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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22429 Location: UK
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alastairq
Joined: 14 Oct 2016 Posts: 1950 Location: East Yorkshire
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Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:35 am Post subject: |
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An excellent find, Rick...[although I spotted it earlier]....
The Standard 8 [as shown], really was the very first car I ever had the chance to take a screwdriver to.......as a very early teenager.
An uncle had one as his 'own' car [he mainly had 'company' cars..usually Ford 100E's, but, at the time I refer to, a Vauxhall Viva HB]....it was a pale blue in colour, and I never saw it with its hood down. It really didn't run, and was stuck in the garage..I managed to get it started, but could not move it. Eventually [after a typical family fall-out, so I was persona non grata] it was 'removed' by some 'local 'lads to rebuild...ended up in a field somewhere, I believe?
It was also the first car to inflict a 'road traffic' injury on myself.
{ I was subsequently run down by an Austin Cambridge...pre-Farina...but suffered nothing more than bruising and scuffs to knees...normal in the days when lads always wore short trousers?]
As a 4-5 year old, I was being driven by my uncle when he suddenly braked to a halt, I was hurled forwards, my forehead putting a crack in the windscreen, and a bloody cut or two on my head. Aunt was very concerned about me [after all, who was going to do the washing up??], but uncle was more concerned about the windscreen.
Says it all about families, eh? |
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roverdriver
Joined: 18 Oct 2008 Posts: 1210 Location: 100 miles from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Like alitairq, I too have fond memories of one of these. An interesting car to drive, if one likes low-powered machinery, and I did at the time. New owner beware- my experience was that brakes were reasonable when going forwards but failed completely in reverse. _________________ Dane- roverdriver but not a Viking. |
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Rootes75
Joined: 30 Apr 2013 Posts: 3788 Location: The Somerset Levels
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Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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I too saw this one pop up on ebay, I'd take it if I had the room! _________________ Various Rootes Vehicles. |
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4751 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 10:48 am Post subject: |
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Hi
roverdriver wrote: | Like alitairq, I too have fond memories of one of these. An interesting car to drive, if one likes low-powered machinery, and I did at the time. New owner beware- my experience was that brakes were reasonable when going forwards but failed completely in reverse. |
Did they, by any chance, have twin leading shoes?
That can be a source of poor brakes going backwards because they then become twin trailing shoes. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7113 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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I think they had a really iniquitous system of cable brakes using a central cross shaft. The brakes all round were leading and trailing shoe.
Peter _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon |
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