One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Richard A Thackeray]

That's really just an Escort shaped object though with a crazy amount of modifications.

Yes, and the problem with that is...............
It'd be even more fun, if it looked fairly standard

 

[DRM]

Yes, and the problem with that is...............
It'd be even more fun, if it looked fairly standard

As the old Lada was that used to turn up at the car meet on the car park at Wellington Street, Leeds, iirc it was matt battleship grey, and had a Fiat 132 2.0 litre engine, it upset the owners of many a fast Ford or Vauxhall off the lights.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

12,100RPM @ 06:50

It sounds like an air-raid siren as it runs down

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PuFRto323w&t=417s


0 -10,000RPM, in less than a second

 

[raleighnut]

Bit different to when Cosworth tried turbocharging the 1.5 engine

View: https://youtu.be/xbB1qwhKaaE

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

12,100RPM : 06:50

It sounds like an air-raid siren as it runs down

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PuFRto323w&t=417s

0 -10,000RPM, in less than a second

Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 Is the 654-HP Successor to the F1 (roadandtrack.com)
Watch Gordon Murray Take His First Drive in a T.50 Prototype (roadandtrack.com)

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Is the engine a built-from-scratch unit by Cosworth, or is it derived from something else (as was the F1, a BMW V12)?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Is the engine a built-from-scratch unit by Cosworth, or is it derived from something else (as was the F1, a BMW V12)?

Built purely for the T50

 

[Bonefish Blues]

That's a not inconsiderable investment!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

@Bonefish Blues

The T50's are stated to be on sale at about £2.5 million each

 

[Gillstay]

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Facel Vega HK500 is one of my favorite designs , I've only ever seen one up close and it stopped me in my tracks for several minutes.

I love the interior of them. Looks like a spot you could sit and read a good book for hours !

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 22nd

Jake Wrights
Burley-in-Wharfedale

En-route home from Ilkley
I used to go here, years ago, & was surprised/very pleased to see it was still open

https://www.jakewright.com/

https://www.jakewright.com/vehicles/classic-land-rover-series-3-low-mileage

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Spotted, but sadly no photographs for you all

Monday; orange (mk2) RS2000
Tuesday; red mk1 Escort, with 'forest'(?) arches

I can't be certain it wasn't the same driver
Same location though;
High Green Road
Lee Brigg
(which runs between Altofts & Normanton)

Both looked damned good!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

It must be the time of the year?

I've just taken daughter to work, in Wakefield
Heading back home along Doncaster Road/A638, on the stretch between Wakefield Bridge ('Chantry' bridge) & the rugbyist grounds, a Daihatsu F20 came the other way
It was a very faded red (or maybe in red primer?), and on a 'T' registration (78 - 79)

I can remember them arriving in this country, & had a ride in a demonstrator, at a country fair (at Nostell Priory)
Crikey, they were a solid ride, the Land Rovers of the time, on their leaf-springs, seemed like air-suspension in comparison

More to the point, I'm surprised any have survived

This shape

 

[tyred]

It must be the time of the year?

I've just taken daughter to work, in Wakefield
Heading back home along Doncaster Road/A638, on the stretch between Wakefield Bridge ('Chantry' bridge) & the rugbyist grounds, a Daihatsu F20 came the other way
It was a very faded red (or maybe in red primer?), and on a 'T' registration (78 - 79)

I can remember them arriving in this country, & had a ride in a demonstrator, at a country fair (at Nostell Priory)
Crikey, they were a solid ride, the Land Rovers of the time, on their leaf-springs, seemed like air-suspension in comparison

More to the point, I'm surprised any have survived

This shape
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I remember them. A neighbour had one, mostly constructed from Isopon and newspaper as I recall but very capable off road. Not that capable on it (unless you're comparing it to a Fordson tractor!).

So many people say Japanese cars are boring but they did build some interesting things at times, like this, Suzuki Whizzkids or the original Toyota Lite Ace with the column gear change which was a very practical and well designed little van. I would love a Lite Ace (just don't crash it).

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

@tyred

I had a Bedford Rascal (Suzuki Supercarry) for a couple of years, in the early - mid 90s
Scary as hell on a motorway, & even worse on a wet roundabout......... and on spilt diesel

It did make a reasonable bike-carrier, & changing room though, as I had it when I was doing a lot of MTB racing & CX)

The dents on the front, are from trying to push me out, when it got stuck (which was very easy to do!)