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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22429 Location: UK
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Churchill Johnson
Joined: 11 Jan 2011 Posts: 359 Location: Rayleigh Essex
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2021 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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Twin axle transit as well, lol. |
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4751 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2021 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Churchill Johnson wrote: | Twin xle transit as well, lol. |
Twin axle or Twin wheel, rear axle? _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
V8 V10 |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6286 Location: Derby
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2021 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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Penman wrote: | Hi
Churchill Johnson wrote: | Twin xle transit as well, lol. |
Twin axle or Twin wheel, rear axle? |
Twin wheel axle.
I used to drive a (now rare) petrol 190 Transit with the twin wheels. They gave much better grip than the later LWB transits. The Diesel chassis was available for Luton vans for years afterwards.
(For years I used Roy Wood Transits, Wokingham, who started in 1970 and amazingly is still going!) |
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Rootes75
Joined: 30 Apr 2013 Posts: 3788 Location: The Somerset Levels
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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Out for a boxing day wander with the dog and down through the village trundled a very nice Traction Engine.
I did recognise it as belonging to a chap in the next village, its a ploughing engine rather than a showmans engine and its in a lovely working condition. _________________ Various Rootes Vehicles. |
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MikeEdwards
Joined: 25 May 2011 Posts: 2466 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2022 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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A few from the local VSCC meeting on New Years Day
_________________ 1976 Vauxhall HP Firenza, 1976 Vauxhall Sportshatch (x2), 1986 Audi coupe quattro, 2000 Audi TT |
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Rootes75
Joined: 30 Apr 2013 Posts: 3788 Location: The Somerset Levels
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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Travelled to the midlands yesterday, saw lots on a very wet M5 but of note was a lovely wartime Dodge 6x4 being transported. It was restored but getting very wet on the back of the transporter! _________________ Various Rootes Vehicles. |
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Rick Site Admin
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6286 Location: Derby
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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Not that I am likely to be a member of the VSCC but I understand that the rare MG TB is eligible for their events but the TC is not!
The cars are basically the same.
As they say across the pond........ "go figure" |
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7113 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:17 am Post subject: |
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In vintage terms you have to draw the line somewhere. '30s cars aren't really vintage, only post vintage. So even the cars of the '30s are only just tolerated.
Peter _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6286 Location: Derby
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 11:14 am Post subject: |
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peter scott wrote: | In vintage terms you have to draw the line somewhere. '30s cars aren't really vintage, only post vintage. So even the cars of the '30s are only just tolerated.
Peter |
My Austin Swallow was manufactured in September 1930 ... so "vintage". Another Swallow built exactly the same a few months later is designated "post vintage".
This is what happens when you use an arbitrary cut off date. I am, however, happy with the status quo even if it is somewhat irrational.
The difficulty is explaining to the uninitiated why a car labelled "vintage" is not necessarily any better than one that is not. |
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Crashbox
Joined: 30 Apr 2021 Posts: 139
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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I've heard/read that 'big' changes are coming in at the VSCC, which includes the inclusion of a list of cars as late as 1955. _________________ 1989 2CV
1932 Morris Minor S.V. Two-Seater |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22429 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Crashbox wrote: | I've heard/read that 'big' changes are coming in at the VSCC, which includes the inclusion of a list of cars as late as 1955. |
There's the VSCC's "Post Vintage Thoroughbred" list which lists cars post-1930 that they're willing to allow take part in vintage club events already, so maybe they're looking to expand it. It was enlarged a little a few years back when the early 30s sidevalve Minors were allowed to play. Post-war HRGs are also on the list already I think, I can't see them allowing a great number of post-war cars all of a sudden though, even stretching to all 1930s cars seems a little unlikely.
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6286 Location: Derby
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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They still won't want my TC; not because it has a supercharger ...but because it has the "wrong" supercharger. |
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Crashbox
Joined: 30 Apr 2021 Posts: 139
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Rick wrote: | Crashbox wrote: | I've heard/read that 'big' changes are coming in at the VSCC, which includes the inclusion of a list of cars as late as 1955. |
There's the VSCC's "Post Vintage Thoroughbred" list which lists cars post-1930 that they're willing to allow take part in vintage club events already, so maybe they're looking to expand it. It was enlarged a little a few years back when the early 30s sidevalve Minors were allowed to play. Post-war HRGs are also on the list already I think, I can't see them allowing a great number of post-war cars all of a sudden though, even stretching to all 1930s cars seems a little unlikely.
RJ |
Yes, I was made aware of the change from 'grey porridge' to Post Vintage Thoroughbred status when it passed back in 2017, though I have no doubts there is still a hardcore of the membership that still calls the SV Minor 'grey porridge'. It's a far better car than many Vintage cars that 'make the grade' _________________ 1989 2CV
1932 Morris Minor S.V. Two-Seater |
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