Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels

[Andy J]

Jaguar SS in the aviation museum at Blenheim. Sorry about the picture quality, it was lit with blue light! I was surprised how small the car was, it is so well porportioned that I thought it much larger from seeing it only in photos.View attachment 94243View attachment 94244

It’s the Mossie that does it for me, best ever old war plane IMHO.

 

[Max]

For those interested in aircraft, our neighbour took his Republic RC-3 for a spin this afternoon. Love hearing the flat six, a bit different from what we usually hear.

 

[rowdypat]

On the back of a boat on the Seine, Paris.
What the f is that? And it’s got two propellers.

 

[Otto]

On the back of a boat on the Seine, Paris.
What the f is that? And it’s got two propellers.

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This is a amphicar

 

[3CBRG]

Powered by Renault 1200cc.

 

[Gerald]

Powered by Renault 1200cc.

Triumph Herald 1200cc IIRC

 

[sfcpiet]

Triumph Herald 1200cc IIRC

Many later being replaced by the small popular Opel Kadett unit.

piet

 

[stevepm2011]

I had a ride in one of those about 60 years ago, on a lake. I recall there was very little freeboard...luckily there were no waves.
Watching peoples faces when the owner drove it down the slipway into the lake was entertaining, though!

 

[Alzero]

I spent time in the Motorcycle Mecca museum in Inverargill the other day. There were three Laverdas, this 100 Super Sport, a SFC and a Ghost. I wonder what the experts think of it? Is it correct?

More bikes to come….l

 

[Alzero]

A couple of small bore Harleys from the hardware store in Invercargill.

 

[EncinoBoy]

Is that the Hayes store that also displays the real Burt Munro Bonneville bike ?

 

[Alzero]

Is that the Hayes store that also displays the real Burt Munro Bonneville bike ?

Yes.

 

[GregT]

The KR looks a bit different from the last time I saw it. It was regularly raced in the early days of the Classic Register. Suffered from a lack of ground clearance. When you met it in a corner you had to realise it couldn't/wouldn't change line. I had many dices with it - the owner then was a friend of mine. Unless it's changed hands again, pretty sure i know the current owner too.

 

[Alzero]

The new Brough, the motor looks much like the small Indian sold today except for the 90* angle. I wonder what a cafe racer Indian would look like?

 

[The Sock]

The new Brough, the motor looks much like the small Indian sold today except for the 90* angle. I wonder what a cafe racer Indian would look like?
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I saw one, in the flesh for the first time, in July at the Timmelsjoch Museum.
I was quite unprepared for how ugly it was.

 

[GregT]

i see you were outside the Britten exhibit looking at the Brough. There's some pics in Tim Hannas biography which might show you what an Indian cafe racer could look like. Shaun Craill drew up the proposal for Indian when John was trying to make it a design studio.
I'll try and post the pics if wanted.
If you go back to Truck world and an old bloke trundles out saying he's in charge of the bikes and wants to tell you all about John - and says he's John Shand - kick him in the shins and say it's from me.
At least tell him I said to kick him....

 

[The Sock]

Not sure what the Egyptian owner of this one is trying to say.

 

[Alzero]

 

[chrisk]

Not sure what the owner of this one is trying to say.

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"I'm a dickhead"

 

[andre g]

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When I met John in January 1990 the blue Bike was the newest, it had his engine but the frame not as radical as the latest. But also in 1990 he could read out the performance details with his notebook.