anyone interested in old cars as well as bikes ?

[wetdog]

anyone interested in old cars as well as bikes ?

[Bomber]

I have no great knowledge but I'm always interested in byegones

[murdo]

Is that a Morgan?

[wetdog]

I don't know but maybe a riely , dad was a car dealer/breaker his yard was in handsworth Birmingham , I have some pics of the yard I will scan , hard to belive they ever broke these cars , heres on I wish hed kept , but we got to drive it around for a month or so but dad said it was to expensive to run , and 3 kids

[twolitre]

Of course it is a Morgan!
How anyone could confuse it with a Riley is beyond me!
Jim.

[Bomber]

I could confuse it with most other makes you cared to mention

[wetdog]

round cars all my younge life but never got into them as I don't like welding , I still have a morgan but its only got 3 wheels , I sould have know better thanks

[twolitre]

Try this one then Bomber!

http://www.imageshack.com/i/md174vj

Jim.

[Bomber]

I only know it from the badge.. no idea of model though

[twolitre]

Sorry Bomber.
A mean trick really!
It is actually a scrapped Triumph Vitesse which I re-bodied back in 1984. Just because I like the looks of those similar MGs. (TF model)
With a 2 litre engine it is still a match in performance for most modern cars of its dimensions - and a hell of a lot more fun!
Even many MG enthusiasts get confused by it.
Which reminds me. It is due for its 39th MOT in this guise at the end of this month.
Jim.

[wetdog]

the only old car I have now (did have a few) is that the triumph based kit car , made to look like a TC (tc I think)

[twolitre]

TF not TC, which had separate headlamps.
 Although often called a "Kit Car" it is not really. It is almost totally Triumph Vitesse with a different body rather than a kit of parts sourced from different places.

 Perhaps this car could be called a "Kit Car" because only the chassis and running gear were made under the makers name it carries. The body was designed and made by Park Ward.
 By the way, the bloke holding the door open was my dad and when he did not drive it I generally did!

http://www.imageshack.com/i/0mcu1939rollsroycesilverwj

Jim.

[wetdog]

nice and better with the straight six , I have used vws in the past for buggys but these where kits , all vw with a fibre glass body , hours of fun , looking back this may have been a mistake , I still have this one (this first one I did)

[wink]

It is only 1600cc and it is aircooled and it could be used in a bike but I must resist the temptation to fill a biker site up with car pictures. Anyone still got their dinkies? I restore mine. No Sorn, no mot, no insurance and easier to keep indoors.
Where the photo was taken also parked were expensive European sports cars whose owners take offence when I ask them what they made it from. Probably drugs.

[wetdog]

good first bike tele ridged