Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels

[andre g]

I owed a XJ 30 years ago, it was complicated to full both tanks, 45 liters to the right and the same to the left

 

[Andy J]

I'll take the Morris any day over the Jag.

 

[GregT]

I reckon the carbon one will implode as the screen is too flat...

If the McLaren is BMW powered both it and the sub run using obsolete Excel.

Mate who does BMW's keeps an old laptop with Excel just for tuning them.
The sub apparently had much the same - an old device using Excel.

 

[Haggis]

Talking of flat screens, is the split screen on the Moggy 2 sheets of perfectly flat glass?

 

[dude]

Narbeth, PA Who would have thunk it?

It come from Haute-Savoie (74)

 

[RGS1000RGS]

I was at the Beaulieu autojumble, a massive event, held a couple of weeks ago, on the Lord Beaulie's estate in the New Forest, and this was up for sale. It's a Cord, which was pretty much a pile of rust when the owner found it. He spent 30000 hours rebuilding it from the chassis up to the rather stunning custom, still fit for an Hollywood film star!. There was also this rather interesting beast of a racing car powered by a Curtiss V8 aero engine; a triplex chain drive took power from the propeller mounting, presumably to a direct drive to the rear axle. there was no sign of a gearbox. There was also a rather stunning DS convertible, which I would have thought that it was a coachbuilt version, so extra special!

 

[GregT]

The Curtiss special has the conventional for the period external gear shift on the rhs. I'd suggest there is a chassis mounted gearbox in there.
Again, separate gearboxes were the norm in period. The chain "primary" is possibly a step-up ratio to compensate for the aero engines low rpm.

The Cord looks odd with those wheels and the extreme lowered stance.

 

[Alzero]

The strangest Cirds weren’t even Cords: Graham Hollywood street rods. After Cord went bust, Graham made the 81x series cars with a different front clip.

They were rear wheel drive.

 

[piranha-bro2]

Wasn't sure where to post this (maybe The Aussie Depository?!) - for anyone who's ever machined up a chunk of alu. Apparently the frame is also machined out of billet!

Couple of Australian guys developing the ultimate hub centre steering (article in AMCN newsletter).

MOTOINNO TS3 RACEBIKE TO TAKE ON MOTO2

A couple of Aussies have spent the best part of a decade developing the radical Motoinno TS3 racebike to take on Moto2. Ray Van…

amcn.com.au

 

[RGS1000RGS]

The strangest Cirds weren’t even Cords: Graham Hollywood street rods. After Cord went bust, Graham made the 81x series cars with a different front clip.
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They were rear wheel drive.

Nice looking car (with an almost Willys front clip) with a lovely stance.

 

[Alzero]

I saw this Alpine today in Sydney near the Westfield, there was some sort of supercar behind it, but I wasn’t really interested in it.

 

[pf1]

I saw this Yamaha at Stafford today and had a chat to the restorer. I don't know about anyone else but I loved it.

 

[pf1]

Someone at Stafford had brought these rare old high pipe Honda CS72's back from a museum in Japan. You'll probably laugh but I have a real soft spot for these things, anyway that's basically your Laverda 750 engine in those bikes.

 

[piranha-bro2]

Stressed member frame and all! Got Laverda written all over them

 

[The Sock]

Approaching this one from the rear, I thought "BMW?"


Profile was ver-ry long but with the aero-style overhead glass, I'm still thinking "Aviation Company, diversifying. Maybe Armstrong Siddeley, Bristol?"

Suprise!
I did not expect a Riley badge!



1949, 2.5 Litre.
With quite an interior:

 

[The Sock]

My friend, Paul, did the research.
Here's the backstory: https://www.supercars.net/blog/1949-riley-2-5-walter-kong-saloon/

 

[Steve G.]

One of the last gatherings before the winter rains kick in. This at the Fort Langley Fort parking lot.

 

[Tippie]

An Ozzie icon Mandurah

 

[Alzero]

I saw this tow vehicle today in Ulladulla. 340hp Ford 302. Built in 1989 and updated continuously. Pulling a Jayco RV caravan.

 

[78jotadave]

Approaching this one from the rear, I thought "BMW?"
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Profile was ver-ry long but with the aero-style overhead glass, I'm still thinking "Aviation Company, diversifying. Maybe Armstrong Siddeley, Bristol?"View attachment 93024

Suprise!
I did not expect a Riley badge!

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1949, 2.5 Litre.
With quite an interior:
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That is certainly, ahh...different