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Post by Del Boy on Jan 3, 2019 23:41:14 GMT
Well I've enjoyed looking through three batches of fine automotive history. Of this years offerings I found myself really admiring the American cars. I used to dislike a lot of their stuff but it has grown on me over the years and I really like a lot of the 50s to 70s period yank tanks. Would love to drive one. Anyone ever owned one? Thanks Samuel for smudging and posting this annual look at some fine automotive classics
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Jan 4, 2019 15:51:11 GMT
Lovely pics as ever Sam, I love the yank tanks too in particular the Mustangs and the Charger.
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Post by Villain on Jan 4, 2019 16:48:46 GMT
Fantastic eye watering collection of vehicles there Sam, many thanks for sharing those. I think if I had to choose one car 'to take home' it would be the Lamborghini Urraco, a very rare sight these days, even at shows like Brooklands. Can't quite tell if it's actually a RHD example (only fifty two built in RHD) but it's certainly a welcome sight . The prototype was unveiled in 1970 but production didn't start until late '72, the plan was to build about a thousand a year but because of various problems at the factory and elsewhere (mainly because of Communist Party infiltration amongst union workers and so much of Lamborghini's development budget going towards the Countach project) less than eight hundred were built and sold between 1972 and 1979. Agree with Del Boy on the yank motors, I haven't really paid much attention to them over the years but that is a vary tasty selection it has to be said. Villain
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Post by Sam Tyler on Jan 4, 2019 19:50:50 GMT
The Urraco is a left hand drive. I've uploaded a bigger picture for you, just click on the image below for a 1500 x 900 .jpg Sam.
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Post by Cartman on Jan 4, 2019 20:56:30 GMT
Yes I quite like classic period American stuff between the 50s and 70s. Some of the late 50s ones were practically works of art and sculpture while the 60s and 70s were cool
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Post by Del Boy on Jan 4, 2019 23:21:32 GMT
It's not unusual to have V8 power and 7.0 litre engines
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Post by Villain on Jan 5, 2019 15:35:20 GMT
The Urraco is a left hand drive. I've uploaded a bigger picture for you, just click on the image below for a 1500 x 900 .jpg Sam. Thanks Sam . It's a late one too, one of only two hundred and five 3-litre models and one of only twenty nine built in 1977 when sales were slipping, only sixteen more Urracos were built after that. Probably imported into the UK in 1981 going by the reg' number. The 3-litre was much more reliable than the earlier 2.5-litre cars which had belt driven cams and suffered catastrophic engine failures if not looked after properly! Villain
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Post by Batgirl on Jan 25, 2019 10:43:30 GMT
"Another year over and a new once just begun" meant that once again I was back at Brooklands today for this year's New Year's Day Gathering. A slightly better event this year with more cars and bikes than for the past couple of years. The milder weather seems to have worked in our favour. As with previous years the first smudges are my indulgence for a handful of bikes:
End of part one...Sam. Only just catching up on pics now. Lovely pics of cars from this show Sam. One day I would like to get to Brooklands. You always mention your love of bikes at shows. Do you have a bike yourself Sam or used to ?
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Post by Sam Tyler on Jan 28, 2019 22:36:16 GMT
You always mention your love of bikes at shows. Do you have a bike yourself Sam or used to ? I had a number of bikes from the age of 16 up until Annie and I got hitched then the last one had to go in favour of four wheels due to our commute and not being able to afford both. After a number of years I bought a Honda motocross bike that is still sat out in the garage but I have plans for that when we build a new garage and I get a hydraulic workbench for working on the bikes. The last road bike I had I've always bitterly regretted moving it on. This was it below, bought brand new on 1st August '79 and the photo taken in about '81: Bringing us more up to date and after a long search I picked this one up in September 2016 that was registered five months after my original: I haven't resprayed the wheels gold yet as I did on my original but I have managed to obtain a "New Old Stock" chrome front mudguard and chrome grabrail as there would have been from the factory. I won't be letting go of this one any time soon. Sam.
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Post by Cartman on Jan 29, 2019 8:29:18 GMT
Nice bikes Sam. I've never had a bike, in fact I've only ever ridden one once, an 80cc Yamaha, but I've always liked them and can see the interest and appeal. A bloke I used to know when I used to help out at the East Lancs Railway was a bike fan and he had A great collection of old British ones, a Norton 350 and three BSAs.
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