Andy J
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Oh the joys of driving old Bedford RL army trucks, no synchro and no heaters either. You bloody well froze whether you were riding in the front or the back of the truck. 
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M types and TLs no better.Oh the joys of driving old Bedford RL army trucks, no synchro and no heaters either. You bloody well froze whether you were riding in the front or the back of the truck.
Did have a heater in the M type. Never seemed to work though.
Max
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I think my parent’s first vehicle was one of those, farm and family duties. I can very vaguely remember my mother operating the windscreen wipers.Oh the joys of driving old Bedford RL army trucks, no synchro and no heaters either. You bloody well froze whether you were riding in the front or the back of the truck.
Alzero
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First test of our traveling beach shade in brisk winds. I know it’s not car or bike related, but we saw these on the beach in Spain and I thought they were so novel that I had to copy them. The sail floats overhead in the breeze and there is a large square of shade below.
The arch is replacement tent pole sections that plug together, the cloth is a thin Indian sari that is clipped to the arch with clothes pins.
In winds that were about as high as we would tolerate on a day at the beach the shade flew above and was fairly quiet. A few days later in lighter winds it just silently hovered over our heads.
Since the photos, I had the two Sari halves sewn together and a pocket sewn in at each end so it only needs two clothes pins now: the fiberglass whips just slide into the pocket at the end of the sail and the pins hold it taut. The arch is stabilized by a cord attached to the storage bag which is buried in the sand about 4 to 5 m in front of the arch.
Here it is stowed. The poles fit into my traveling bag in the channel between the two sides of the handle and two sails fold up into a tiny bundle. Total cost: 35 SG$ for the tent pole repair kit with 11 sections, 25 SG$ for each sari and 800 bhat to have two saris sewn into sails. So total cost 65 USD with a spare sail.
We go to the beach nearly every day, so having our own easily portable shade instead of renting an umbrella for protection is a big money saver.
The arch is replacement tent pole sections that plug together, the cloth is a thin Indian sari that is clipped to the arch with clothes pins.
In winds that were about as high as we would tolerate on a day at the beach the shade flew above and was fairly quiet. A few days later in lighter winds it just silently hovered over our heads.
Since the photos, I had the two Sari halves sewn together and a pocket sewn in at each end so it only needs two clothes pins now: the fiberglass whips just slide into the pocket at the end of the sail and the pins hold it taut. The arch is stabilized by a cord attached to the storage bag which is buried in the sand about 4 to 5 m in front of the arch.
Here it is stowed. The poles fit into my traveling bag in the channel between the two sides of the handle and two sails fold up into a tiny bundle. Total cost: 35 SG$ for the tent pole repair kit with 11 sections, 25 SG$ for each sari and 800 bhat to have two saris sewn into sails. So total cost 65 USD with a spare sail.
We go to the beach nearly every day, so having our own easily portable shade instead of renting an umbrella for protection is a big money saver.
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chrisk
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If you get bored, you’ll be able to convert it into a kite.
Alzero
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We like the sun, I just have too many skin cancers and don’t want to give it up entirely. So we relax on the sand, swim and listen to music and read in the shade. This way we can get sun and shade and still be on clean tide swept sand, it’s dirty under the trees!
Tippie
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You can still get burnt sitting under a small patch of shade at the beach. Sunscreen and covering up.
motoddrob
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Ignor the poms, they have no idea about beach culture. You see them on the beaches in Perth, usually bright red after a day getting a suntan.
Usually followed by blisters.
Usually followed by blisters.
My Mum must have driven things like that. She was a lorry driver during WW2 in Burma. Lorries with troops and a canon behind. She ended up in theatre for the troops in India.Oh the joys of driving old Bedford RL army trucks, no synchro and no heaters either. You bloody well froze whether you were riding in the front or the back of the truck.
Paul
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GregT
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They're an intriguing feat of wooden engineering. Years back now I walked into a mates car tuning shop and there was one the same shape up on the hoist. Interesting to see how they're a bunch of stressed boxes screwed together. Seem to be pretty stiff for the weight too.
The one I saw had I think a Volvo engine fitted.
The one I saw had I think a Volvo engine fitted.
a14rgs
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The Sock
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This interesting old girl belongs to a pal of mine and I like to think I had some small part in its creation. One night over a beer he asked if I had any suggestions as to how to make his 1926 four cylinder Dodge go a bit better. "Why don't you put a flathead Ford in it?" says I, never for one minute thinking he'd actually go and do it. Two years later this turned up on the driveway...
Andy J
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Nice motor Bob. I’m just amazed how clean it is having driven up your road recently!
It's not that bad Andy! Here's another interesting restorod which used to visit (in fine weather, which of course it always is in Shropshire). It's my mate Pip Higham's Honda S2000-engined MGA, a superbly engineered device which has now sadly been sold on. Not slow!
Sir Sidney Ruffdiamond
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I like that - nice combination
piranha-bro2
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I like the NGK plug caps on the flatbed! Both very nicely done conversions.
