Pictures of old or rare vehicles

[Guzrik]

A bit crazy this if you ask me; taking out a bombproof original engine and put a lot of effort into a fragile lump as a rotary engine with a similar output.
But what a fantastic job it is.
Will try and talk to the owner if I see him.

 

[stuvy]

A bit crazy this if you ask me; taking out a bombproof original engine and put a lot of effort into a fragile lump as a rotary engine with a similar output.
But what a fantastic job it is.
Will try and talk to the owner if I see him.

the chap I worked for had 3 rotarys and they were all reliable but a bit juicy

it’s a myth that there unreliable, any engine that’s not looked after is prone to failure

 

[Rannsachair]

I visited Cyprus Classic car museum in Limassol 3 years ago, some nice vehicles. It is the collection of veteran Cypriot rally driver Dimi Mavropoulo.

There were a few there I would happily of taken home...on next post

 

[Rannsachair]

Some I really liked:

Saab 99 EMS, always fancied one or a Turbo of course

A late model 96, was never as nice looking as the earlier chrome bumper model:

Nice Quattro:

I always liked Sunbeam Talbot's:

 

[octo0072000]

very nice a few i would like to take home as well

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I visited Cyprus Classic car museum in Limassol 3 years ago, some nice vehicles. It is the collection of veteran Cypriot rally driver Dimi Mavropoulo.

Thanks, Tom - some interesting stuff there.

I'venever seen display ramps like those under the Citroens before, very unusual.

Why didn't you buy that Landy?

 

[Rannsachair]

Thanks, Tom - some interesting stuff there.

I'venever seen display ramps like those under the Citroens before, very unusual.

Why didn't you buy that Landy?

didn't you buy that Landy?

No suitable weather protection for Argyll. We get 3 types of weather here: about to rain, vertical rain and horizontal rain.....

 

[Shox Dr]

No suitable weather protection for Argyll. We get 3 types of weather here: about to rain, vertical rain and horizontal rain.....

What you whining at, keeps the Midges at bay

 

[Rannsachair]

Another Cypriot car collection in the middle of nowhere, Ormidia: reminded me of an old scrappy's!

Sorry my hire Jimny is in this shot!

Ignore the wife, makings of a nice Elan:

Some great cars and some scrap, hope they get restored in time.

 

[Rannsachair]

What you whining at, keeps the Midges at bay

Midges are a pleasant distraction, its the cleggs I hate (not sure if you call them that south of the wall, think sassenachs call them horse flies), never mind the ticks and we have mosquito's too. Just doing my bit for the Scottish Tourist Board

 

[Shox Dr]

Midges are a pleasant distraction, its the cleggs I hate (not sure if you call them that south of the wall, think sassenachs call them horse flies), never mind the ticks and we have mosquito's too. Just doing my bit for the Scottish Tourist Board

We call them Cleggs round here. Kick like a horse. Thankfully you only tend to get them around where cattle and horses are kept

 

[Rannsachair]

We call them Cleggs round here. Kick like a horse. Thankfully you only tend to get them around where cattle and horses are kept

We get quite a few where I live, though I once landed my boat in a beautiful sandy bay on the Island of Jura with a picnic, we got out sitting on the beach all ready for a nice lunch and then were swarmed with cleggs, once you have been bitten more than 5 times you decide its not worth staying. Suspect they are there for the deer, 6000 of them on Jura versus 200 human islanders. Nice Whisky though.

 

[stuvy]

No suitable weather protection for Argyll. We get 3 types of weather here: about to rain, vertical rain and horizontal rain.....

love that quote

 

[Shox Dr]

We get quite a few where I live, though I once landed my boat in a beautiful sandy bay on the Island of Jura with a picnic, we got out sitting on the beach all ready for a nice lunch and then were swarmed with cleggs, once you have been bitten more than 5 times you decide its not worth staying. Suspect they are there for the deer, 6000 of them on Jura versus 200 human islanders. Nice Whisky though.

We stopped at the side of a lake in Norway, late afternoon after a long day riding. Decided to ruff camp, got the fire out cracked a beer, and then they descended! Mosquitoes the size of Dragon flies. Never packed up so fast
Didn't even have a glug of beer


(Nice helmet hair)

 

[cheb]

We get quite a few where I live, though I once landed my boat in a beautiful sandy bay on the Island of Jura with a picnic, we got out sitting on the beach all ready for a nice lunch and then were swarmed with cleggs, once you have been bitten more than 5 times you decide its not worth staying. Suspect they are there for the deer, 6000 of them on Jura versus 200 human islanders. Nice Whisky though.

And a very good local shop the last time I was there. The ferry from Islay is amusing, it sets off at an angle to Jura's slipway to allow for. the current through the sound.

 

[Rannsachair]

And a very good local shop the last time I was there. The ferry from Islay is amusing, it sets off at an angle to Jura's slipway to allow for. the current through the sound.

Current can be 5 to 6 knots, I was heading to Colonsay on my RIB and clocked myself at over 35 knots, with no current it would only do 29/30 knots.

 

[cheb]

Have you been anywhere close to the whirlpool? Just looking down from the bridge outside Oban gives a flavour of what the currents are like.

 

[Shox Dr]

Have you been anywhere close to the whirlpool? Just looking down from the bridge outside Oban gives a flavour of what the currents are like.

I have. Very impressive.

(First time on a ferry to Islay 1976, the swell was so bad the puke was running from one side of the little ferry to the other) 2yrs you couldn't stand up on the jetty, that was interesting

 

[Rannsachair]

Yes been out to Corryvreckan a few times, when the tidal race goes through one way you get the whirlpool the other direction you get a 15 foot standing wave. I once took a shortcut through returning fro a trip to Coll and Tiree, Getting over the standing wave was quite an experience, flat out in a 30 knot RIB but only travelling at under 20 knots. My ex-wife never forgave me for the experience.

During a stormy tidal race you can hear the whirlpool on the mainland at Crinan which is 7 miles from me.

https://whirlpool-scotland.co.uk/oldsite/index-2.html

George Orwell lived on Jura near Corryvreckan (where he wrote 1984) and almost lost his life to it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/ar...t-nearly-killed-literary-legend-george-orwell
my apologies for referencing the bbc, they have limited factual features, though this is largely true...

 

[Stueeee]

I visited Cyprus Classic car museum in Limassol 3 years ago, some nice vehicles. It is the collection of veteran Cypriot rally driver Dimi Mavropoulo.

Lots of interesting stuff there,thanks for posting, didn't know of this museum, even though I've been to Cyprus a few times.

The yellow Austin Seven "Chummy" is a rather unusual car to find in the northern hemisphere, as that styling line and one piece windscreen mark it out as an Australian bodied car -the bodies were built by Holden on Birmingham sourced Austin Chassis.