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petelang
Joined: 21 May 2009 Posts: 446 Location: Nottingham
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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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? _________________ Daimler Fifteen 1934 (now sold)
Armstrong Siddeley 15 Long 1933
Daimler V8 250 1969 |
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7122 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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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. _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4765 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Car doors are getting fatter as well. Compare the thickness of the A40 doors with a modern equivalent model. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
V8 V10 |
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Keith D
Joined: 16 Oct 2008 Posts: 1130 Location: Upper Swan, Western Australia
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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Actually the A40 doors are thicker than one would think. They cover a running board that is hidden when the door is closed.
Keith _________________ 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 |
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petelang
Joined: 21 May 2009 Posts: 446 Location: Nottingham
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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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? _________________ Daimler Fifteen 1934 (now sold)
Armstrong Siddeley 15 Long 1933
Daimler V8 250 1969 |
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Miken
Joined: 24 Dec 2012 Posts: 544
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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Keith D wrote: | Actually the A40 doors are thicker than one would think. They cover a running board that is hidden when the door is closed.
Keith |
Yes I can confirm that they are a whopping 8" thick almost, at the front! (I just checked).
Which is why the cabin is so small/cosy. |
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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012 Posts: 1735 Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:29 am Post subject: |
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peter scott wrote: | 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. |
I'm not sure on this one... never been exactly skinny and IMO the older cars are generally more accomodating of the larger driver because they're not cluttered up inside with massive centre consoles and other lumps of hard (and generally unnecessary) plastic. As far as modern vehicles are concerned, vans can be far more comfortable than a car of equivalent size, again because the internal clutter isn't there. |
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bjacko
Joined: 28 Oct 2013 Posts: 364 Location: Melbourne Australia
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 6:26 am Post subject: austin A40 Pickup |
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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. |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6337 Location: Derby
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:21 am Post subject: |
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I couldn't help thinking that there were some really bulky cars in the past. The Jaguar MK10 takes some beating! |
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Miken
Joined: 24 Dec 2012 Posts: 544
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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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.
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Miken
Joined: 24 Dec 2012 Posts: 544
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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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.
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MVPeters
Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Posts: 822 Location: Northern MA, USA
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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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. _________________ Mike - MVPeters at comcast.net
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Miken
Joined: 24 Dec 2012 Posts: 544
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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MVPeters wrote: | 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. |
Yes, you are correct, the fan motor, not shown on the sketch, is to the right of the thermostat switch.
The manual switch on the drawing is actually the ignition switch as you recommended to me in Rays MG thread yesterday.
Thanks
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Miken
Joined: 24 Dec 2012 Posts: 544
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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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! |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6337 Location: Derby
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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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!
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