Pictures of old or rare vehicles

[nickk]

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[slim_boy_fat]

Thanks for sharing

 

[Farside]

Rolls Royce Phantom... I believe that the left hand drive models like this one were USA built.

RR commonly supplied bodyless chassis to coach builders.

 

[Farside]

https://www.dunsfoldcollection.co.uk/collection/freelander/mule-prototype-cb40-brake-test-hack

Best looking Freelander ever !

As usual, they missed the boat there.
A cut-price commercial van variant would have sold well.

 

[KemppiFrog]

Back in the early 70s, some friends rented a Commer Camper like that one and drove it down to N Spain, looking for a house. I tagged along in a Mini with a tent. The Commer was a heap of rubbish and I had several sessions on the engine to keep them going.
Always amazed to see what people like to restore. Cars that I would have avoided when new, now better than new, and loved.

Bout the same time, looked a P1800 SaintMobile, like the red one. British built and rusty as hell on closer look, I ran away and bought an Alpine IV for £250 and had a lot of fun.

 

[nickk]

Ah yes ,some p1800’s were made here for a short while,typically we couldn’t match the swedes for build quality.
not sure if the tractor is a roadless or Northrop .
the hot rod belongs to our ex postman hence letting my twins inside.

 

[Cobbler]

Back in the early 70s, some friends rented a Commer Camper like that one and drove it down to N Spain, looking for a house. I tagged along in a Mini with a tent. The Commer was a heap of rubbish and I had several sessions on the engine to keep them going.
Always amazed to see what people like to restore. Cars that I would have avoided when new, now better than new, and loved.

Bout the same time, looked a P1800 SaintMobile, like the red one. British built and rusty as hell on closer look, I ran away and bought an Alpine IV for £250 and had a lot of fun.

I drove one for some years on BT,…. Yes what a load of junk. The engine cover had inches gap around it so it filled with fumes. Touch the brakes & you didn’t know whether it would go left or right or lock on. I nearly had an accident due to the brakes, so I took it into the BT fleet garage & refused to drive it unless it was sorted. The mechanic drove it across the yard & hit the brake pedal, the front went down until the bumper touched the ground & he had the back wheels 2 feet in the air. They told me they had never seen one do this & finally agreed there was a problem with it. It was always well loaded, but I never got more than 9 to the gallon, though my right foot might have helped.

 

[Bobupndown]

The Commers, like Type 2 VW campers, look beautiful but not something I'd fancy driving any distance in. Or camping in for more than a night or two for that matter.

 

[Anaconda666]

Not unusual but quite old now.
1966, my wife's car.

 

[martsrods]

My Model A roadster "Old Rusty" started life as a Pattison groundsman's tractor. The one above is based on Model A parts, judging by the axle and frame, mine was based on Model B (1932) Ford parts.
Mart.

 

[Rannsachair]

A few years ago I posted a few workshop tools for sale from a deceased family friend. I recall @skotl took the old Colchester and @rikrobson a drill press. His widow was chatting about his old Mk IX 3.8 Jaguar when she saw my dad's XJ and she gave me some more info on Eddy's old Aston that I thought was a DB2. Turns out it was a 2 litre sports, later called the DB1, one of 15 made.

Was sold to: https://aston.co.uk/cars-for-sale/aston-martin/db1/car997

Their description: "This fabulous 2 Litre Sports (known latterly as the DB1) is one of only 15 ever produced by Aston Martin. First delivered to Cyril Williams (Motors) Ltd in 1949 this stunning car must have looked fantastic in its original livery of Alpine Blue with Grey Hide. So good in fact, that it was chosen to represent Aston Martin at the Motor Show of that year where it was sold to another dealer, Brooklands Motors, whom we can only presume must have had a client eager to own one of these very rare beauties. A 'continuation' log book from 1963 shows that the car was moved to Scotland that year and it remained there until Aston Workshop recently acquired it. Amazingly, for the last 41 years it has been in the custody of just one owner and kept off the road since 1983, with a DVLA document in the history file to confirm this."

Eddy was always talking about the work he was doing on it, sad he never got it rebuilt, quite a machine. He always had a few interesting cars that he worked on and drove: a Panhard PL17 was a favourite of mine and an early mk1 Range Rover V8 he had from new til his death.

Really sad that dementia set in early in his retirement so this project was left. Unfortunate I never made it through to see it when he was well.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Our latest interesting vehicle, VW mk2 golf, originally a driver model but it has a 3.2 VR6 engine fitted, it is a project in bits.

 

[skotl]

A few years ago I posted a few workshop tools for sale from a deceased family friend. I recall @skotl took the old Colchester ...

...Eddy was always talking about the work he was doing on it, sad he never got it rebuilt, quite a machine. He always had a few interesting cars that he worked on and drove: a Panhard PL17 was a favourite of mine and an early mk1 Range Rover V8 he had from new til his death.

His garage was a fantastic creation - the door in particular, with the cantilevers, was a work of art. If he put that much attention into just the garage door, I can only imagine how much effort and detail he spent on his cars.

Eddy's lathe is my favourite tool in the garage... (albeit it now has a 3 phase motor and a VFD, to blend a little 1930s and 21st century technology!)

 

[minimutly]

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That blue Foden is from just up the road from me, Little village called Rhydlewis, in Cardiganshire.

 

[Bobupndown]

Our latest interesting vehicle, VW mk2 golf, originally a driver model but it has a 3.2 VR6 engine fitted, it is a project in bits.View attachment 436369View attachment 436367View attachment 436368

Is it running the full 4wd spec?

 

[doubleboost]

Spent 2 hours inside the fire box of this Foden steam waggon .
Drilling out a sheared off fusible plug .
The smile says it all .

 

[Olderisbetter]

Is it running the full 4wd spec?

No just front wheel drive

 

[beeRS]

My mate’s Escort. Pictured around 1990.

 

[beeRS]

My Escort from around the same time

 

[beeRS]

And one I saw at an NEC show a couple of years ago.