1978 Lancia Beta 1600 Coupe
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Remember gentlemen, it is always tiffin time....
If my great Grandma hadn't been enrolled into the pudding club by her hifallutin' German toff employer and kicked out of Deutschland to avoid ein schkandal I probably wouldn't be sitting here typing this rubbish. Her older sister, already a below stairs girl in that London got her a job over here pronto. Good job too, as some years later (as much as we've been able to trace so far) most if not all of her relatives in Europe were later rounded up and sent to the death camps. Apologies for the downer at the end there but I find all this family malarkey utterley fascinating.
To lighten the mood a little, have another Syd James pic....!
If my great Grandma hadn't been enrolled into the pudding club by her hifallutin' German toff employer and kicked out of Deutschland to avoid ein schkandal I probably wouldn't be sitting here typing this rubbish. Her older sister, already a below stairs girl in that London got her a job over here pronto. Good job too, as some years later (as much as we've been able to trace so far) most if not all of her relatives in Europe were later rounded up and sent to the death camps. Apologies for the downer at the end there but I find all this family malarkey utterley fascinating.
To lighten the mood a little, have another Syd James pic....!
Breadvan72 said:
Good show!Now if you could just find an underwrist Omega Chronostop Driver (the one with the dial rotated 90º) the image would be absolutely perfect.
Edited by Mefistofele on Saturday 17th October 13:06
Mefistofele said:
Good show!
Now if you could just find an underwrist Omega Chronostop Driver (the one with the dial rotated 90º) the image would be absolutely perfect.
I have one - theyre better in theory than in practice. Hopelessly impractical in either orientation because the chrono hand resets as soon as you take your finger off the button. Now if you could just find an underwrist Omega Chronostop Driver (the one with the dial rotated 90º) the image would be absolutely perfect.
Edited by Mefistofele on Saturday 17th October 13:06
Interestingly, the Cal.865 is the Cal.861 from the Speedmaster with the minute and hour accumulators removed, making it bloody expensive to service.
I bought the Transocean for about 300 quid in 2010, from the little shop in Clerkenwell that specialises in selling and repairing old Omegas. They rarely sell Breitlings but had this watch in the window. In 2015, I lost it. Two weeks ago my mum found it. I wound it up. It works! I usually only have small watches, but this one is so 70s that I could not resist it.
I have seen this model advertised online recently for prices from £1800 to US $3000.
I had a very lovely Breitling dress watch from the mid 1950s. It was perfect for black tie, but its crystal fell off and then I lost one of its hands, alas. I have replaced it with a modern Longines Conquest automatic that has a vintage look, and which I got for a megabargain price in St Helier, Jersey.
I used to fly, but I could never afford a Navitimer, and they are in my view over featured for actual aviation use. You need a very plain and clear watch for flying. With a chart, a watch, and a compass, you can navigate anywhere by deduced reckoning - no GPS required. A pen is handy too, but optional.
Back to cars - guess who drove along for a short distance with the oil filler cap of his Lancia Beta left off? Dohh! Messy clean up job, but no other harm done, I think. Cap safely lodged near washer jets and not lost.
I did that once long ago, pre eBay, with a 1977 Alfa Romeo Spider. The cap stamped "Olio" was lost. No eBay! It took AGES to find another cap via Club magazines etc.
I have seen this model advertised online recently for prices from £1800 to US $3000.
I had a very lovely Breitling dress watch from the mid 1950s. It was perfect for black tie, but its crystal fell off and then I lost one of its hands, alas. I have replaced it with a modern Longines Conquest automatic that has a vintage look, and which I got for a megabargain price in St Helier, Jersey.
I used to fly, but I could never afford a Navitimer, and they are in my view over featured for actual aviation use. You need a very plain and clear watch for flying. With a chart, a watch, and a compass, you can navigate anywhere by deduced reckoning - no GPS required. A pen is handy too, but optional.
Back to cars - guess who drove along for a short distance with the oil filler cap of his Lancia Beta left off? Dohh! Messy clean up job, but no other harm done, I think. Cap safely lodged near washer jets and not lost.
I did that once long ago, pre eBay, with a 1977 Alfa Romeo Spider. The cap stamped "Olio" was lost. No eBay! It took AGES to find another cap via Club magazines etc.
Breadvan72 said:
Lovely pic of it outside ye olde boozer, very nice. Mrs.P5B likes the look of said boozer and wants to move in.Italian related fluff (#1) - I am currently in slightly trepidatious bumtingling conversation with the seller of a RHD 1994 Maserati Ghibli which may lead nowhere at all, or somewhere possibly a bit nice.
Italian related fluff (#2) - Mrs.P5B just caught me eyeing up a one owner Alfa 159 Sportwagon on Autotrader.
Non Italian related fluff - the Gloucester Meteor that lives at nearby Baginton Airport just flew over our house. It was monumentally, absolutely positively ****ing ace!
I like it a lot. It is the biggest and heaviest watch that I have ever had. It keeps time well.
P5, buy the LHD Fulvia Berlina while I buy the RHD one.
A Gloster Meteor is a fine machine. At Chalgrove Airfield near my pad, on the battlefield where John Hampden was killed by Prince Rupert's troopers, Martin Baker Ltd used to have a Meteor used for ejector seat tests. I am not sure if it is still in use.
My Air Cadet Squadron in the 70s possessed a two seat Meteor, parked outside our Squadron hut. We loved it!
P5, buy the LHD Fulvia Berlina while I buy the RHD one.
A Gloster Meteor is a fine machine. At Chalgrove Airfield near my pad, on the battlefield where John Hampden was killed by Prince Rupert's troopers, Martin Baker Ltd used to have a Meteor used for ejector seat tests. I am not sure if it is still in use.
My Air Cadet Squadron in the 70s possessed a two seat Meteor, parked outside our Squadron hut. We loved it!
LHD Fulvia Berlina....?
I take it this is the right hooker you're talking about....
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1200723
Edit : just had a shuftie via the classics thread
I take it this is the right hooker you're talking about....
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1200723
Edit : just had a shuftie via the classics thread
Edited by P5BNij on Saturday 17th October 16:56
Lovely. Thank you. I dont know a great deal about Breitling (but I do know enough to know that new watches are 'Breitling' Sicuras) and the little that I do know I learnt researching Breitling stopwatches and times, which I collect.
You do not need to be a Breitling scholar to appreciate that though, and I suspect that its value is greater than you have estimated. Loot at the 814 Top Timer compared to the two register models.
You do not need to be a Breitling scholar to appreciate that though, and I suspect that its value is greater than you have estimated. Loot at the 814 Top Timer compared to the two register models.
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