Harry's Garage - YouTube (Vol. 2)

[Scrump]

Continued from here:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Wheel Turned Out]

Starting off the new thread with an excellent picture from Harry's Instagram.



Stanley!

[thegreenhell]

On the subject of the Espada, Harry and Iain Tyrrell were supposed to be doing some comparative exhaust testing to see why Harry's car was so far below the quoted power figures. I don't remember seeing that happen. That must have been a couple of years ago after his engine rebuild.

[Leftfootwonder]

It looks like he's smuggling an Ewok behind the dogs rear end.

[suffolk009]

Might there be an espada road trip coming soon?

[gruffgriff]

Phew! There it is! Where the flip has it been, what's the story?
More Stanley too please.

[skylarking808]

An Espada still grabs my attention.

Goodness knows what they must have seemed like in the 1970's.

[Doofus]

They are attention-grabbing, that's for certain, but there I'm not sure there is a single element, exterior or interior that I consider attractive.

[Smollet]

Doofus said:

They are attention-grabbing, that's for certain, but there I'm not sure there is a single element, exterior or interior that I consider attractive.

I concur. Never got why so many rave about them.

[Caddyshack]

Doofus said:

They are attention-grabbing, that's for certain, but there I'm not sure there is a single element, exterior or interior that I consider attractive.

I agree. I think it is one of the ugliest cars I have seen. It’s certainly from the Austin Princess school of styling.

[Bubbas Grill]

Nonsense! Espada is peak Lambomadness. You think it's just weird and then one day you see one in the flesh and your jaw will just drop. Sit ensconced in one, as I did at 12 years old 47 years ago, smell the leather, smell the fuel vapours and listen to a lumpy 12 awaken and clear its throat after a huge prod on The Loud.

Burned into memory, forever.

[Doofus]

Bubbas Grill said:

Nonsense! Espada is peak Lambomadness. You think it's just weird and then one day you see one in the flesh and your jaw will just drop. Sit ensconced in one, as I did at 12 years old 47 years ago, smell the leather, smell the fuel vapours and listen to a lumpy 12 awaken and clear its throat after a huge prod on The Loud.

Burned into memory, forever.

Seen one, poked and prodded one, sat in one, ridden in one.

Still no.

[Caddyshack]

Doofus said:

Bubbas Grill said:

Nonsense! Espada is peak Lambomadness. You think it's just weird and then one day you see one in the flesh and your jaw will just drop. Sit ensconced in one, as I did at 12 years old 47 years ago, smell the leather, smell the fuel vapours and listen to a lumpy 12 awaken and clear its throat after a huge prod on The Loud.

Burned into memory, forever.

Seen one, poked and prodded one, sat in one, ridden in one.

Still no.

Seen them at Goodwood, I am still a No.

[DonkeyApple]

It's one of those cars that didn't really inspire as a child. I think you'd have to have a very specific childhood memory in order to have a great fixation over the Espada. Back when a child it was a bit of an old man's car anyway and it never even made it into a TopTrumps pack. And this really explains why they sat unloved for decades like other victims such as the Lagonda. Fast forward x number of decades and they now look cool, retro and iconic of an era gone. The Espada has since made it into a TopTrumps pack as a result.

[suffolk009]

Just out of interest, if you're a rich person (possibly a playboy turned family-man) in 1968 and you want to take your wife and a couple of grown up kids to the south of France quickly (say 150mph) in a V12 with four real seats, what were the other options at the time?

[DonkeyApple]

suffolk009 said:

Just out of interest, if you're a rich person (possibly a playboy turned family-man) in 1968 and you want to take your wife and a couple of grown up kids to the south of France quickly (say 150mph) in a V12 with four real seats, what were the other options at the time?

Indeed but the French mistress wouldn't have been that impressed with the chap rocking up for dinner with a family wagon. So the family would have flown down while the chap used something more suitable for meeting the girlfriend in Epernay.

[Doofus]

suffolk009 said:

Just out of interest, if you're a rich person (possibly a playboy turned family-man) in 1968 and you want to take your wife and a couple of grown up kids to the south of France quickly (say 150mph) in a V12 with four real seats, what were the other options at the time?

The V12 stipulation makes it a bit of a leading question, but Jaguar XJ12 or Ferrari 365.

[Rumdoodle]

suffolk009 said:

Just out of interest, if you're a rich person (possibly a playboy turned family-man) in 1968 and you want to take your wife and a couple of grown up kids to the south of France quickly (say 150mph) in a V12 with four real seats, what were the other options at the time?

Ferrari 330/365.

[Smollet]

Doofus said:

suffolk009 said:

Just out of interest, if you're a rich person (possibly a playboy turned family-man) in 1968 and you want to take your wife and a couple of grown up kids to the south of France quickly (say 150mph) in a V12 with four real seats, what were the other options at the time?

The V12 stipulation makes it a bit of a leading question, but Jaguar XJ12 or Ferrari 365.

Both of which a vast improvement visually.

[Strangely Brown]

IIRC, at the time of it's launch, it was the world's largest four seater car.

I think that was on the Top Trumps card.