Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[petelang]

Sadly, the average council / supermarket park space is still based on the Austin.
Park next to one of these moderns and you come back to dented doors!

Most of the bulk, I guess, is to house the air bags?
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Daimler Fifteen 1934
Armstrong Siddeley 15 Long 1933
Daimler V8 250 1969

[peter scott]

People are getting fatter so car manufacturers need to make fat cars.

Perhaps people will get control of their intake / exercise a bit like smoking has decreased and then we might get smaller cars again.

Peter.
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1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon

[Penman]

Hi
Car doors are getting fatter as well. Compare the thickness of the A40 doors with a modern equivalent model.
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Bristols should always come in pairs.

Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
V8 V10

[Keith D]

Actually the A40 doors are thicker than one would think. They cover a running board that is hidden when the door is closed.

Keith
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1926 Chrysler 60 tourer
1932 Austin Seven RN long wheelbase box sedan
1950 Austin A40 tourer
1999 BMW Z3
Its weird being the same age as old people.
You are either part of the problem or part of the solution

[petelang]

Perhaps if Governments introduced a tax depending on size /volume of cars we would see an instant rise in smaller compact vehicles.
Maybe we'd all be driving around in Peels?
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Daimler Fifteen 1934
Armstrong Siddeley 15 Long 1933
Daimler V8 250 1969

[Miken]

[Bitumen Boy]

[bjacko]

In the old days cars were taxed on engine size which kept big cars to lower numbers. That's why Austin 7's, Morris 8's etc were so popular even with people who were relatively well off. Most big cars were chauffeur driven.

[Ray White]

I couldn't help thinking that there were some really bulky cars in the past. The Jaguar MK10 takes some beating!

[Miken]

My electric fan arrived yesterday.
Its a glorious sunny day today, Ive just had a positive Covid LFT (and feel fine). As im not going anywhere for a few days now, I might as well fit it.
I just wont be able to test it properly yet.

[Miken]

I found a relay and have connected it all up quickly using Penguin45's drawing to try it.
It all seems to function well so now to tidy up the wiring.

[MVPeters]

Miken
(I imagine the fan itself is to the right of the thermo switch, shown as a ground icon).
Have you considered wiring the thermo switch in parallel with the manual switch?
Right now the thermo will only activate the fan if the manual switch is on; if you put it in parallel, the manual will trigger the fan OR the thermo will do it automatically. If the thermo switch fails, you can still operate the fan manually.
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2002 MINI Cooper 'S'

[Miken]

[Miken]

The last few weeks I've had a small problem with the truck that left me scratching my head.
On 4 occasions now I've been coming home after a 30-40 mile trip.
I go through the long tunnel on the A27. as I drive past the 2 big cell phone masts, the engine falters like it's going to conk out, then it picks up and it's fine again once I've gone past.
The first 2 times it took me by surprise. The 3rd time I wondered if it would do it again and it did. The 4th the I was getting paranoid and was starting to think it was the dreaded 5G interfering with my electronic ignition.
Lying in bed wearing my tin foil hat to protect me, the penny dropped and it dawned on me that the Shoreham by-pass is a long straight road, the phone masts are on a long uphill incline. I've been driving at a constant speed and give it a bit more welly when I come the hill to maintain speed and the carb is starved of fuel. Just past the masts it levels off and the engine picks up.
Turned out to be a blocked fuel filter. The mechanical pump was forcing it in but not much was coming out the other side.
All sorted now and tin foil hat is in the bin.
Ps. I've just googled tin foil hat and there are actually people selling them!

[Ray White]

I don't have a tin foil hat...no... but I do have a pith helmet just in case Boris decides to recolonise the Indian sub continent and re form the British Empire!