sydr Posted 4April, 2013 Report Share Posted 4April, 2013 I think it's No. 92 ...on the side of a tiger moth maybe? really easy now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 4April, 2013 Report Share Posted 4April, 2013 Too easy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM911 Posted 7April, 2013 Author Report Share Posted 7April, 2013 IT'S THUNDERBIRD 2!! (Hang on a minute - International Rescue didn't have a car! What the...?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 7April, 2013 Report Share Posted 7April, 2013 Penelope did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydr Posted 7April, 2013 Report Share Posted 7April, 2013 So, it seems you may be too young to recognise this one, not surprising, it is from the late nineteen twenties. Most people, when they think of Bentley, immediately think "Blower Bentley" but in fact the blower cars contributed little to the Bentley legend because they kept on blowing up. The race victories came initially from the smaller 3Litre cars, and then Mr Bentley set the trend that Porsche was to follow. He took his 'town car' chassis, a large truck like device of 6 and a half litres, and created the 'RS' version that Porsche was to emulate 60 odd years later. He called his racing version of his town car the 'Speed 6' and built just 182 of these. The car in the photograph is known as "Old no 2" and was the no 2 team car of the Le Mans winning team. The car in the foreground is one of the early lightweight cars, that in the background is a typical town carriage and was what Mr B used as the basis for his racing version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 7April, 2013 Report Share Posted 7April, 2013 Saw this yesterday. How about a spot of fine tuning from the cockpit , for gents who care not to dirty their hands? WTH is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 8April, 2013 Report Share Posted 8April, 2013 Its Variocam or Vetec from the 20s. You can advance and retard the ignition to help with starting, then give it maximum advance for more power. Also a fuel mixture control to help with the same procedure. Just think of it as a 1920's Motec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 8April, 2013 Report Share Posted 8April, 2013 He took his 'town car' chassis, a large truck like device of 6 and a half litres, Didn't Ettore Bugatti call them fast lorries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydr Posted 8April, 2013 Report Share Posted 8April, 2013 Mr Bugatti, when asked why Bentley usually beat his works of art on long distance races replied "They are the fastest lorries in the world." As for the photograph of the steering controls above, allow me to explain: Most modern cars have auto advance/retard. Modern starters are not too fussed if the spark fires when the piston has not yet reached Top Dead Centre. However, if you are cranking by hand and the engine fires before you have cranked over TDC, you will score an almighty smack and will prolly break your arm. Early starter motors have a spring to absorb the shock of a spark that happens too soon, but if the driver neglects to retard the spark (via the control on the wheel in the photograph) the starter motor will eventually lunch the spring. The other controls are as explained, what your ecu does for you; adjust the mixture, set the idle or fast running - can be used as a hand throttle - early cruise control. The pilots of an early motor car are quite busy; once set for the journey the mixture control is usually ok, but the spark advance will be varied all the time according to engine revs and load. Accelerator pedal may be in the middle between the clutch and brake, dependant upon age of the car and manufacturer. There will likely be no syncromesh on what are probably straight cut gears. Some cars had a device called a clutch brake, which slows the gears down to make double declutching (on the way up and on the way down) a little faster. The driver has to judge the road speed, decide what gear he/she wants and how much to rev (double declutches on the way down), or how long to wait in neutral (double declutches without giving a rev on the way up) and then time the actual change. It is easy to miss a gear under those circumstances, in which case some drivers have to stop the vehicle and start all over again. And you think our early air cooled cars are hard core? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted 8April, 2013 Report Share Posted 8April, 2013 here's another - the hubcaps have something to do with it but are not the answer. I've only ever heard of one (which my dad saw in Adelaide) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 8April, 2013 Report Share Posted 8April, 2013 The pilots of an early motor car are quite busy; That's why they didn't have radios!! Driving a vintage car sure is challenging. But when you get a big Hisso or 30/98 up and going and it's flying down the road at 80mph skipping and dancing over the bumps.... well there is nothing quite like it. Very addictive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 8April, 2013 Report Share Posted 8April, 2013 Dannenhauer & Stauss roadster. Very cute cars. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=449909 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydr Posted 8April, 2013 Report Share Posted 8April, 2013 That's why they didn't have radios!! Driving a vintage car sure is challenging. But when you get a big Hisso or 30/98 up and going and it's flying down the road at 80mph skipping and dancing over the bumps.... well there is nothing quite like it. Very addictive. Is this the voice of experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 8April, 2013 Report Share Posted 8April, 2013 HMM. Yes to work on some of them years ago. Test drives were a lot of fun on the big cars. Mind you - a lot of the little ones were crap too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Man Posted 8April, 2013 Report Share Posted 8April, 2013 Has to be a MG or an Austin.At least this spammer knows they are actually on a car forum!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 8April, 2013 Report Share Posted 8April, 2013 As for the photograph of the steering controls above, allow me to explain: Thanks for the clear explanation! The vehicle in question is a RR Silver Ghost 1920-something ; I forgot to take an exterior pic this time. They are exquisitely built , everything just oozes quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel Posted 15April, 2013 Report Share Posted 15April, 2013 here's another - the hubcaps have something to do with it but are not the answer. I've only ever heard of one (which my dad saw in Adelaide) They are cool. One is kicking round Canberra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveT Posted 18April, 2013 Report Share Posted 18April, 2013 How do I post decent sized images here please peeps? I have a pic of a car that I want to put up but can only load 148Kb file size, too small to see the car properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJames Posted 18April, 2013 Report Share Posted 18April, 2013 Sign up for photobucket or similar, and then link using img tags.Photobucket makes it easy and provides the img tags for your to copy and paste directly into here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveT Posted 19April, 2013 Report Share Posted 19April, 2013 Spotted this on the way to work this morning, real long bonnet, 2 seater, anyone know what it is? Sorry I could only get a rear ender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveT Posted 19April, 2013 Report Share Posted 19April, 2013 Sign up for photobucket or similar, and then link using img tags. Photobucket makes it easy and provides the img tags for your to copy and paste directly into here. Thanks JJ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted 19April, 2013 Report Share Posted 19April, 2013 Spotted this on the way to work this morning, real long bonnet, 2 seater, anyone know what it is? Sorry I could only get a rear enderThat could be the Batmobile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted 19April, 2013 Report Share Posted 19April, 2013 Bentley 3.5 litre or something I think, with a coachbuilt body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted 19April, 2013 Report Share Posted 19April, 2013 It certainly looks like a Bentley badge, but has it got an "8" in it and not the normal B?looks like some sort of modified machine but running original type wheels. Weird... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveT Posted 19April, 2013 Report Share Posted 19April, 2013 Yes it looked modified and had a long enough bonnet for a straight 8 to be lurking underneath. It was in really good condition body wise and no snail from the lights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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