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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2017 13:24:08 GMT
Was just streetviewing an alternative route somewhere today, and came across this fossil:
goo.gl/maps/KcjSWHCw7tA2
Obviously I'm fat too young to be able to identify the motor, can anyone else?
Also, how the hell did anyone ever see one of these form behind in the dark? The rear lights are hardly there at all.
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Post by tyrednexited on Jul 28, 2017 13:42:09 GMT
I'm not fat (sic), but I am old enough to have a guess.
Looks like an Armstrong Siddeley to me - though a check with Google images (which I can't do, as I'm heading out) might confirm.
(We ate a lot of carrots back then - no kebabs! (or cream eggs))
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2017 13:54:59 GMT
Gah. Bloody typing deficiency strikes again. Armstrong Siddeley eh? They went to the wall before my time I think. My interest in cars developed in the early/mid 70s, most of that sort of car was off the road by then I want to recall. Maybe I just ignored old fashioned stuff.
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Post by Rob on Jul 28, 2017 14:04:33 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2017 14:16:36 GMT
Yes, that looks like the badger.
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Post by Avant on Jul 28, 2017 17:13:34 GMT
Yes, definitely an A-S Sapphire. They soldiered on till 1960 but Jaguars were cheaper and faster, Rovers more solid and reliable, and eventually I think Armstrong decide to concentrate on making aircraft engines.
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Post by tyrednexited on Jul 28, 2017 17:53:53 GMT
The rear lights are hardly there at all.
....reading the number plates was a challenge as well......  |
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Post by tyrednexited on Jul 28, 2017 17:57:39 GMT
Was just streetviewing an alternative route somewhere today.......
Tadley Kebab? (if you select satellite view from the link, and zoom slowly out, the tag for the same appears - spooky!)  |
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