Practically Classics Forum

Ner-a-car, ahead of its time almost a hundred years ago and still embodying principles that the mass produced bike industry ignore even today.....hub centre steering, an early CVT transmission, total feet-foreard stability. I've always considered the quasar, although dramatic looking, to be pretty t...

Virgin pendolino trains tilt, I don't think these day people even notice. I barely notice it, and I know that I'm on a tilting train, most folks neither know nor care. The only real indicator is visual, look out of the window and watch the landscape tilt. Its an interesting example of technology dev...

Window motors are still the same today....I pulled the one on th wife's car apart last week as it'd started sticking. A decade of everyday use had left it full of carbon off the brushes. A clean out with switch cleaner and its good for another few years. The carbon build up had caused the brushes to...

More like Voyager I reckon! Its a sad old format now, they're already dropping pianos on Marinas.....yet again.....

I'm surprised they want to be Scots, I'd have thought they'd be more interested in resurrecting the old kingdom of Northumbria....maybe they just want free prescriptions!

And can you imagine Yorkshire folks wanting to be anything but Yorkshire folks!!

A daft idea!

The battery in the wife's modern motor, modernish anyway, has never been taken out and put on a charger, she's had the car from new, its now over 10 years old, along with its battery, its a 2 litre diesel, heavy on tbe battery in winter, yet it cranks over every day, just as it did the day it left t...

Regarding mechanical defects and accidents, here's a sad and salutory tale from our local news a few years back.....http://m.harlowstar.co.uk/Car-involved- ... story.html two deaths caused by a so-called 'safety' feature.

Vitesse/Herald door adjustment can be a real pain in the butt, there are numerous issues which are generally nothing at all to do with the actual doors! The doors are hugely heavy and will show up anything marginal elsewhere. With all the winding mechanism, glass, quarterlights, etc in they feel lik...

Chic Doigs Herald/Vitesse side rails come in 14gauge, I dont think anybody does them thicker off the shelf, most that are available these days are considerably thinner.....the side rail has nothing to do with chassis strength and everything to do with body support....remember, the Spit has virtually...

I've always used a mix of evo-stik and needle'n'thread work. But then I see the hood as a more or less disposable item, like tyres, something that needs replacing every so often. Yours looks like mine, not a nice mohair one but a non too brilliant vinyl one.... One of my side windows has gone like y...