Matchless
I started with nothing, still have most of it left
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unusual in black!
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unusual in black!
Olderisbetter
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Yes syncro is the name they are very sought after and cost the earth.
truckdoctor
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jerrytug
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Ross Leopard, a Grimsby middle-water side trawler, built by Cochranes of Selby, Yorks in 1957. One of a class of 12 sisters (Cat class) she fished continuously until the late 80's when they were converted to 150- survivor class, offshore standby vessels by Cam Shipping.
That " conversion" was painting them orange and putting 150 packets of Cup-a-Soup on board. I know because we drank them all over a cold winter..
After the Piper Alfa disaster, the gov. put the kibosh on using shagged-out old sidewinders for rescue ships, so we got her for less than scrap price.
The engine room had been dismantled and cannibalised, but I did some night-time re-cannibalisation
and eventually got her going. Took a year roughly.
Rivetted steel, weight about 400 ton empty, ie no fuel or fish.
Fuel 70 ton.. lube oil 1 ton
Main engine: Ruston and Hornsby, Lincoln, VGB7XM, 200 litre, 705 HP at 1000rpm, seven cylinder, 4-valve heads turbo !! No intercooler.
Gennies, Ruston 4YE 50HP, turning Crompton Parkinson 30Kw 110v DC dynamos.
Now scrapped, but her sister the Tiger is a museum if you are near Grimsby
That " conversion" was painting them orange and putting 150 packets of Cup-a-Soup on board. I know because we drank them all over a cold winter..
After the Piper Alfa disaster, the gov. put the kibosh on using shagged-out old sidewinders for rescue ships, so we got her for less than scrap price.
The engine room had been dismantled and cannibalised, but I did some night-time re-cannibalisation
and eventually got her going. Took a year roughly.Rivetted steel, weight about 400 ton empty, ie no fuel or fish.
Fuel 70 ton.. lube oil 1 ton
Main engine: Ruston and Hornsby, Lincoln, VGB7XM, 200 litre, 705 HP at 1000rpm, seven cylinder, 4-valve heads turbo !! No intercooler.
Gennies, Ruston 4YE 50HP, turning Crompton Parkinson 30Kw 110v DC dynamos.
Now scrapped, but her sister the Tiger is a museum if you are near Grimsby
Olderisbetter
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There were plenty of early black morris minors but by 1958 you could get plenty of colours other than black so a black traveller is not common but it looks ok and just gets a polish now and then.
Olderisbetter
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early beetles seem to be fetching good money, but not many are customised they all seem to be very restored or rat look.
jerrytug
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Details please! A narrowboat? Ok I can guess from yr location, it is a narrowboat in dry dock somewhere on the Grand Union. Fellows, Morton and Clayton?
Dcal
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My Fiat 124 sport from over 35 years ago.
I got out of a scrap yard where there was a couple of cars stacked on the roof, hence the steel sunroof which came out of a 3 series BMW.
Everything was done for next to nothing but it was a classy car back in the day.
I painted it Jaguar mineral blue (it’s amazing I can remember that but not what I had fir breakfast) and drove it for years until it broke the diff.
I left it at mates house and his da sold it to the scrap man.
My brother was (is) into photography and took the shot, he found the negative and sent me a copy recently so I used it as my avatar.
I got out of a scrap yard where there was a couple of cars stacked on the roof, hence the steel sunroof which came out of a 3 series BMW.
Everything was done for next to nothing but it was a classy car back in the day.
I painted it Jaguar mineral blue (it’s amazing I can remember that but not what I had fir breakfast) and drove it for years until it broke the diff.
I left it at mates house and his da sold it to the scrap man.
My brother was (is) into photography and took the shot, he found the negative and sent me a copy recently so I used it as my avatar.
Beeezer
Things are really chaining for the better….
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Correct, yes a narrow boat, in dry dock for two pack blacking, fellows Morton and clayton mere pups!!
Bantoc, converted badly about 45yrs ago, but has some cracking riveted patches on her.
Belonged to Stewart and loyds at some point and the GWR.
Engine is a circa 1930 thornycroft rj2 off of one of the queen mary life boats.
Olderisbetter
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Lovely car and nice back ground info.
wacky7791
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not connected with any of them but a few I've seen around here.
rare E30 M3 in a BMW dealers (spot the oddity besides my son)
rat rod which belongs to a local tattooist
and 'her 283' owned by a lady who built the car herself and gets wound up when people see it and expect her fella to have built it.
rare E30 M3 in a BMW dealers (spot the oddity besides my son)
rat rod which belongs to a local tattooist
and 'her 283' owned by a lady who built the car herself and gets wound up when people see it and expect her fella to have built it.
frank horton
V twins are great but 4"s rule.........
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years...sadly had to sell her
the green Morris J, had Josephene for over 40 years...drove from LA to Washinton to bring her back to the UK....sadly had to sell her cos of the recent move....
now restored as an Ice Cream van somewhere in Somerset......
BUT,
got the Citroen C4 as a birthday prezzy.......she and the cream Commer are in the sun, living in a stunning part of the world.....
at a truckstop northern Greece, our little convoy....Commer with a 6m caravan on't back......overloaded T4 with a heavy trailer as well...plus the boss and yes early mornings were cold in November......hahaha
selectedgrub
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I'll have to dig some out but
Circus train, this one dad stopped the train they unloaded the elephant to move a log on the track.
Circus train, this one dad stopped the train they unloaded the elephant to move a log on the track.
Shox Dr
Chief Engineer to Carlos Fandango
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My Great grand parents plied two of those on the Ouse and surrounding waterways. Taking Phosphorus amongst other cargo
edit; one was called ‘Phospho’ a Humber keel at 611.5tons
http://www.humberpacketboats.co.uk/p16.html
Rannsachair
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My grandfather on an Ariel:
My mum on my dad's Matchless:
Tiger Cub my dad bought me as a wreck when I was 14 and rebuilt to pass my test on:
My second bike, bought of the postmaster in Ballinluig in about 1981 for £200, rebuilt a few times, sold the original registration for £1000 in the 80's. Sold it about 10 years ago.
The crash damaged 76 T140V that my dad rebuilt and i got the use of once I was 19:
1937 Morris 8 that had when I was student:
The rotten 69 Minor i rebuilt:
My mum on my dad's Matchless:
Tiger Cub my dad bought me as a wreck when I was 14 and rebuilt to pass my test on:
My second bike, bought of the postmaster in Ballinluig in about 1981 for £200, rebuilt a few times, sold the original registration for £1000 in the 80's. Sold it about 10 years ago.
The crash damaged 76 T140V that my dad rebuilt and i got the use of once I was 19:
1937 Morris 8 that had when I was student:
The rotten 69 Minor i rebuilt:
