Alf Rogers
master brummie
Yes, Bob, you are quite right. Such a shame.
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Is This Your Motor?
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Richard Dye
master brummie
Bob, and that is very sad but very true!
Alf Rogers
master brummie
You mentioned, Richard, that you drove a Fiat Strada- just wondering, what were they like? Where they mechanically good? Do you remember the amazing advert on the telly when they launched the model, with the robots working to classical music?! I was tempted to test drive one as I liked the futuristic looks, but the wife didn't think much of it so I bought a Cortina and played it safe!
Richard Dye
master brummie
Alf, If I said that I had a Strads, I misspoke. I did have two friends that did. Mechanically they were OK until the new (about 2 years) wore off. In the US FIAT means "fix it again Tony". The other problem I recall is that they rusted badly particularly in the northern US states.
Hope tat helps!
And yes the front wheels did fall off or should I say the suspension collapsed
The Austin factory at Bargoed employed many disabled people (often suffering from pneumoconiosis - a lung disease from the mines). They made children's cars.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
there is a thread on the j40
Austin J40 and Pathfinder pedal cars
Hello everyone, I am working with the author on the research for a new book on the Austin J40 and Pathfinder pedal cars, due for publication later this year. I'm very keen to source any previously unseen images from the 50's and 60's for possible inclusion in the book. In addition, I am keen...
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mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
they sure did
Lloyd
master brummie
They were famed for it - as was the Marina. Always just straightening up after a slight bend (i.e. going round an island). Due to lack of grease on the swivel joint, bad maintenance.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
i had a marina tc. i took the trunnions and legs off drilled and tapped the leg and drilled the trunnion and screwed them back on after filling them with grease and loctited a bolt with a thick washer on through the trunnion into the leg
they never came off again. the original shocks left in place minus the valve,and tele shockf fitted
Eric Gibson
master brummie
Only the neglected ones, if properly maintained they would last forever.
Richard Dye
master brummie
So who drove who?
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
it was like 53 it was not a case of going it was a case of stopping the thing.
Richard Dye
master brummie
Eric Gibson
master brummie
I had a tired old Morris 1000 traveller in my yard, a young lady customer begged me to restore it for her so when business was a bit quiet I fixed it up pretty well like new, mechanics all good interior spotless etc.
She and her husband came to look it over, inspected it carefully, she said "There's hole in the floor."
It was a hole that required a rubber grommet which I was waiting for from the dealers and I told he so.
She responded "Oh good, we wouldn't want our goats to fall out."
She and her husband came to look it over, inspected it carefully, she said "There's hole in the floor."
It was a hole that required a rubber grommet which I was waiting for from the dealers and I told he so.
She responded "Oh good, we wouldn't want our goats to fall out."
"Is this your motor?".....A bit unlikely a question, this, as the image isn't good enough to show the numberplate! And it's probably as far back as winter 1941 or 1942 as well. Foley Road, Streetly. A fairly bog-standard car but I can't remember its make. Any suggestions please?
There's another car overtaking, perhaps a Morris of some sort?
Thanks.
Chris
There's another car overtaking, perhaps a Morris of some sort?
Thanks.
Chris
Johnfromstaffs
Johnfromstaffs
1937 Austin 10 Cambridge. Overtaking car is a bit too fuzzy for accurate identification. Twin D shaped rear windows are the best way to tell its a Cambridge. You can see one masked headlight, and the white circles on the front wings, proving that it’s a wartime picture. Wonder where they got the petrol from?
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Strawberry Hunter
master brummie
Interesting thread. Someone must know who it belongs to!!!
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
there was a man meridan way that collected them
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Austin 10 - Wikipedia
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Essential user's allowance, John. A tiny ration given to those who needed to run a car because of the demands of work or other "approved" activities. My father had one because of his responsibility in the running of a large metal producing factory and also his spare-time occupation of local Home Guard platoon C.O. There were a few private cars like that running around but many more were off the road. The father of one of my friends had his car up on blocks in the garage with as many removable items as possible - mudwings, doors, wheels, headlamps and so on - safely stored in the spare bedroom where they wouldn't go rusty.
Chris
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
Nick Phillips
N S P
If you look with a magnifying glass, on the grill you can see a badge. Only a guess but I'm sure its an Austin.
Sure someone will give us the model.
Nick Phillips
Johnfromstaffs
Johnfromstaffs
The parked car is without doubt a 1937/8 Austin Ten Cambridge four door six light saloon.
Johnfromstaffs
Johnfromstaffs
Yes, my Dad’s Ford Ten Model C, AHP977, spent the war on blocks in his Uncle Jack’s garage in Oldbury. Dad was in Egypt.
Eric Gibson
master brummie
First car I ever bought for my own use BNP14, a non-runner the company took part exchange, £5 to buy £5 for a second hand engine £5 for a respray £3 for odds and ends, on the road for £18, kept it for two years and sold for £65.
