Manoleica Posted June 20, 2016 Share #8721 Â Posted June 20, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Trojan or Reliant Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 20, 2016 Posted June 20, 2016 Hi Manoleica, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
dkCambridgeshire Posted June 20, 2016 Share #8722  Posted June 20, 2016 (edited) Trojan or Reliant    On the right track but marque and model required  … and Trojan ceased making vehicles of their own design in the 50s.  dunk Edited June 20, 2016 by dkCambridgeshire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted June 20, 2016 Share #8723  Posted June 20, 2016 (edited) I have no idea what this car is, but the front end is slightly reminiscent of an Alfa Romeo Guilia sedan.    No Italian connection but there is a subsequent Greek and Indian connection.  dunk Edited June 20, 2016 by dkCambridgeshire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 20, 2016 Share #8724 Â Posted June 20, 2016 Reliant Rebel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted June 20, 2016 Share #8725  Posted June 20, 2016 Correct Mike it's a Reliant Rebel based pickup   Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!     … and it's your turn!   dunk Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!     … and it's your turn!   dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3065101'>More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 20, 2016 Share #8726 Â Posted June 20, 2016 I'll post something later, I have a collection of images at home! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 21, 2016 Share #8727  Posted June 21, 2016 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Here we go, this car is owned by my employer, I was lucky enough to spend a day driving it.  Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  Make and model? Bonus if you get close to the year. Edited June 21, 2016 by mikemgb Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  Make and model? Bonus if you get close to the year. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3065232'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted June 21, 2016 Share #8728  Posted June 21, 2016 Rolls Royce Phantom II … maybe 1933.  dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 21, 2016 Share #8729  Posted June 21, 2016 Were American chauffeurs of a Phantom more trustworthy and could be relied on to change gears without groping m'Lady's leg, with the central gear change? In the RHD ones, the gear lever is on the right next to the door, supposedly for this reason.  I suspect it was just too difficult with the gearbox to arrange for the gear change to be on the LHS next to the door, as even the LHD late Springfield Silver Ghosts had a central change.  Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 21, 2016 Share #8730  Posted June 21, 2016 Well that didn't take long!  The gear lever is indeed a problem, the passenger tends to place their leg very close to it. The car is a 1935, the owner asked me to drive it at his daughter's wedding, I think my English accent helped.  Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  Incidentally, it drives like a truck with very little discernible connection between the steering wheel and the wheels! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  Incidentally, it drives like a truck with very little discernible connection between the steering wheel and the wheels! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3065444'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted June 21, 2016 Share #8731  Posted June 21, 2016 Very smart looking RR Phantom Mike.  Here's the next puzzle which should be fairly easy.   Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!   Make and model please.   Best wishes   dunk Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!   Make and model please.   Best wishes   dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3065516'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 21, 2016 Share #8732  Posted June 21, 2016 (edited) Well that didn't take long!   Incidentally, it drives like a truck with very little discernible connection between the steering wheel and the wheels!  The steering should not be like that. It is a fair time since I have driven a Phantom II but I drive the older Silver Ghosts regularly. On the narrow high pressure beaded edge tyres of our 1910 London to Edinburgh lightweight, the steering is a delight in comparison to other cars of that vintage, reasonably light, extremely direct with very little lost motion. Our later 1925 Springfield built Piccadilly Roaster, with well based wheels and tyres is quite a lot heavier but still very direct and has to be eased into corners. The steering on a Phantom II, which was designed from the start with well based wheels and tyres in mind, is lower geared than the Ghost, but if working well, should be direct, not particularly heavy and again, very little lost motion. They track very straight when correct. It is VERY difficult I understand, to get them 100% correct again, once the steering has gone wrong, as there are multiple interlinked adjustments. It would probably need to go to an expert like Dennison-Jayne in West Chester, PA to get sorted.  I drove a Mercedes 540K on the same day I last drove a Phantom II, when we were deciding if we should buy one or both, which were being sold by a German collector's estate. I recall the Phantom II's steering to be a positive delight compared with the notoriously heavy 540K. I recommended to buy neither; the Phantom II's 4 seat tourer, Barker body was too ugly and the 540K roadster had a beautiful Sindelfingen body but was just plain horrible to drive. It was reputedly, one of the best in the world, so goodness knows what the less good ones are like. The kick down supercharger is not a good idea - very noisy when engaged and the car is quite slow when it is not.   Wilson Edited June 21, 2016 by wlaidlaw 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 22, 2016 Share #8733  Posted June 22, 2016 Very smart looking RR Phantom Mike.  Here's the next puzzle which should be fairly easy.   NTC-1-June-21-.jpg   Make and model please.   Best wishes   dunk I've been looking at this thread all day waiting for someone else to get this, my patience has run out. Take a look at my username..  MG YA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted June 22, 2016 Share #8734  Posted June 22, 2016 Mike, Well spotted; the car is a 1952 MG YB but it's almost identical to the YA apart from the revised mechanicals.   Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!   Your turn again.   dunk Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!   Your turn again.   dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3065920'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 22, 2016 Share #8735  Posted June 22, 2016 For 1952, this MG was hopelessly old fashioned looking. I am not surprised they did not sell many. The revised mechanicals from YA did not amount to very much either. The ZA Magnette should have been brought out at least two years earlier. 6 years after the end of WW2, excuses about production difficulties were wearing a bit thin. Germany, whose production facilities were far worse damaged, were bringing out much more modern cars by this time.  Was BMC/BLMC/LM the worst managed company of all time? My parents knew one of the chairmen reasonably well, as he had a property next to theirs in Spain and were not terribly complimentary about his abilities or charm. A pompous, over-opinionated idiot was my father's succinct view.  Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 22, 2016 Share #8736 Â Posted June 22, 2016 The story of BMC is a sad one, miss-managed into the ground. Â I have some photos lines up, I'll post shortly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 22, 2016 Share #8737  Posted June 22, 2016 OK, here we go, make and model.  Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!   Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!   ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3066123'>More sharing options...
ramarren Posted June 22, 2016 Share #8738 Â Posted June 22, 2016 Mercedes 300SL Gullwing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 22, 2016 Share #8739  Posted June 22, 2016 Mercedes 300SL Gullwing  OK, if I happen to win another of these I will have to see if I can find something not so well known!  Your turn  Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3066148'>More sharing options...
ramarren Posted June 22, 2016 Share #8740  Posted June 22, 2016 Sorry ... The Mercedes 300SL Gullwing Coupe was the stuff of dreams to me for many years when I was growing up. It's probably what got me fascinated with Mercedes Benz in the first place!  Here's one I haven't seen in a while:  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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