I sat in a few times on Sunday afternoon's, Got to know the lads Conti Pete Howard lots of drugs etc But Howard lived into his 90s!!John,
Very nice, and I've just given up driving due to a combination of factors. That second picture looks a bit like Howard Rumsey's old place down at Hermosa Beach.
Maurice
yes it didPete, did it have rubber wings?
Here's my pedal car on a sunny day during 2nd World War. Me driving, my sister in the trailer.
I remember pedalling it and trailer all the way from Beeches Estate Great Barr to my Grans in Perry Common, with a bit of help up the hill of Greenholm Rd. Wheels on it look good - tyres and spokes - and I'm wearing a uniform !
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loving this pictureMy first pedal car is in the Pedal Car thread but not easy to find because of a spelling mistake in the thread title
My first real car was when I arrived in the USA in 1957 A new MGA with my Dad's AA RAC badges on that he sent over to me and of course a Yankee bird! (girl)My first car???
i had a 100e escort. and i took the sv engine out and put a later 107e ohv engine and running gear on itMy first car was a 100E Anglia passed down to me. About 1968. Before then I was on 2 wheels, and my girlfriend was relieved to travel in comfort at last. It (the car) lasted a short while before throwing the big ends out on the road. A friend had a 100E Prefect, which ran OK, but everything else was dodgy. Over the final night of of its tax, we did an engine change. He needed his car until then to carry his own girlfriend. Next day, back on the road, a bit tired. My girlfriend helped as well, not going to lose a keeper like that. Andrew.
I look back fondly on the days when car parts were interchangeable. I also turn white when I think of what I did to keep a car running in those poor student days. Wouldn’t consider it now. Being a budding engineer from the start is probably what kept me on this earth. Before the car I had a James Cadet bike with ho-hum front forks. My mate’s bike was a James Captain. Guess what happened for the day of my bike’s test. Looked a bit odd, but passed OK. Then everything was restored for the next day. Andrewi had a 100e escort. and i took the sv engine out and put a later 107e ohv engine and running gear on it
when i was a MOT tester i saw allsorts of bodges some DANGEROUS. like a piece of 3/1 timber and 2 hose clips to repair a rear spring,on a moggy 1000. wish we was allowed to take them off the rd like they do nowI look back fondly on the days when car parts were interchangeable. I also turn white when I think of what I did to keep a car running in those poor student days. Wouldn’t consider it now. Being a budding engineer from the start is probably what kept me on this earth. Before the car I had a James Cadet bike with ho-hum front forks. My mate’s bike was a James Captain. Guess what happened for the day of my bike’s test. Looked a bit odd, but passed OK. Then everything was restored for the next day. Andrew
they prob did get the oil out the axle before replacing it with sawdust.My first was a 1939/40 Morris 12/4 which I bought 'as seen' (i.e. no warranty) from a local garage. After a week or so I decided to change the engine oil as it seemed a bit on the thick side. Well it must have been filled with gearbox/back axle oil as after refilling with SAE40 the big ends knocked like a pneumatic drill so after a few weeks I sold it to a guy at work who used to be a car mechanic (he was aware of the problem!). After that I bought a Hillman Minx about the same age for £15. That had cable brakes, the cable to each wheel being attached to a bar connected to the brake pedal so each brake was adjusted separately. Trouble was the cables stretched so after a short time the brakes became out of balance and so on braking it was anybody's guess which direction the car would take. I quickly scrapped that one!
yer and me now its brill. 998cc. i did have a A35 van once that liked lying on its side on cornersMy first car was an Austin A35, 948 cc A Series engine. Had it off my uncle who had it new on the employee's scheme. He was a tinsmith in the Austin West Works from 1934 until his retirement in 1975. After 58 years of driving - countless cars and motorbikes, I'm back to a 1 litre again. Toyota now, and incredible what they can now achieve with that small three pot engine.
It seems a pity that we are going to have to sacrifice the internal combustion engine on the alter of green technology.
Mine was an Austin A35 from new but had to sell it to put towards the deposit on our first house.
Love Range Rovers remember when they first came out in 1970. All these years later to me still the best luxury 4x4 in the world that can go anywhere.A couple of cars in, I bought a Ford Zephyr Mk2 (£30, 3 speed column change, bench seats ). Over a lot of cars, and years, that was my biggest engine. That record was finally broken by my first Classic Range Rover at 3.5 litres, and then a short time later by another Rangie at 4.2 litres. Since then, the cc have been downwards, but not by too much. I think the smallest engine was in a Standard 8. Andrew.