hektor Posted June 24, 2022 Share #17781 Posted June 24, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) The 'Land Crab" was a very much under-rated car. With its incredibly strong body and hydro-elastic suspension it was the ideal car for Australia's outback roads where I did many miles in my youth. The "Austin 1800" which placed second in the 1968 London-Sydney Marathon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NigelG Posted June 24, 2022 Share #17782 Posted June 24, 2022 46 minutes ago, pippy said: Not quite, Nigel. The 'Land Crab' epithet related specifically (AFAIK!) to the ADO17 1800cc(?) cars but not to the ADO14 an example of which never - AFAIK! - troubled the time-keeper's watch in any competition!... Putting it very plainly - in case there is any ambiguity - the car pictured is an Austin Maxi 1750; aka ADO14 (etc.). Thanks for all the fun! Philip. Mea Culpa - the intricacies of the variety of some prosaic BL models, much like Landrover series minutiae much beloved by afficianados have sometimes passed me by. What I do appreciate is the engineering innovations and “packaging” brilliance that made this series of cars, while mundane in appearance, so innovative. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted June 24, 2022 Share #17783 Posted June 24, 2022 The 'Land Crab" was an under-rated car. With a sump-guard fitted I did many miles in an Austin 1800 in the Australian outback and for which it was suited with its very strong body and hydro-elastic suspension. An Austin 1800 which placed second in the 1968 London-Sydney Marathon 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 24, 2022 Share #17784 Posted June 24, 2022 8 hours ago, pippy said: To give the car all due credit it was the very first '5-door hatchback' car to be offered in the UK and 'Plain-Jane' looks notwithstanding marked a pivotal point in car design which is still with us to this day. Philip. My Panamera Mk.2 Hybrid hatchback is basically just a development of the Maxi. I hired a very tired Maxi in Galway, Ireland for a business trip in the early 1980's. It came with two bald tyres and eventually I had to phone from a wayside pub to get them to pick it up on a trailer and bring a replacement, as the lottery of the gearchange (cables?) had turned into pretty much no gears at all. Wilson 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted June 24, 2022 Share #17785 Posted June 24, 2022 An example of the tragedy in the British motor industry. Some brilliant designs let down by cost accountants and poor workmanship. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted June 24, 2022 Share #17786 Posted June 24, 2022 Here is an easy one: 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! 1 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=4459040'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 24, 2022 Share #17787 Posted June 24, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Porsche 356 Carrera? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mute-on Posted June 24, 2022 Share #17788 Posted June 24, 2022 15 minutes ago, wlaidlaw said: Porsche 356 Carrera? Wilson 1959 356A Carrera GT with Rudge knock-off wheels - speaking on Wilson’s behalf for clarification only. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 24, 2022 Share #17789 Posted June 24, 2022 Which 356 has gullwings? (The 1953 prototype? Maybe look out for another car maker of that region!) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 24, 2022 Share #17790 Posted June 24, 2022 Ah but a 356 Carrera one or a two 😀 ? They could also be factory or even Dunlop wheels. Our factory 904/6 (originally built as a 904/8) had alloy rims on steel centres, riveted together (or was it the other way round - I forget). Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 24, 2022 Share #17791 Posted June 24, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Rona!d said: Which 356 has gullwings? (The 1953 prototype? Maybe look out for another car maker of that region!) A W194 from 1953 has them. Wilson Edited June 24, 2022 by wlaidlaw 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted June 24, 2022 Share #17792 Posted June 24, 2022 Taken at Fellbach, a supposedly secret location where Daimler keeps and restores its more interesting cars. 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! 4 1 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=4459089'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 24, 2022 Share #17793 Posted June 24, 2022 vor 10 Stunden schrieb hektor: Taken at Fellbach, a supposedly secret location where Daimler keeps and restores its more interesting cars. 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! That was the place I had a private tour (just me!) and had a seat in the W196 R Formula 1 car. Somewhere I should have a photo shot with an M9 (had to prefocus the camera as my "host" had no experience with a rangefinder without AF). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 24, 2022 Share #17794 Posted June 24, 2022 9 hours ago, hektor said: Taken at Fellbach, a supposedly secret location where Daimler keeps and restores its more interesting cars. 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! I believe I'm correct in saying that the car is presently at Goodwood taking part in the Festival of Speed... Philip. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted June 26, 2022 Share #17795 Posted June 26, 2022 It's wearing modern plates but this 300SL (unless a recreation) driven by Karl Kling was the winner of the 1952 Carrera Panamericana and the first Mercedes to win a race on the North American Continent. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted June 29, 2022 Share #17796 Posted June 29, 2022 It's not my go is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 29, 2022 Share #17797 Posted June 29, 2022 vor einer Stunde schrieb 250swb: It's not my go is it? It´s Wilson´s go. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 29, 2022 Share #17798 Posted June 29, 2022 No It is Ronald's go. He spotted the car and asked which 1952 car had gullwing doors to which there was only one possible answer. I thought it was a Porsche Carrera with the centre-lock wheels. I have no new photos. I was supposed to go to a historic car meet on Sunday, where I would have taken lots of photos but my Morgan is still not finished, due to Morgan having twice sent the wrong replacement petrol tank. One of the pair of original tanks had cracked where one of the support brackets attach and in my experience welding up a crack in an alloy tank is never a long term term repair. As the whole of the back of the car has to be taken apart to replace the tank, with a lot of labour charges, I opted for new rather than repaired. That would have been a good decision apart from Morgan's inability to distinguish left from right Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 29, 2022 Share #17799 Posted June 29, 2022 OK, I´ll post the next car. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted June 29, 2022 Share #17800 Posted June 29, 2022 On 6/24/2022 at 8:52 PM, wlaidlaw said: A W194 from 1953 has them. Wilson Children, children........... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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