A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

[hidetheelephants]

Slightly? It's about twice the weight. The tip seals were weak, NSU developed it to cope with being hammered down autobahns which it did quite well at, but stop-start traffic knackered the seals at very low mileage.

[bigothunter]

hidetheelephants said:

Slightly? It's about twice the weight.

Ford Essex V6 3.0L is the same weight as a SBF V8 5.0L with aluminium heads.

Must have really upset the dynamics of an Ro80. Corners would have been a challenge

[gt40steve]

There's so much variation in quoted engine weights when you try and research them.
Some figures are fully dressed, some bare, some with carbs. & manifolds. Etc. Stock or tubular exhaust manifolds ?

I'm not getting involved !

The V4 conversion was the most common from what I saw in the 1970's.

[NomduJour]

A 13b seems the most suitable thing to do to one.

[Sardonicus]

gt40steve said:

There's so much variation in quoted engine weights when you try and research them.
Some figures are fully dressed, some bare, some with carbs. & manifolds. Etc. Stock or tubular exhaust manifolds ?

I'm not getting involved !

The V4 conversion was the most common from what I saw in the 1970's.

Agreed Essex V6 was a lump of iron for sure the bare block single handed was enough to move about , I built a few of them way back then

[P5BNij]

Geneva, 3rd March 1980...

[Turbobanana]

P5BNij said:

Geneva, 3rd March 1980...

Funny how you remember some things, isn't it?

I remember my dad taking me to my first ever Motor Show at the NEC in 1980. I was 11. Obviously the big star was the miniMetro but I also recall being captivated by the quattro.

Not because it was especially pretty. Not because it ushered-in a new wave of 4WD performance cars. Not because it had 5 cylinders. Nope, I remember it because it had those four rings on the door.

I aspired to that, but years later when I passed my test I decided against emulating it because "Marina" or "Morris" didn't have the same impact. Also there wasn't much door left to stick it to.

[hidetheelephants]

Turbobanana said:

Funny how you remember some things, isn't it?

I remember my dad taking me to my first ever Motor Show at the NEC in 1980. I was 11. Obviously the big star was the miniMetro but I also recall being captivated by the quattro.

Not because it was especially pretty. Not because it ushered-in a new wave of 4WD performance cars. Not because it had 5 cylinders. Nope, I remember it because it had those four rings on the door.

I aspired to that, but years later when I passed my test I decided against emulating it because "Marina" or "Morris" didn't have the same impact. Also there wasn't much door left to stick it to.

Four overlapping BL Sink Drains of Quality wouldn't have quite the same effect.

[P5BNij]

Turbobanana said:

P5BNij said:

Geneva, 3rd March 1980...

Funny how you remember some things, isn't it?

I remember my dad taking me to my first ever Motor Show at the NEC in 1980. I was 11. Obviously the big star was the miniMetro but I also recall being captivated by the quattro.

Not because it was especially pretty. Not because it ushered-in a new wave of 4WD performance cars. Not because it had 5 cylinders. Nope, I remember it because it had those four rings on the door.

I aspired to that, but years later when I passed my test I decided against emulating it because "Marina" or "Morris" didn't have the same impact. Also there wasn't much door left to stick it to.

I'd been to the Earls Court show already, but my first one at the NEC was in '78 (the first time it was held there) and vividly recall the red TR7 near one of the entrances and almost begging my dad to buy one. He laughed and gave me a pitying look, then said ''you'll never get the six of us in there son''. I didn't care about my siblings comfort, I just wanted him to buy one on the spot!

[lancslad58]

Steve McQueen and wife, Neill Adams in his Mercedes-Benz 300SL in NYC.

[TarquinMX5]

lancslad58 said:

Steve McQueen and wife, Neill Adams in his Mercedes-Benz 300SL in NYC.

Is the photo taken from his XKSS?

Edited by TarquinMX5 on Friday 15th March 16:01

[aeropilot]

lancslad58 said:

Steve McQueen and wife, Neill Adams in his Mercedes-Benz 300SL in NYC.

It wasn't his 300SL.....it was a photo shoot in NYC, and the car was lent by MB for the photo-shoot.

[paulyv]

GTRene said:

lol, all those banners, which has the biggest one for more people to see

nice cars though.

btw that shop owner hated the shining of the Sun in his shop, Fook Sun Co (just making fun a bit)

I also see Al Pacino had a business there.



Goodnight.

[Milkyway]

Different...

[gt40steve]

Milkyway said:

Different...

Wartime and no petrol coupons? There's a label on the radiator and sign on the windscreen so I going with being delivered to a dealer from the railway station. That's a heavy load on a wagon, is it a real photograph?

[Milkyway]

The FB caption did say that it was being delivered & it looks undoctored to me... but it's way before my time.

[Cheib]

My 2.7 RS at the end of 1973 when it had been converted to RSR spec. Not the best looking piece of work I’ve ever seen



And then used in anger

[RichB]

gt40steve said:

Milkyway said:

Different...

Wartime and no petrol coupons? There's a label on the radiator and sign on the windscreen so I going with being delivered to a dealer from the railway station. That's a heavy load on a wagon, is it a real photograph?

I saw the image on FB too. Somehow (and I can't say why) that doesn't look like it's in England to me.

[aeropilot]

RichB said:

gt40steve said:

Milkyway said:

Different...

Wartime and no petrol coupons? There's a label on the radiator and sign on the windscreen so I going with being delivered to a dealer from the railway station. That's a heavy load on a wagon, is it a real photograph?

I saw the image on FB too. Somehow (and I can't say why) that doesn't look like it's in England to me.

I would agree with that not being taken in the UK.

[Complete_Idiot]

What a classic