We had a pleasant meet up today at the Summerlee Industrial
museum in Coatbridge where there was a rally of classic cars. We were busy yacking
about bikes but I managed to take a few snaps.
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| Daimler SP250. This was a 2.5 litre V8 sports car from 1959.
It was unveiled at the New York motor show where it was called the ugliest car
there. Well I think it's pretty cool. The police in London operated a fleet of
there cars to catch the reckless café racers of the day. |
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| A rare Alvis TB14 (one of only 100 built) |
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| Classy interior |
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| Jaguar XK150 |
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| Jim was showing his Trabant. |
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| Fun details under the bonnet. For safety reasons the fuel
tank is located in front of the driver and above the engine! The engine is
hiding under a vinyl cover and what's with the huge ignition coils? |
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| Of course the car has a fuel gauge. It's this rod that you
dip into the tank to find out how many litres are left. |
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This huge locomotive was built in Glasgow and operated in
South Africa. Depressingly it and me are the same age. I hope I'm in slightly
better condition!
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| They have some old trams running. This one came from
Dusseldorf. |
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| Some of the old machine tools used in local factories. |
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This a favourite photograph of mine in the museum. It shows
boy workers in the Coltness Iron Works in 1900 preparing beds for casting pig
iron. Note bare feet. Aye, youngest nowadays - they don't know they're born!
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You might want to check out who designed the Daimler V8 250 engine!
ReplyDeleteYes, I told the guys that the Daimler engine was 4 Bonnevilles bolted together - not quite true but there must be some similarities.
DeleteGreat photos. I like the old Jaguar. I am not of fan of the newer styling, but like the older ones.
ReplyDeleteIt's great that people spend so much time keeping these oldies going and in such perfect condition - a real labour of love.
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