for rebuilding. I think the engine now fitted has two more cylinders than the correct engine. There are a few other detail differences from the original which lower the value, but it is a case of making the best possible restoration using parts that are available. Hard to get it all in but it gives an impression of the general style and shape. The interior. The power unit. I would love to have a go when it is finished. Bernard 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Just found this thread. Nothing better than taking a Sunny Sunday afternoon trip to Donington Park or Silverstone and watching some classic vintage racing: Clive Morley in the iconic Bentley 3/4 1/2 by Timothy Young, on Flickr Stéphane Gutzwiller in the classic livered Chevron by Timothy Young, on Flickr Or even the somewhat less sunny days: David Abbott in the Arrows A4 by Timothy Young, on Flickr Going to my first Dragstalgia event at Santa Pod in the summer, should be a good one. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 To finish off a Talbot. While I was there the owner of this machine arrived and it was wheeled out of the workshop and fired up. The sound of it turning over to start was more like a flying circular saw cutting RHS than a normal car engine. After a few minutes ticking over in the yard the owner set of to drive it home. It truly is a work of art as well as an example of a superb restoration job and looks absolutely magnificent. It also gets seriously used and has been to the Alps fairly recently. Note the rally timing equipment. Bernard 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlambert Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 To continue. An Alfa Romeo. I can't give chapter and verse on the technical details as I know little about such matters. I am told that they are highly sort after and change hands for serious money. More like the cost of a house than a car in some cases, with a good engine fetching £100k. The engine in this one is not the original as that was too far gone for rebuilding. I think the engine now fitted has two more cylinders than the correct engine. There are a few other detail differences from the original which lower the value, but it is a case of making the best possible restoration using parts that are available. Hard to get it all in but it gives an impression of the general style and shape. The interior. 1-DSC_0723.JPG Nice photos of this, the Packard and Talbot. Note the throttle pedal between the clutch and brake pedals on the Alfa. I would love to have a go when it is finished. Bernard Me too! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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