tazzieman Posted 17August, 2016 Report Share Posted 17August, 2016 Each 70s Rolls Royce Corniche took 6 months to build. Sometimes it took a worker a whole week just to install the rear seats.That's slow , not bespoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macca Posted 17August, 2016 Report Share Posted 17August, 2016 Nuts, I would love to own a marque from a true coach builder. Never will, but it would be nice. A RollsRoyce does not break down. it 'fails to proceed.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 17August, 2016 Author Report Share Posted 17August, 2016 I would love to own a marque from a true coach builder. Never will, but it would be nice. A RollsRoyce does not break down. it 'fails to proceed.'Likewise a Bentley. Friend of mine has just bought a magnificent 1952 rare Bentley saloon for 18 grand...local knowledge...Bentleys get the nod from me , with motorsports heritage. Mind you , RR engines powered planes and military vehicles, including my uncle's fabulous Humber Pig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TINGY Posted 17August, 2016 Report Share Posted 17August, 2016 Airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that are saved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 17August, 2016 Author Report Share Posted 17August, 2016 Airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that are savedI believe a greater safety device would be a spike in the region of the horn pad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macca Posted 17August, 2016 Report Share Posted 17August, 2016 Likewise a Bentley. Friend of mine has just bought a magnificent 1952 rare Bentley saloon for 18 grand...local knowledge..Beautiful, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 17August, 2016 Report Share Posted 17August, 2016 Fuchs wheel, often (if not always) linked to 911s, but Fuchs made/ make many different wheels... the ones on my 928 are Fuchs.Interesting that Fuchs call the 911 wheels Porsche "windmill-wheels", not quite the same ring to it.....As a side note they also restore older wheels.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 17August, 2016 Report Share Posted 17August, 2016 Toyota only made one convertible 2000gt. It was used for filming 'you only live twice'. It had the roof cut off both because Sean Connery didn't fit and because the shape didn't lend itself to good filming. Strictly speaking it is a spyder because there actially wasn't a roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macca Posted 18August, 2016 Report Share Posted 18August, 2016 Toyota only made one convertible 2000gt. It was used for filming 'you only live twice'. It had the roof cut off both because Sean Connery didn't fit and because the shape didn't lend itself to good filming. Strictly speaking it is a spyder because there actially wasn't a roof.The speed in which the Japanese engineered it is equally impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 18August, 2016 Report Share Posted 18August, 2016 Toyota only made one convertible 2000gt. It was used for filming 'you only live twice'. It had the roof cut off both because Sean Connery didn't fit and because the shape didn't lend itself to good filming. Strictly speaking it is a spyder because there actially wasn't a roof.And in the movie Connery didn't drive it. The girl did. Why? He was too big and couldn't get under the steering wheel. Think the car was lengthened as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 18August, 2016 Report Share Posted 18August, 2016 Speaking of which I got to see my first 2000gt last week. Sadly in a museum garage where no cameras allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew F Posted 18August, 2016 Report Share Posted 18August, 2016 I believe a greater safety device would be a spike in the region of the horn pad.ah la early Hyundai excel. If you knew what was behind the dash padding of one of thoe youd never drive one, let alone have a crash in one. Anyway, who names a car after a computer program? Honey, I'm just foing to the dealer to pick up our new adode acrobat reader GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 18August, 2016 Report Share Posted 18August, 2016 ah la early Hyundai excel. If you knew what was behind the dash padding of one of thoe youd never drive one, let alone have a crash in one. Anyway, who names a car after a computer program? Honey, I'm just foing to the dealer to pick up our new adode acrobat reader GT.Or you could just call it a Pajero.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 18August, 2016 Report Share Posted 18August, 2016 Aka, wanker (if people didn't know already) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 18August, 2016 Report Share Posted 18August, 2016 Anyway, who names a car after a computer program?Still better than Subaru "Levorg", which was voted worst...name...ever (by me, this morning). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted 19August, 2016 Report Share Posted 19August, 2016 ... Which is "Grovel" backwards... what do they drink in the Naming Section of Subaru? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 19August, 2016 Report Share Posted 19August, 2016 ... Which is "Grovel" backwards... what do they drink in the Naming Section of Subaru?Not sure, but they seem to share it around all the Japanese auto manufacturers..... Porsche designed the V-Rod Harley engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 19August, 2016 Author Report Share Posted 19August, 2016 ... Which is "Grovel" backwards... what do they drink in the Naming Section of Subaru?The Levarg might have worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonN Posted 19August, 2016 Report Share Posted 19August, 2016 Talking about car names, I could never look at a TVR again with any degree of seriousness after I learnt the name was short for TreVoR after its founder. It started as Trevcar until renamed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 19August, 2016 Author Report Share Posted 19August, 2016 Whenever I see "HRT", I see "hormone replacement therapy". HSV is herpes simplex virus. You'll be holden on to that thought forever now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 19August, 2016 Author Report Share Posted 19August, 2016 reposited post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 19August, 2016 Report Share Posted 19August, 2016 A Mercedes r107 SL cost twice as much as a convertible e-type when they came out. The r107 ran just 6 years shorter than the first 911 chassis (901-3.2) and changed even less than the 911 in that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macca Posted 19August, 2016 Report Share Posted 19August, 2016 Porsche designed the V-Rod Harley engine.wow, Not a bad effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TINGY Posted 19August, 2016 Report Share Posted 19August, 2016 Flat asphalt roads were first made for cyclists not cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 19August, 2016 Report Share Posted 19August, 2016 Ferdinand Porsche :- invented the first petrol/electric hybrid- worked for Mercedes, auto-Union and Volkswagen (well, the nazis)- was a member of the nazi party as well as the SS- invented a tiger tank which was powerful but unreliable- was imprisoned as a war criminal by the French - formed a company called Dr inf cf Porsche (check your compliance plate) but never actually attended university, it was an honorary title - got paid a royalty for every beetle ever produced - invented the mid engine, rear drive racing car used almost everywhere - was a chauffeur for Archduke Ferdinand at one point, who was later assisinated when his chauffeur (not Porsche) took a wrong turn, sparking World War One - died not long after actually starting to build cars with the company which bears his name- was not actually German by birth Makes for a fascinating life story. I reckon would make a great biographic movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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