Tuesday 30 July 2013
Sunday 28 July 2013
Cars!
It's a (very) long time since I've done anything worth posting about with a motorcycle. No building, customising, shows... nothing except regular garden trials and maintenance. However it was suggested a while ago that we could look at buying an interesting car. I'd rather be spending money on more bikes but thats not an option, my partner doesn't ride and my son is way too young (also, he shows a worrying lack of interest in bikes). But I find cars difficult, there are lots I like but few that I'd like to own. So I'm going to post a few possibilities here and see what you think.
This Lancia Fulvia was on eBay recently, apparently needing quite a bit of welding but looking superficially beautiful especially with it's red leather and chromed interior.
Thursday 1 December 2011
Bonneville flat tracker
Monday 21 November 2011
Sunday 20 November 2011
Sunday 13 November 2011
The Vintagent and the National Motorcycle Museum
Wednesday 9 November 2011
Monday 3 October 2011
Montesa street trials, drag, chop, lowrider thing.
Monday 3 January 2011
Tuesday 28 December 2010
F1
Wednesday 22 December 2010
Sunday 19 December 2010
Saturday 18 December 2010
Tuesday 14 December 2010
Sunday 12 December 2010
Friday 10 December 2010
Wednesday 8 December 2010
Thursday 9 September 2010
Fred at his very best
This link breaks every time I close the browser. If you really want to read it you can follow the link in the previous post, then look for 'bin 5' and 'Not my fault Fred'.
Fred Gassit
Tuesday 31 August 2010
Wednesday 18 August 2010
Friday 16 July 2010
Madelvic
The carriage carried up to half a ton and could still manage steep hills that left horse drawn carriages struggling. One of the first customers to recognise the value of this was the Post Office who purchased three of the vehicles. It was a traditional Edwardian brougham carriage but built on a tubular steel chassis with wire spoked steel wheels and solid tyres. The batteries sat at the front, presumably under the footplate and the electric motor had a direct drive to the the central wheel.
After liquidation in 1900 several other car companies occupied the the premises building buses, lorries and taxis there until 1925, all with internal combustion engines. The building is not architecturally special, however even in its current neglected and dilapidated state it is still a spectacular factory space. Despite being listed grade B, approval for demolition was granted in January 2010.