oldcar Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 No Doubt some of you have been following the discussion on my Dixie Flyer posts but I have become aware that lost of you like to down load photographs. That I don't mind as long as you don't use them for target practice. Many of you will have realized that I am something of an OLDCAR Car Nut. I have been rescuing lost causes and basket cases almost all my life. Any one who has looked at my "MY BODY" post will appreciate that I am something of a rescued basket case myself.Any way he is the first of my many rescues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Some more photos this time a 1922 Citroen 5CV. there are more than 5 photos of this one so I will attempt to send some more tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 TEASE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Everybody can make mistakes....I will try again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 There really is something special about French light cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Believe it or not these two young ladies were clocked at just over 60mph (100kph) in this little rocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Good Old Days Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Downhill probably?! I had one for many years, but it had max. speed of 40 km/h!Gave it to my husband, he never wanted to drive it after he found out! Likes his fifties American cars better.Nice 'body' work, Bernie Carine</span> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Hi CarineThis one had lots of special bits in the engine and it weighed hardly anything. even the girls were light weight. A lot of people could not believe it. Sadly it was sold to a "Collector" and has not turned a wheel in the last ten years!On a long twisty down hill run from the top of a mountain it sat on a MG TF's tail all the way.To complicate matters the foot brake worked on the transmission and the hand brake (the one you used) worked in tiny little drums on the back wheels only. If you used the foot brake for a panic stop it spun one back wheel in reverse. Very dicey!Bernie J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Good Old Days Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">I know Bernie! I used the hand brake also. But nevertheless it's a very handy car to drive in.Gearing is prefect!Citroen got a good start with small cars like these!But what to think about my switched pedals in the Alvis (RHD),brake right, throttle in the middle, that's dicey!! Carine</span> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Hi CarineYour problem with the pedals in the Alvis is that you don't drive it enough. We have just come back from a 1750 km (1 week) trip in the Lagonda. like all quality cars of the twenties and thirties it too has a central accelerator. If you drive it enough it comes as second nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Todays offering. A 1928 Morris Cowley (Flat-nose) roadster.Please tell me if you are becoming bored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsfarms Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Keep them coming. Maybe I should dig in my files and post a few pictures of some I have drug home. Bernie, it is fun to see your pictures!!!Regards From Utah,Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl B. Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 When do car nutzz ever tire of car pictures?...B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 We ALWAYS want to see more and more "before and after" shots. It's a HUGE part of our inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 BernieHave you started this GREAT idea to show just what you've done? ... or were you hoping that everyone would upload before and after pictures? This is a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 Hi WestI thought that the idea of this section of the forum was for ALL members doing restorations to show what they are doing/have done. I certainly don't wish to hog the limelight. Most of my rebuilds are of cars that may possibly be new to American Members. It seems to be that we Aussies tend to be "do'ers".I am astounded by the number of downloads. What happens to all those photographs? I have started the ball rolling, I have lots more but I/we would be delighted to see some of your cars.Bernie J. (oldcar) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 BernieI just didn't want to hi-jack your thread if you had meant for the "Before and After" to be yours. I enjoy seeing before and after pictures and noticed no one else loading them on here, so let the flood gates open.As far as "download" counts, every time someone looks at your photo, it's considered a download. That doesn't mean someone has actually transferred a file onto their computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 Here are the ongoing shots of the Morris Cowley. My belief is that you don't have to own a V16 Packard, a Grand Prix Bugatti or a Duesenberg to have fun with old cars. My main interest is in Pre War Cars but I have never owned a Bentley. I like little cars because I can work on them by myself with a very very limited workshop. The single car garage that you see in the background is where I do all my work. I refer to my self as an Impecunious Enthusiast. If you don't know the meaning of impecunious look it up in a good dictionary and you may understand. You may even have a good laugh! CheersBernie J. (oldcar) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 These are the last of "Bottomley" so called because he was found at the bottom of a garden although some of my friends say that is because I was scraping the bottom of the barrel. Now let me see what you have been doing......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ed_Joyce Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Not as bad as some of the previous posts but here is our project for what it's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 You guys are certainly inspiring. Beautiful work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 Hello "B" Packard 32.I finally sorted out the web site you suggested for Kentucky Mfg. This is the parent organization for Kentucky Trailer Previously known as Kentucky Wagon Mfg Co the makers of the Dixie Flyer. I am pleased to relate that this company is still very much in existence. While I cannot e-mail from their website I now have their postal address and a name so an air mail letter is on its way to them. Hopefully they may still have some records as they are proud of their history.I will keep you informed.Many thanks for the info.Bernie J. (oldcar) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Good Old Days Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: oldcar</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I refer to my self as an Impecunious Enthusiast. (oldcar) </div></div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Now I know why your cars aren't painted properly! Cheers, Bernie and thank you for the magnificent pictures!</span> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 This one is for you Carine. Last time I saw it was as we left the new owners establishment in Geneva Switzerland after we had delivered it to his door (from Australia). I believe that it has changed hands a couple of times since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 I hope that this paint job is OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 This is what it is all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Who can tell me what it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Lancia? Singer? Riley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 Sorry Keiser31 None of those but one clue is that it has a 3 1/2 Litre 6 cylinder engine another clue is the number 99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Not Jaguar or SS100 is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 Absolutely correct.It is a special (of course) based on a modified 1938 SS 1 1/2 Litre chassis with a 1948 MK 4, 3 1/2 Litre Jaguar engine. It was 6 inches shorter and 4 inches narrower than a SS100. Weighing under 900 kgs around 17cwt,with 140+ bhp it went very well! 90 mph in 3rd gear with a top speed of approx 105 mph (on the flat) it was a great highway car. I sold it in 1994. I did all the mechanical work and built the tube steel body frame while my friend Richard Stanley at Coachcraft did the panels and paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Good Old Days Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Hi Bernie!Great pics! And what a work you had to do, no complaint about the paint this time!! Nice Jag!The only one I heard off with a Rapier is someone by the name of Lansink, do you visit him perhaps?Would be neat to meet you then.My Alvis cilinderhead is okay, no leaks only the gasket.Hope it's ready tomorrow, so we can put it all back together again. Will post you some pics!Happy motoring,Carinep.s. sorry for ruining the subject with Alvis!</span> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 Hello CarineNo problem It takes more than that to worry me. I look forward to meeting you next year. Say Hello to Gerard & Maria LandsinkHe did a brilliant job in restoring his Rapier. It is featured along with others in my book, "Ever Keen" due to be released next July. Do you know Joop Hendriks too another Netherlands Rapier owner? He lives in Driel.CheersBernie J(oldcar) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Here's a link to one that will spin your head. Junk to jewel in 12 months!!!http://www.mts.net/~grkynman/1929GrahamPaige.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Good Old Days Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Sorry, Bernie I know there are 3 Rapiers, but not all the owners.How the heck do you find time to write a book? Do you ever sleep? You'll be dreaming about Specials I guess! If I see them at some event I pass on your regards!Carine </span> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsfarms Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Hello Bernie,I really enjoy and share your taste and flavor in speicals. Yor Lagonda is pretty but no more so than the Jaguar. Tell me, do you build your special bodies from scale drawings or from your head? Share a bit more information on your book! Once again....you have a nice eye for style!!!Regards, Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 Hi AlanAll my bodies are done "freehand" with at best a few sketches done literally on the back of a cigarette pack. I guess that 50+ years of dreaming about, playing with, building and driving old cars helps. While I have built specials since I was 17 or 18 starting with Austin 7s then moving on to Morris 8s etc etc it is only since I was forced to retire at 59 ( Oil companies are Ba***ards to work for) that I have been working/playing full time completing two or three rebuilds per year. Re the Book: This is a collection of the memories and histories of 75 members of the Rapier Register and their cars. The theory being that the Rapier being an essentially hand built car, no two are precisely the same. This effect is heightened when you consider that the factory sold all the cars as a chassis only with several coach builders building bodies to the customers requirementsThen you have all the cars that have been re-bodied or converted into racing cars since. It is planed to release the book at Brooklands on the ocassion of the 75 Anniversary of the Rapiers official release on July 18th, The Title Ever Keen was the Rapier Car Co's advertising slogan from 1936 to 39. (It is an "old English" expression relating to the sharpness of a knife or in this case a sword or "Rapier".) They took over the stock of un-assembled parts, construction and sales etc of the Rapier after the Lagonda Company was re-structured in 1935. Sorry to bore you with all this but you did ask.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 I forgot to mention that there were slightly less than 400 Lagonda Rapiers and Rapier Car Company "Rapiers" built in total between 1934 and 1939. .Just two were built after WW2, of all these between 50 and 75% have survived the 75 years. Of the 22 that were imported into Australia all have survived except one that was stolen in 1949, reported "recovered" in the Police files 10 months later and has never been seen since! I have been conducting a search for it since 1979 including writing to the editors of every rural newspaper and every "old car" club in Victoria my home state and where the car's owned lived at the time. I have been interviewed on National radio and had the story printed in one of the major daily Newspapers all to no avail. I am still looking "in my spare time".CheersBernie J(oldcar) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsfarms Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Hello Bernie,Thanks for your bit of information on your body design skills and also about your Book venture. I would like to get a copy when the time comes. I have another question about your steel tube body structure. You mentioned 1/2" and 3/4" diameter tube, round and square. What gauge would you prefer to use? Also, you suggest your preference and choose gas welding the joints. Why do you not like the use of a TIG torch? I am just curious.Regards, Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted November 19, 2008 Author Share Posted November 19, 2008 Hi AlanHi AlanI guess that I am just old fashioned I don't own a Mig or Tig and I have been using gas welding all my life (almost) With Gas you can use the heat to make minor adjustments if necessary. The commercially available tube I use is generally 1.2 mm wall thickness. I prefer square to round although you must use round in some instances. I have an equally ancient arc welder that I use for heavy gauge fabrication. As I said earlier I am an impecunious enthusiast! That is probably why I don't have a huge shed full of cars but limit myself to one car at a time, plus the Lagonda which I have now owned for almost 28 years. A LG45 Lagonda Drop Head coupe that I bought in the UK in 1976 for UK £4,000 his currently for sale for £79,000.CheersBernie J.(oldcar) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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