MrWolf
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eBay's curious logic brought this up as a "similar item" during a search for prewar BSA motorcycle parts, I thought you might know something about it?
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Yep, even got chumps trying it on when I had the Fireblade.
Ninety in first gear anyone?
Or the old Buick.
450bhp and 445ft/lb of torque*
*More than twice that of a 3.9 Range Rover.
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Defined by Viz comic as a McSh**e. "n. To enter said establishment and use the toilet with no intention of buying anything."
Had a similar experience with a Jag driver recently, the predictable one of getting in the right turn only lane at the lights then going straight on in an attempt to overtake on the junction.
I've even had that when I'm on the bike.
Yes, it's seventy five years old in August, but you have obviously never heard of power to weight ratio nor do you know what a "Fast Road gearbox" is...
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On 04/02/2024 at 14:40, checkrail said:
Snap! Mine is 1100mm too. I use an old swivelling office chair on castors and tend to roll it round the chipboard floor, propelled by my feet, following the trains with my hand held controller.
I haven't asked what it sounds like on the floor below.,
I cut mine down from 1250 to 1100mm when we moved, it's a much more agreeable height for viewing and working on.
As for the noise, I always know if a friend of mine is running his old school O gauge in the loft the minute I walk in the house. Conversely, he doesn't hear my even more old school motorcycle pulling into the front yard!
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That's really coming together now, I'm glad I could be of some assistance, if it wasn't for a photograph of that corrugated goods shed in the background, I might not have got back into modelling.
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I suspect that the bounce was due to the Mini's lack of length and weight and the system needed a little more damping, the Americans managed to create power steering systems on Buicks that was reactive to the relative speed of the car.
I've driven an ADO-17 Wolseley 18-85S before (they had the hydrolastic gear mounted on the bulkhead) and for ride comfort and road manners I could only compare it to the Citroen ID-19 De-esse.
I think that design wise they (The ADO-17 series) were too much too soon for the UK market, rather like the Renault R16.
It didn't help that hydrolastic fluid seems to eat anything it touches, including the cans it was supplied in though.
Anyway, apologies for taking the topic sideways, is it too early yet for any up to the minute examples of Miscellaneous Be!!endery on our roads?
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2 minutes ago, 30801 said:
8,550mm from the Mk2 onwards as they decided they could bend CV joints a bit more...
I'd quoted the Austin 7 Mini as the original, I once had a 1976 850, (Mk3 with internal door hinges etc) never a problem to park due to it's size, but I didn't like the driving position for long distances (Of course, never the original Mini's purpose) and I hated working on the greasy bits. Lots of things broke, but it never let me down once. Not bad for an MOT failure bought for £80. It's almost a shame they're so valuable now that you rarely see one of the pre 80s version with ten inch wheels on the road unless it's off to a show.
Do you think that the change of suspension types also helped improve the turning circle?
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10 hours ago, cctransuk said:
There are numerous factors that impinge on one's ability to front-park.
How wide are the aisles? (Varies greatly).
How wide are the bays? (Varies greatly).
Are the cars on either side centred in their respective bays? (Rarely).
How tight is the turning lock on your car? (Varies greatly).
How strong are you / does your car have power steering.
Frankly, I find that it is the reverse-parkers who make a performance out of parking their cars, rather than the front-parkers.
..... and, as has been said, reverse parking makes access to the boot difficult - with a supermarket trolley, damage to your or an adjacent vehicle is a distinct possibility.
CJI.
I generally park away from the store, less chance of a door banging, I don't see the need to park right outside unless you're disabled or have a bunch of toddlers with you.
Which takes the dimensions of the parking space and access out of the equation, although when forced to park somewhere crowded (or in my own garage) I park nose outward, ever since I had a bump in a car park.
Basically I'd reversed out, stopped and was about to drive forward when some impatient cormorant* decided to swing round me into the wrong lane, not noticing that I had a spare wheel hung on the nearside rear door of my van.
Of course, it was deemed to be my fault!
Whilst modern cars are infinitely better in many respects, I'd say that it's at the expense of ease of parking. (there's many other things but not relevant here)
Okay, my old bus has a feeble heater fan, it rattles and bangs over potholes, it's top speed is only about 75mph and if you crash at anything over thirty you'll probably get hurt, but here's some interesting figures compared to the New Mini.
Length:
Mini 3858mm, Herald 3886mm
Width:
Mini 1928mm, Herald 1524mm
Height:
Mini 1460mm, Herald 1321mm
Weight:
Mini 1645kg, Herald 860kg
Turning circle:
Mini 10,800mm, Herald 7,620mm!!
The original (1959) Mini had a turning circle of 9,630mm because of the limitations of front wheel drive.
The weight, weight distribution and steering geometry makes power steering unnecessary on the Herald, in fact, it would probably be dangerous.
Given the advances in design, materials and production methods over the last sixty five years, you'd think....
*Profanity substitution.
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5 hours ago, chuffinghell said:
They do now!
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Slow day at work again? 🤣
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4 hours ago, Hroth said:
You need a long radio aerial (doesn't neet to be connected to a radio) with a pennant on it.
You should be able to spot it then!
When I had my first " modern" car, (A MK2 Astra GTE) I jammed an orange ping pong ball on top of the roof aerial so that I could find it in car parks.
It was never a problem with the lime yellow '61 Cresta I also had at the time, the tail finned back end stuck out a couple of feet.
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31 minutes ago, Hroth said:
If you strip the interior from a gross "BMW Mini" it is possible (and has been done) to assemble a real mini body in its cabin...
BTW I've parked alongside one of those Mini Countrymen. Its about the same size as my Skoda Yeti.
Parked up in the yard at Embsay, my friend's Marina half ton van was invisible behind a Mini Countryman, we came out of the mess hut and for a moment thought it had been pinched!
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3 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said:
Don't you just hate drivers who can't park straight and straddle white lines, hardly the biggest car in the world, but then again, hardly a mini!
Mike.
About the size of an old FX4 London taxi...
Unfortunately, parking spaces are still marked out to a set of parameters designed for MK1 Fiesta's and Austin Allegro's, BUT, people have become lazy and self absorbed, their lard barge "compact cars" have power steering and parking cameras, so there's little excuse.
I used to manage to squeeze a 1969 Vauxhall Viscount into a regular parking space, putting my fingers round the door edge as I exited to protect my paint and my neighbour's.
I had to laugh the other day at a Fiat 500 it's owner had parked at the sort of angle American airmen used to wear their caps, it absolutely towered over our Triumph Herald.
I remember one of my art teachers had an original 500, for a prank we picked it up by its rear bumper and and moved it around the corner like a wheelbarrow.
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7 hours ago, Hroth said:
I've got one of those, I call mine "Wobbly Bob", which should give an indication of the probable running qualities of the loco on offer!
Sorry, I thought you were following on from @The Johnster's comment there!
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Perhaps there are as many sticks as there are brake rods?
All about the dog - Pinterest
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12 minutes ago, The Johnster said:
Think of Brigitte c 1959 and I’ll get a heart attack!Because all the blood has rushed elsewhere?
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Just now, Paul H Vigor said:
Avec frills? Or no frills??
Avec ou sans fioritures old chap.
Think Brigitte Bardot circa 1959, you get the picture. 😁
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That was probably.me getting hold of the wrong end of the stick to be honest!
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3 hours ago, TimberValleyRailway said:2 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said:
'Bra Steel'?? Dare we assume it 'lifts and separates'??
Obviously for making those French style wrought iron balcony bras...
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37 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:
Simply evidence of a disordered brain with a compulsion to numerology!
Don't knock it, my other half claims that a similar affliction gained her a doctorate!
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I've had a lot of good and competitively priced items from TMC, but this I wouldn't touch with a stolen barge pole, especially at that price.
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Truly impressive.
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That's good news, at least you can complete them now and run them on the layout rather than them going back into the "one day" stash, something that we all seem to possess.
I've got a number of wagons I'm not sure I have enough information on to finish off convincingly enough, as I don't know what diagram they are.
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I can't fault them either, mine runs locos between brand new and sixty years old without a hitch as well as firing the point motor CDU.
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9 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:
Both using patterns made by reference to the RCH drawing, I suppose.
Thanks, a standard wagon plate across all makers and operators would make sense as everything headed towards nationalisation.
Spotting those was too much of a coincidence having read this thread about ten minutes before I went out this morning not to take a photograph.
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Stoke Courtenay
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1100mm is belt buckle height on me, and I'm not exactly a giant.
You just wanted to include a nipple or armpit reference.... 😉