A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

[Turbobanana]

Bar8arian said:

When did the window stickers for 'Tiger in the Tank' first get released?[url]

|https://thumbsnap.com/9uGDGxe2[/url]

Brownie point if you can name the car

Ginetta G21?

[Bar8arian]

It is indeed a Ginetta G21 - great shout!

[Escort3500]

From the era when cars were often fixed in the street, irrespective of the weather (and safety )

[RustyMX5]

Escort3500 said:

From the era when cars were often fixed in the street, irrespective of the weather (and safety )

From the era when cars could be fixed in the street without a laptop and a degree in software engineering

[hidetheelephants]

RustyMX5 said:

From the era when cars could be fixed in the street without a laptop and a degree in software engineering

Oh I don't know, filling up holes with newspaper and wob is pretty soft.

[Milkyway]

hidetheelephants said:

RustyMX5 said:

From the era when cars could be fixed in the street without a laptop and a degree in software engineering

Oh I don't know, filling up holes with newspaper and wob is pretty soft.

... Or the faithful GTX oil can.

NB: Apparently, this was a common thing to do.

Edited by Milkyway on Tuesday 9th April 10:01

[Sardonicus]

Knurling seen more often on motorcycle pistons as a fix, those are old British bike pistons by the looks too ,bit like portable call out boring whilst engine in situ piston services, all way back when

[Milkyway]

Sardonicus said:

Knurling seen more often on motorcycle pistons as a fix, those are old British bike pistons by the looks too ,bit like portable call out boring whilst engine in situ piston services, all way back when

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Sardonicus said:

Knurling seen more often on motorcycle pistons as a fix, those are old British bike pistons by the looks too ,bit like portable call out boring whilst engine in situ piston services, all way back when

I would agree, going by the drillings, especially the hole for a dowel to prevent the ring rotating and catching in the transfer port in a two-stroke engine.

[bigothunter]

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Sardonicus said:

Knurling seen more often on motorcycle pistons as a fix, those are old British bike pistons by the looks too ,bit like portable call out boring whilst engine in situ piston services, all way back when

I would agree, going by the drillings, especially the hole for a dowel to prevent the ring rotating and catching in the transfer port in a two-stroke engine.

Two-strokes don't have oil control rings and that's not a dowel hole.

[NomduJour]

https://www.enginebuildermag.com/2017/09/lost-art-...

[Milkyway]

NomduJour said:

https://www.enginebuildermag.com/2017/09/lost-art-...

In the original articles comments section... It was also a cheap fix to cure piston slap.

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bigothunter said:

Two-strokes don't have oil control rings and that's not a dowel hole.

Oops. Yes, quite right.

[P5BNij]

Rather him than me...

[Konrod]

SEAT?

[bigothunter]

P5BNij said:

Rather him than me...

Good illustration of slip angles at both front and rear.

[P5BNij]

Out and about with an Alfa Romeo 'Tubolare Zagato' TZ in the '60s...

[bigothunter]

P5BNij said:

Out and about with an Alfa Romeo 'Tubolare Zagato' TZ in the '60s...

Lovely

[hidetheelephants]

He didn't give his missus an easy time, she must have shimmyed out of the door parked up against the slope like that.

[Milkyway]

hidetheelephants said:

He didn't give his missus an easy time, she must have shimmyed out of the door parked up against the slope like that.

Unless she was driving...maybe he's had a few glasses of vino.

Edited by Milkyway on Tuesday 9th April 20:28