by goodlookingone » Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:49 pm
The Bloke who Contacted me to do some work, Tells me we "Worked well together" in the past.... Now, I can remember the name, but He was imminently forgetable. Must have been fifteen years ago. Seems He only works in "Retail" (Spit). Naturally He wouldn't say who his client is (but only one retailer has money to throw about as the Bank they are connected with is now almost solvent). The Job "Just round the corner from me" is three sites in Yorkshire - I live in Essex.. My guess isthat He is Moonlighting from The Agency that He worked for... I told him to think again.....
My car is certainly not pre 1930, My car would be insulted. The story is thus,
The world was all told that Britain must "Export or Die" : The car was designed in Wartime, and was in production (as The Lancaster, Typhhon and Hurricane Bodies) whilst they were still finishing Fighters??. By Mine it had become "The Whitley" with a new Body Style.
King Died in Jan, 1952, so it was "Decreed" that British cars had to enter and win the Monty Carlo Rally in Coronation Year (1953)
Car Industry was controlled by Trade Unions who were so successfull that EU, USA and India now makes the few cars built in GB. Yes I know about the three aweek from Morgan - I meant Significant Prouction..
Unions allowed two saloon car makers and two sportscar makers to the test tracks.
My car was one of the Test Vehicles.
By the Beginning of 1953, they had done enough to develop and start a new model. The Latter was made in parallel, but they had built enough to be eligable for the new model to enter the 1953 Rally.
So My car was re-registered for road use and became the directors car (I think it was used in advertising blurb).
1955, The Chauffer had the engine rebuilt. (can't think why, Mr Bently's Engines last AAAAgesss)
1956, Chauffer retired and bought the (Newly rebuilt) car "cheap" as his retirement gift.
Two owners later, it was mine (1964) BUT.. it still had some 1952 experiments - not many, but some "taped up" wiring (which I think was for the now non-extant Snow spinners on the Headlights) was a bit unreliable so I the sticky tape and replaced the wires. but (non std at the time) modern headlights remained... Left hand dipped down only, but RH down and to the Left, and that nice Mrs wotsit, the transport Manager necessitated me changing Double Dip Headlamps, and Windscreen washers (But London Transport were still allowed to continue to flout the law).
(Have I bored you enough). One of the many carmakers strikes (Locheed in this case) , meant that there was no Hydraulic tappets, so conventional Pre-Hysteric ones that need "Resetting" for time to time - Like ones Grandad used to do. The "Manual" choke was fitted with cars with both Centrifugal Clutches and Preselect Epicyclic Gears -I think Mine was the first with Retrograde Manual Choke - it looks a bit of an "Add-on".
The Bloke who Contacted me to do some work, Tells me we "Worked well together" in the past.... Now, I can remember the name, but He was imminently forgetable. Must have been fifteen years ago. Seems He only works in "Retail" (Spit). Naturally He wouldn't say who his client is (but only one retailer has money to throw about as the Bank they are connected with is now almost solvent). The Job "Just round the corner from me" is three sites in Yorkshire - I live in Essex.. My guess isthat He is Moonlighting from The Agency that He worked for... I told him to think again.....
My car is certainly not pre 1930, My car would be insulted. The story is thus,
The world was all told that Britain must "Export or Die" : The car was designed in Wartime, and was in production (as The Lancaster, Typhhon and Hurricane Bodies) whilst they were still finishing Fighters??. By Mine it had become "The Whitley" with a new Body Style.
King Died in Jan, 1952, so it was "Decreed" that British cars had to enter and win the Monty Carlo Rally in Coronation Year (1953)
Car Industry was controlled by Trade Unions who were so successfull that EU, USA and India now makes the few cars built in GB. Yes I know about the three aweek from Morgan - I meant Significant Prouction..
Unions allowed two saloon car makers and two sportscar makers to the test tracks.
My car was one of the Test Vehicles.
By the Beginning of 1953, they had done enough to develop and start a new model. The Latter was made in parallel, but they had built enough to be eligable for the new model to enter the 1953 Rally.
So My car was re-registered for road use and became the directors car (I think it was used in advertising blurb).
1955, The Chauffer had the engine rebuilt. (can't think why, Mr Bently's Engines last AAAAgesss)
1956, Chauffer retired and bought the (Newly rebuilt) car "cheap" as his retirement gift.
Two owners later, it was mine (1964) BUT.. it still had some 1952 experiments - not many, but some "taped up" wiring (which I think was for the now non-extant Snow spinners on the Headlights) was a bit unreliable so I the sticky tape and replaced the wires. but (non std at the time) modern headlights remained... Left hand dipped down only, but RH down and to the Left, and that nice Mrs wotsit, the transport Manager necessitated me changing Double Dip Headlamps, and Windscreen washers (But London Transport were still allowed to continue to flout the law).
(Have I bored you enough). One of the many carmakers strikes (Locheed in this case) , meant that there was no Hydraulic tappets, so conventional Pre-Hysteric ones that need "Resetting" for time to time - Like ones Grandad used to do. The "Manual" choke was fitted with cars with both Centrifugal Clutches and Preselect Epicyclic Gears -I think Mine was the first with Retrograde Manual Choke - it looks a bit of an "Add-on".