A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)
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Sticks. said:
I was reading about this the other day https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and-prototypes...
This made me smile.
'The car was also equipped with a novel system designed to prevent tired, inebriated or otherwise incapacitated drivers from taking the wheel. Do you remember the electronic game called Simon, where players had to replicate a sequence of coloured lights by pressing buttons in the correct order? Well, that was precisely what the SSV1 driver would have to do in order to start the car.
Get the (randomly-generated) sequence wrong three times in a row, and he would have to wait an hour before being allowed to try again. While designed primarily as a safety device, this feature also doubled as pretty effective immobiliser.'
Some decentish ideas within the article combined with the ridiculous - the roof mounted mirror rather spoilt the lines of the MGB although the rubber bumpers came to pass.This made me smile.
'The car was also equipped with a novel system designed to prevent tired, inebriated or otherwise incapacitated drivers from taking the wheel. Do you remember the electronic game called Simon, where players had to replicate a sequence of coloured lights by pressing buttons in the correct order? Well, that was precisely what the SSV1 driver would have to do in order to start the car.
Get the (randomly-generated) sequence wrong three times in a row, and he would have to wait an hour before being allowed to try again. While designed primarily as a safety device, this feature also doubled as pretty effective immobiliser.'
Interesting that the Volvo V40 has a system that pops the bonnet to protect pedestrians in the event of impact.
among the sea of Dolly Sprints, BMW's, Opel's and European Fords 
Mike Beckwith ran an SM in UK Production Car racing. It was not terribly competitive but impressed in the understeer department :
In a way it was a trail-blazer for all of those F1 ride height shenanigans. There was a ride height regulation in Production car racing at the time. The SM would approach the scrutineer's block, pump itself up fully and clear the block by a foot or so before settling itself back down on its haunches...
In a way it was a trail-blazer for all of those F1 ride height shenanigans. There was a ride height regulation in Production car racing at the time. The SM would approach the scrutineer's block, pump itself up fully and clear the block by a foot or so before settling itself back down on its haunches...
DodgyGeezer said:
quite a few Opel Commodore II coupes there - also are those Triumph Dolomites?
Dolly Sprints, well represented here.One of my all-time favourite cars. I had a series of four and six pot Triumphs back in the day. There's still a GT6 Mk3 in The Shed in "kit form" but it doesn't belong to me.
ETA: Aeropilot was quicker than me
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