Practically Classics Forum

Come on now, there's no need to sugar coat it, just say what you really think!

That bugger wouldn't let me take photos of the AC which, apparently, was a replica, a thing I hadn't realised was available but was and is based around the hull section of some form of small, Japanese two seated conveyance.

The MG had some company at the supermarket today. It must be a better class of Morrisons:

Typical Morrison's, IMHO, because there appears to be a roof panel missing from the trolley shelter.

I'm guessing that the Jaguar XK-style car is the same very lovely modern replica that you had the good fortune to see on an earlier occasion? The side indicator repeater hints at its newness but it's a pretty thing all the same, if not in the same league as that red & white car behind it.
You're a brave bloke for daring to leave your car in any public car park as [car parks] tend to be full of careless individuals who have no concept of how large their modern "SUV" type vehicles actually are. Too bloody large, that's how large they are. But they're only large on the outside, a classic 4x4 manages to have far more interior space and rarely, if ever, makes a nuisance of itself.
Around these parts, there are many such devices but they're owned by farmers, horribly abused and never, ever washed or waxed so the fact that these newer agricultural vehicles probably won't live very long somehow redresses the balance.

JPB wrote:Typical Morrison's, IMHO, because there appears to be a roof panel missing from the trolley shelter.

That's very observant of you, it's a new build store too, only a couple of years old.

JPB wrote:I'm guessing that the Jaguar XK-style car is the same very lovely modern replica that you had the good fortune to see on an earlier occasion? The side indicator repeater hints at its newness but it's a pretty thing all the same.

Absolutely spot on. Observant with a memory like a steel trap.

JPB wrote:if not in the same league as that red & white car behind it.

Aw shucks, too kind, too kind.

JPB wrote:You're a brave bloke for daring to leave your car in any public car park as [car parks]

Both cars are parked at the end of the row, nearest the store, they can be seen from the store window quite clearly. An old car also draws the attention of the phone camera/Facebook types. Having so many budding amateur photographers acts as preventative measure, in as much they get struck by stinky farm 4X4, before the classic car does.

Spotted today in Sudbury

Today, I had been told of a classic run in the New Forest. The cars would assemble at a given pub at a given time. Got there, no one seemed to have turned up. As I left I saw the 'meeting,' they were all driving their cars past the pub. All the cars were what I term as modern, like 70's Triumph Dolomite, Triumph Stags, that sort of era, there was also a good number of, what is euphemistically named as: "A work in progress." Not a term that I would use. And so as not to cause any offence, I drove off and left them to it.
My wife was busy this morning so we arranged to meet in another pub in the Forest for lunch. Incredibly, I gatecrashed a classic run of about 150 cars, all pristine oldies. The sort that have exterior headlights, running boards, flared wheel arches, gull-winged bonnets and trafficators. I was in my element, until one of the stewards expected me to cough up forty quid. Turned out that it was The Bean Car Club, on a tour from Maidenhead to Christchurch, stopping at my favourite pub for lunch. The £20 a head charge included all refreshments for the day including lunch, they went on to Christchurch where they assembled for a cream tea. When I told the steward that although he might think that I was a gatecrasher, I had actually booked a table for lunch and he could whistle for his forty quid. He got quite narky with me. It didn't help much when members of the car club started photographing my wife and I, because you know us, we like to dress in order to upstage the MG. I've got quite a few chitty chitty bang bangs on my phone. No Morris Marinas, Cortinas, Maxis or anything like that, so I won't insult you, but if there's any model that you want to see, let me know.

GHT, did you punch this officious twunt who tried to deprive you of forty sheets? If not, then well done for showing restraint, if so then well done for not allowing some Herbert to bully you. Honestly, some folk become quite the a***h*** when they get their paws on a clipboard. As for Bean, I just mentioned their name in another thread in connection with one of their best known and most recent automotive products. I hope that the Bean owners included some of the Reliant crowd among their number, that usually causes some amusing debate!


Bean built these:

in recent years, though that one in the image is old enough to be an "in-house" example as built at Two Gates by Reliant themselves. Bean folk can be a little twitchy when reminded about that period in the company history..


I spotted an absolutely lovely Bedford CF camper van today , during a visit to my parents' place down in Shilbottle (by Alnwick and yes, most of the local road signs have been "modified" over the years ). This vision of loveliness was heading east down the village as I was escaping leaving in the other direction. The driver of the van had a huge grin on his face as he went along, the flanks of the thing were as straight as anything I've ever seen, so this had to be a restored one because I'm sure that GM made them with built in dents. The engine sounded like a Diesel but then so did the original Vauxhall slant 4s if assembled by people who hadn't read up on how to adjust the valve clearances. (With tapered cotter pins running in threaded bosses inside the buckets, in case anyone cares..)

JPB wrote:
GHT, did you punch this officious twunt who tried to deprive you of forty sheets? If not, then well done for showing restraint, if so then well done for not allowing some Herbert to bully you. Honestly, some folk become quite the a***h*** when they get their paws on a clipboard.)

You've got it in one, clipboard carrying Ahole, just like that character the late Dick Emery portrayed, the officious Traffic Warden. Do you like old Triumphs? Here's a Dolomite:

Now there were so many cars there, some I didn't recognise. I think this has a Triumph icon on the radiator, if so I'm guessing perhaps it's an early Mayflower. If that's wrong perhaps someone can enlighten me.

Ooh. Proper Dolomite, complete with waterfall grille and the scent of expensive perfume lingering on the roof cloth (probably). Nice, well spotted.

I don't know which model the cream one that was registered on the 3rd of June, 1938 is but it has a 2107cc engine and isn't a Mayflower, which was a name found on that cute, if somewhat oddly styled, 1950s device with the tiny sidevalve engine and the appearance of a Renown with a chunk of its length missing.

You're right though. Someone will know what the 1938 model is. Please!

DVLA says:
Vehicle details

Vehicle make
TRIUMPH
Date of first registration
03 June 1938
Year of manufacture
1938
Cylinder capacity (cc)
2107cc
CO₂Emissions
Not available
Fuel type
PETROL
Export marker
No
Vehicle status
Tax not due
Vehicle colour
CREAM
Vehicle type approval
Not available
Wheelplan
2 AXLE RIGID BODY
Revenue weight
Not available

On Wiki, there's a 1934 Triumph called a Gloria, what do you reckon? Is this the Mayflower that you referred to? (My doctor had one when I was a small boy.) You can clearly see the BMC influence in the car. I know that Triumph was swallowed up by The Standard Motor Company, but at the time of the Austin-Morris merger to form BMC, a number of Morris engineers were not very happy at the thought of working for Austin and jumped ship, taking with them, not only engineering knowledge, but also product knowledge.