The Humer Unbeam Interesting Filling Stations Thread
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33q said:
Taken about 2 years ago....Wainfleet.....near Skegness
Hmm. Too few Action Shots. And no moody SloMo either. These omissions should be addressed.
outnumbered said:
What car is being filled up there ? The front looks a bit like an Austin Maxi, but the back seems wrong.
Looks like one of thesehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_3-Litre
outnumbered said:
Thanks, so I was on the right track at least. 12K from new, how did that happen ?
He’d being looking for an almost perfect comfy auto classic for quite a while and spotted this at a dealer.
I think it was original owner then son but little real history but then to be fair very little needed to be done.....or so he thought!
The main problem was very low oil pressure. It was expensive to sort out but now runs very well. It drives just like a big Mini but the steering is really heavy...no PAS.
Whilst I enjoyed the chance to drive it my true conclusion was that cars have come along way in 50 years!
Edited by 33q on Saturday 5th September 18:51
Came across a clip this morning. I'd seen stills but didn't realise they came from a Pathe film.
Britain's first petrol station:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za_0EXH2mMA&fe...
"Would you mind extinguishing your cigar, sir?"
Britain's first petrol station:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za_0EXH2mMA&fe...
"Would you mind extinguishing your cigar, sir?"
StuntmanMike said:
Where was that Dicky? Any ideas?
Aldermaston, according to thishttps://historicengland.org.uk/listing/what-is-des...
Correct, Aldermaston. It's top left of the titles at the beginning. Somewhere back in the thread is a little bit about the old forge in Aldermaston village where the blacksmith thought it was a good idea and started to sell petrol from the forge. The local authority insisted it was discreet and the hole in the wall at the forge is still there, just big enough to pass the nozzle through. Our claim to fame just along the road in Newbury was the Electric Garage, believed to be the UK's first electric petrol pumps. Prior to that they were hand operated or gravity fed.
33q said:
He’d being looking for an almost perfect comfy auto classic for quite a while and spotted this at a dealer.
I think it was original owner then son but little real history but then to be fair very little needed to be done.....or so he thought!
The main problem was very low oil pressure. It was expensive to sort out but now runs very well. It drives just like a big Mini but the steering is really heavy...no PAS.
Whilst I enjoyed the chance to drive it my true conclusion was that cars have come along way in 50 years!
Edited by 33q on Saturday 5th September 18:51
Nice example though - clearly it was not raining on the day that this example was built! Hope that it does not live outside though.
DickyC said:
Car_Nut said:
To be fair, the Land Crab was not very highly thought of in period - I recall it being seen as a stretch of the Issigonis Mini concept too far. It’s market failure shows this.
386,000 sold.DickyC said:
Came across a clip this morning. I'd seen stills but didn't realise they came from a Pathe film.
Britain's first petrol station:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za_0EXH2mMA&fe...
"Would you mind extinguishing your cigar, sir?"
Where did petrol come from before that? Britain's first petrol station:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za_0EXH2mMA&fe...
"Would you mind extinguishing your cigar, sir?"
Yes, chemists and hardware stores.
In 1888, Bertha Benz, on the world's first long distance car journey, stopped at an apothecary's in Wiesloch to buy the solvent her husband, Karl, used to power his Patent Motorwagen. Not only was it the world's first long drive but it was also the world's fuel stop at the world's first petrol station.
She had tired of waiting for the car - launched two years previously - to repay their investment, and took it upon herself to road test it. The motorwagen didn't have a fuel tank but held 4.5 litres in the carburetor. She drove 61 miles with her sons without the knowledge of her husband or the approval of the authorities.
The Brits were fairly slow to adopt petrol stations because of the country's excellent railway system.
In 1888, Bertha Benz, on the world's first long distance car journey, stopped at an apothecary's in Wiesloch to buy the solvent her husband, Karl, used to power his Patent Motorwagen. Not only was it the world's first long drive but it was also the world's fuel stop at the world's first petrol station.
She had tired of waiting for the car - launched two years previously - to repay their investment, and took it upon herself to road test it. The motorwagen didn't have a fuel tank but held 4.5 litres in the carburetor. She drove 61 miles with her sons without the knowledge of her husband or the approval of the authorities.
The Brits were fairly slow to adopt petrol stations because of the country's excellent railway system.
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