I've been on the Tiger at the museum. Quite in awe at the guys who had to make a living on them.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-cannibalisationand 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
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This is the 1956 Oval beetle that we got a while back and have now registered it for the UK, Most of the parts are there just need a empty workshop to get the body and floor pan separated to see how bad it really is.
That first pic of the triumph has a bit of patina about it.My bro in law was in to older bikes but now doesn't seem to bother about them (He went through a dry stone wall at speed years ago and I think it changed his priorities!)
Here's a couple that he's had
I'd love one of these to play with, That's a mate, Col, He takes them apart using oxy propane spanners, Every now and then a lost bullet goes with a bang and makes him jump!!
Here's a pic of my old Humber Hawk (Same engine as the Commer Walkthrough!!), It got smashed to bits by an idiot doing aroud 60mph hitting us head on, We were doing 40 but we were on the right side of the road!), It ruptured the wifes liver and she was given a 50-50 chance of surving it(She did!!)
The darned camera didn't fully wind on and double exposed one of my dads Hawks on the road!, He had two Super Snipes too! (It's from an old film camera as there were no digital ones in 1983!!)
One of his Super Snipes!
My old Sunbeam Alpine that I had thirty years ago, It had a single Stromberg carb, I bought a pair of them off a Rapier and swapped them over, It was a bit nippy but needed contactless electronic ignition as the points bounced at high speed causing missing
It got hit in the rear by a van which bent the whole backend down pushed the rear wings out above the wheel arches, I was only third party insured so I had to get rid for next to nowt!
This was my aunts car, She got it at six months old, It had no powered steering and was a ballache to turn at low speed, My dad had it off her eventually, He bought a couple more scrappers for parts, We converted it to powered steering and had change everything, Even the steering column as it was shorter due to the bigger steering box!!, It took five hours to do!
It came to me when my dad passed away but cost an arm and leg to run the 2.6l straight six lump as the auto box only had three gears!
It could shift though!!
When I decided to let it go, A lad had been interested in it, He removed the body and fitted it to his Scooby, I don't know if he ever finished it, It was chassis number 0000000000000072 (Can't remember the actual amout of zero's but it was a lot of em!!)
The lad sent me some pics of the progress for a few years after but then they stopped
And finally 'Ooor Midge' that I won on fleabay, Started with the work then became too ill (Knackered knees) to carry on so she languishes in the garage!
I removed the orrible rubber bumpers and started to fill the holes behind it, Was going to try and get some stainless 3" tubing tigged up to fit front and back or maybe just go bumperless..
Oh well, Maybe i'll get Car SOS'd!!
John
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I restored and raced a Piper GTT, same body shape but 6 inches shorter, LDY 500J.
Then I restored a Mini Marcos MkIII
Finally going for something more comfy, a 1974 Citroen DSuper5.
And to keep it company a 1972 Citroen DS20 ambulance. After having it trailered from Aude, it showed its displeasure by dumping all its LHM hydraulic fluid over the drive. The next day it dumped its sump oil from a leaky oil pressure switch.
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Love the ambulance it is like a French ghost busters vehicle.
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I forgot about my first car, Ford Escort mk1, I later painted it a very dark red on the top half and anthracite grey on the bottom!!
These weren't rare but I think they're both scrap now!, The mk4 Cortina estate had skirts all round and chrome steel and alloy wheels, It smoked all the time I had it on the road, Eventually took it off the road, Acquired a cylinder head which I stripped the cam out of and replaced the three shell bearings, I lapped the valves in and bought a decoke set, All the valve stemseals had let go and were travelling up and down with the valves so oil was getting sucked in on the induction stroke!
I was told by my neighbour (Mechanic) to put the seals in a cup of boiling water to expand the steel springs inside then press them on as fast as possible before they cooled!
Finished up and started it- Not the least bit of blue smoke!
Went and scrapped the car then!! 
Had to put a whole floor in to the 1.4S Fiesta, Also had to cut the top of the tunnel out and replace it as someone pulled the handbrake right out!! Got it finished and my lad gave it away!
My dads old Rover 90 back in the late 60's or early 70's with my cousins!
These drawings of old cars were done by the nephew of the artist Joe Scarborough, He was an illustrator and did work for calendars and other poster work I believe, He gave them to my brother, My brother gave them to me!!
My dad could draw cars like these, I can't even draw matchstick men
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These weren't rare but I think they're both scrap now!, The mk4 Cortina estate had skirts all round and chrome steel and alloy wheels, It smoked all the time I had it on the road, Eventually took it off the road, Acquired a cylinder head which I stripped the cam out of and replaced the three shell bearings, I lapped the valves in and bought a decoke set, All the valve stemseals had let go and were travelling up and down with the valves so oil was getting sucked in on the induction stroke!
I was told by my neighbour (Mechanic) to put the seals in a cup of boiling water to expand the steel springs inside then press them on as fast as possible before they cooled!
Finished up and started it- Not the least bit of blue smoke!
Went and scrapped the car then!! Had to put a whole floor in to the 1.4S Fiesta, Also had to cut the top of the tunnel out and replace it as someone pulled the handbrake right out!! Got it finished and my lad gave it away!
My dads old Rover 90 back in the late 60's or early 70's with my cousins!
These drawings of old cars were done by the nephew of the artist Joe Scarborough, He was an illustrator and did work for calendars and other poster work I believe, He gave them to my brother, My brother gave them to me!!
My dad could draw cars like these, I can't even draw matchstick men
John
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Mother-in-law with her parents, East Africa, 1920. Don't know what the car was.
That looks like a Chevrolet '490' they were powered by a 2.8 litre OHV 4 cylinder; ruggedly built cars like these were popular in Africa and Australia in the 20s. I have a 1928 Chevrolet 4 cylinder tourer, by this time they had acquired luxury items like enclosed valvegear and brakes on the front wheels.
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I'm better at buying cars than selling them. This is my first car, a 1932 Austin Seven Special. This pic must have been taken in 1973 just after I'd passed my driving test in it, as there aren't any 'L' plates fitted. I think the examiners wouldn't be keen to ride in a car with no seat belts etc. these days.
I still own the car, here it is a few years ago
This is my 1931 Austin Seven Tourer. This shot is from about 1980 -I did a body off resto in 1979; I needed something to drive that had some weather protection. This was my daily driver along with the special till the late '80s
Years of daily driver usage and then living under a tarp for some time means the bodywork needs a fair bit of work now.
I bought this Morris Minor pickup in the mid 1990s just after buying a Victorian house which needed lots of building work. The intention was to use the pickup for fetching and carrying building materials. In fact I had to pretty well rebuild it end to end before it was safe to carry anything heavier than a box of Kleenex.
Once I had sorted it, 1275 Ital motor, Ford type 9 gearbox, disc brakes and replaced almost the whole of the rotten chassis it was a great little car. This is the 'after' pic. My now ex wife took the pickup when she left, I did miss it; so as I'd decided I needed a pickup...
I bought this in the states at a car show and shipped it over here in 2005. Once I had re-done some of those pesky 'farm truck' repairs that were done by previous owners it's been great fun to own and drive.
My partner Sue learnt to drive in a Fiat 500, and has acquired a bit of a passion for them. She bought this 500 Giardinera (sp?) estate in southern Italy, got a towbar fitted to her daily, borrowed my car trailer and drove down to pick it up.
The electrics turned out to be a a bit of a comedy on this car, but other than that it's OK. I am going to fit 650 barrels on the Giardinera crankcase and do a bit of other upgrade work on the motor as it nowhere near keeps up with modern traffic pace as it is.
I still own the car, here it is a few years ago
This is my 1931 Austin Seven Tourer. This shot is from about 1980 -I did a body off resto in 1979; I needed something to drive that had some weather protection. This was my daily driver along with the special till the late '80s
Years of daily driver usage and then living under a tarp for some time means the bodywork needs a fair bit of work now.
I bought this Morris Minor pickup in the mid 1990s just after buying a Victorian house which needed lots of building work. The intention was to use the pickup for fetching and carrying building materials. In fact I had to pretty well rebuild it end to end before it was safe to carry anything heavier than a box of Kleenex.
Once I had sorted it, 1275 Ital motor, Ford type 9 gearbox, disc brakes and replaced almost the whole of the rotten chassis it was a great little car. This is the 'after' pic. My now ex wife took the pickup when she left, I did miss it; so as I'd decided I needed a pickup...
I bought this in the states at a car show and shipped it over here in 2005. Once I had re-done some of those pesky 'farm truck' repairs that were done by previous owners it's been great fun to own and drive.
My partner Sue learnt to drive in a Fiat 500, and has acquired a bit of a passion for them. She bought this 500 Giardinera (sp?) estate in southern Italy, got a towbar fitted to her daily, borrowed my car trailer and drove down to pick it up.
The electrics turned out to be a a bit of a comedy on this car, but other than that it's OK. I am going to fit 650 barrels on the Giardinera crankcase and do a bit of other upgrade work on the motor as it nowhere near keeps up with modern traffic pace as it is.
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Used to be a common enough conversion to fit an airhead BMW boxer lump. I wonder how one would go with a much later oil-head boxer in it. Probably turn the gearbox into spaghetti.
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Ashley 1172 GT had all the Aquaplane engine bits, twin SU's, Ballamy wheels and front suspension, purchased in 1972/3(?) for £25 as a project, sold on to someone who was desperate for the tuning bits for his Dellow. It's now in France nearing a complete restoration and back to its original British Racing Green.
Reliant Rebel van, wish I still had it, so much potential for an engine swap.
Citroen Ami 8 Van/Service (library pic), ugly as sin but never did less than 48 to the gallon however hard it was thrashed, ran it for a fortnight without a functioning alternator, put a seat in the back from an Ami 8 Break. Our's was a shade of swamp green.
Rochdale Olympic Phase II purchased in 1975 for £425 with a Ford 997cc BVRT engine, later changed out to an overbored Mexico engine, did 90k miles in it,
still have it, awaiting a full restoration.
Reliant Scimitar GTE 5A auto. Tempted to get another, maybe a 6B?
Citroen 2CV. A lot of fun but I'm done with welding baked bean cans.
Citroen CX Familiale 2.4 fuel injected auto. Bought secondhand from a dodgy garage in East London, definitely been clocked, I suspect it had a galactic mileage by the time it left me. Best car we've ever owned, pity it hadn't been built by Honda or Toyota. Commuted 140 miles a day in it, 5 days a week for 2 years, apart from a water pump it never missed a beat. Years after it had been sold on at auction, I was attempting to cross a very busy road in central London, when my old car stopped, it's driver waving me across the road - what were the chances of me and the new owner being on the same road, in London at the same time? Freaky.
And the wife's Series III SWB petrol... One of the very few vehicles we've sold for more than we paid for it.
Oh... and a 1957 Velocette Valiant (library pic) mine's buried at the back of the garage, along with the Yamaha XT350.
That's been a fun journey down memory lane...
Really enjoying other member's collections, past and present.
No idea how the pic of the Ashley reappeared here!
Reliant Rebel van, wish I still had it, so much potential for an engine swap.
Citroen Ami 8 Van/Service (library pic), ugly as sin but never did less than 48 to the gallon however hard it was thrashed, ran it for a fortnight without a functioning alternator, put a seat in the back from an Ami 8 Break. Our's was a shade of swamp green.
Rochdale Olympic Phase II purchased in 1975 for £425 with a Ford 997cc BVRT engine, later changed out to an overbored Mexico engine, did 90k miles in it,
still have it, awaiting a full restoration.
Reliant Scimitar GTE 5A auto. Tempted to get another, maybe a 6B?
Citroen 2CV. A lot of fun but I'm done with welding baked bean cans.
Citroen CX Familiale 2.4 fuel injected auto. Bought secondhand from a dodgy garage in East London, definitely been clocked, I suspect it had a galactic mileage by the time it left me. Best car we've ever owned, pity it hadn't been built by Honda or Toyota. Commuted 140 miles a day in it, 5 days a week for 2 years, apart from a water pump it never missed a beat. Years after it had been sold on at auction, I was attempting to cross a very busy road in central London, when my old car stopped, it's driver waving me across the road - what were the chances of me and the new owner being on the same road, in London at the same time? Freaky.
And the wife's Series III SWB petrol... One of the very few vehicles we've sold for more than we paid for it.
Oh... and a 1957 Velocette Valiant (library pic) mine's buried at the back of the garage, along with the Yamaha XT350.
That's been a fun journey down memory lane...
Really enjoying other member's collections, past and present.
No idea how the pic of the Ashley reappeared here!
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I have an aqua plane rocker cover it’s a work of art
No doubt better than the Vauxhall’s SHOVIT.
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The underpinnings are the same although Vauxhall did not do a coupe. Kadette GTE’s are well sought after.
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ACL Rodeo! Plastic thing built in 1971 on a Renault 4 chassis and running gear. They made about 70,000 of them and I think this is the only Mk1 in the UK. I've had it more than 10 years and it's almost on the road. Just needs working on for a bit to finish it. It's supposed to have a full length canvas roof.
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The noise is something else! Love a screaming engine.
