Singer Gazelle Windows.
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Does anyone her have or used to have an early 60s Gazelle?
In about 1971 I bought my uncles Gazelle. It was a 61 model but I can't remember the mark no.
I can remember the reg though.361 BGT.
What suddenly popped in to my head was the front window winder weren't the same as each other.
The passenger on would up normally but the driver's one went up or down in less than 1revolution of the handle. Does anyone else remember that.
I'm also fairly sure there was old car in the family which Windows tha went up in about a 90 degree turn of a lever. Armstrong Siddeley perhaps.
Seems like a clever idea.
In about 1971 I bought my uncles Gazelle. It was a 61 model but I can't remember the mark no.
I can remember the reg though.361 BGT.
What suddenly popped in to my head was the front window winder weren't the same as each other.
The passenger on would up normally but the driver's one went up or down in less than 1revolution of the handle. Does anyone else remember that.
I'm also fairly sure there was old car in the family which Windows tha went up in about a 90 degree turn of a lever. Armstrong Siddeley perhaps.
Seems like a clever idea.
"Asymmetric" details on cars are fascinating.
- AMC Pacer had one door longer than the other to allow easier access to the back seats
- Hyundai Veloster had 2 doors on one side, one on the other for the same reason
- Citroen ZX had certain models with one electric mirror (the passenger side) and one manual
- Various seventies and eighties Fiats with their asymmetric bonnet vents / radiator grilles
- (bit of a stretch) Routemaster Buses with "half a cab"
- Woolf Barnato's Blue Train Bentley, with a sideways-facing rear seat
Other weird asymmetric car detail exist.
- AMC Pacer had one door longer than the other to allow easier access to the back seats
- Hyundai Veloster had 2 doors on one side, one on the other for the same reason
- Citroen ZX had certain models with one electric mirror (the passenger side) and one manual
- Various seventies and eighties Fiats with their asymmetric bonnet vents / radiator grilles
- (bit of a stretch) Routemaster Buses with "half a cab"
- Woolf Barnato's Blue Train Bentley, with a sideways-facing rear seat
Other weird asymmetric car detail exist.
) and a low geared, easier to turn, one for passengers who might be women or children.Turbobanana said:
"Asymmetric" details on cars are fascinating.
- AMC Pacer had one door longer than the other to allow easier access to the back seats
- Hyundai Veloster had 2 doors on one side, one on the other for the same reason
- Citroen ZX had certain models with one electric mirror (the passenger side) and one manual
- Various seventies and eighties Fiats with their asymmetric bonnet vents / radiator grilles
- (bit of a stretch) Routemaster Buses with "half a cab"
- Woolf Barnato's Blue Train Bentley, with a sideways-facing rear seat
Other weird asymmetric car detail exist.
Coming more up to date doesn't the Mini estate have three doors? And being european, the rear passenger door is on the wrong side of course.- AMC Pacer had one door longer than the other to allow easier access to the back seats
- Hyundai Veloster had 2 doors on one side, one on the other for the same reason
- Citroen ZX had certain models with one electric mirror (the passenger side) and one manual
- Various seventies and eighties Fiats with their asymmetric bonnet vents / radiator grilles
- (bit of a stretch) Routemaster Buses with "half a cab"
- Woolf Barnato's Blue Train Bentley, with a sideways-facing rear seat
Other weird asymmetric car detail exist.
Cliftonite said:
Rob Dicky said:
Also for hand signals 
Exactly! My first and immediate thought! 
I started my career in 1963 as a Rootes apprentice. I also passed my driving test in an old Hillman.
I have this vague memory of the driver’s window going right down with about one turn of the lever. While the others needed a few turns.
lowdrag said:
Turbobanana said:
"Asymmetric" details on cars are fascinating.
- AMC Pacer had one door longer than the other to allow easier access to the back seats
- Hyundai Veloster had 2 doors on one side, one on the other for the same reason
- Citroen ZX had certain models with one electric mirror (the passenger side) and one manual
- Various seventies and eighties Fiats with their asymmetric bonnet vents / radiator grilles
- (bit of a stretch) Routemaster Buses with "half a cab"
- Woolf Barnato's Blue Train Bentley, with a sideways-facing rear seat
Other weird asymmetric car detail exist.
Coming more up to date doesn't the Mini estate have three doors? And being european, the rear passenger door is on the wrong side of course.- AMC Pacer had one door longer than the other to allow easier access to the back seats
- Hyundai Veloster had 2 doors on one side, one on the other for the same reason
- Citroen ZX had certain models with one electric mirror (the passenger side) and one manual
- Various seventies and eighties Fiats with their asymmetric bonnet vents / radiator grilles
- (bit of a stretch) Routemaster Buses with "half a cab"
- Woolf Barnato's Blue Train Bentley, with a sideways-facing rear seat
Other weird asymmetric car detail exist.
Yes, the previous generation Clubman did have a little suicide door only on one side which was the 'wrong' side for RHD cars.
On the subject of wrong sided doors, I once work with a chap who bought a cheap German caravan and realised when he first arrived on a campsite the reason it was cheap was the door was on the other side and nothing lined up with the power points or hard standing on the site.
On the subject of wrong sided doors, I once work with a chap who bought a cheap German caravan and realised when he first arrived on a campsite the reason it was cheap was the door was on the other side and nothing lined up with the power points or hard standing on the site.
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