One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Richard A Thackeray]

Fitting windows and rear seats to vans was a fairly common pass time well into the seventies.

When my father was a butcher, & working in a shop in Morley (south-west of Leeds), he used one of their Bedford HA vans
That had a seat (planks of wood!) set on the wheelarches for me

 

[DRM]

My first job we would travel the length & breadth of the U.K & Ireland installing amusement machines & bingo gear, we had a Fiat Daily van with a settee jammed in the back, quite comfy, but not exactly compliant under construction & Use Regulations

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Sadly it's busted at the moment but they envisage fixing it. A nice snippet is only a relatively small motor is needed as the weight is balanced and only friction needs to be overcome. Doesn't matter how much the boat weighs as it displaces it's own weight of water

One caisson back in use next Spring, t'other late summer/autumn I read.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 6th

Tex-Mex Motors
Netflix

(aka 'Borderland Customs')

A 1975 'W115', & a 300D, the driver/vendor states

Sold for $35,000
I'm not sure how old the programme is/when produced

 

[figbat]

On my walk today…

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Hmm

I'll have to see if I'm on day-off
https://www.themotorist.com/events/all-out-american-02-05-26/

 

[tyred]

Seen a very red Scirocco today, haven't seen one in a long time. From the time VW built cars I actually liked!

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

Seen a very red Scirocco today, haven't seen one in a long time. From the time VW built cars I actually liked!

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Oh… I did so lust after one of those when I was younger and couldn’t afford it.

I’m currently shopping for a new car, the retirement purchase that I want to last. I’d like a gas “car” but living in Canada my options are extremely limited. It’s all SUVs, trucks and hybrids over here. I’m not interested in anything with a battery on board as I plan to keep it for a long time. I saw a gorgeous 3.5 litre Lexus sedan the other day, but the dealer tells me they only do hybrid sedans now.


dammit!

 

[Drago]

Batteries degrade at a slower rate than ICE engines wear.

 

[Profpointy]

A rather nice Stag on the weekend. Looks like an everyday user car, thought still in rather nice condition

 

[Profpointy]

Batteries degrade at a slower rate than ICE engines wear.

Is that true ?
My IC cars have all got through quite a few batteries each and only a couple have had a even a single engine rebuild. And phone batteries last maybe 3 or 4 years

I take it modern traction batteries are a different technology

 

[Drago]

Is that true ?

Yes, that's official.

Modern batteries are nkw more often than not LiFePo4, with active cooling and heating g, very clever charging management, etc.

 

[Ian H]

E saw this when she was in Londinium.

 

[gbb]

Batteries degrade at a slower rate than ICE engines wear.

Colleague at a former works had an early Prius that had done a lot of miles (can't remember the amount but between 100k and 200k, probably at the higher end..it was still on its original hybrid battery

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Colleague at a former works had an early Prius that had done a lot of miles (can't remember the amount but between 100k and 200k, probably at the higher end..it was still on its original hybrid battery

They all are.