EBay Finds

[Broccoli]

I have brilliant memories rolling around Brighton and Hove in one of those.
Might even be the same one as it was terribly brush painted in that very colour!

I nearly bought this print because of it…

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I’d buy the car, but without the two insanely funny female friends, it just wouldn’t be the same.

[paulplom]

One for the Rev?
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 908975438/

[SubPar]

Looks alright

the paintwork is hand done and not good – the photos flatter it considerably

hmm? Can't be that bad?
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Christ. Was it painted with sheets of sandpaper?

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1403100

Rear wheel steering too?

That photo really is at a funny angle.

[mercrocker]

Good old positive camber. It's either been up in the air prior to the pics or the toe-in is incorrect.

[SiC]

Swing axle fun

[Hooli]

Swing axle fun

Only if you can tell us the name of the bloke who made it, on which day of the week & the order he kept the bolts lined up on the workbench ready to use.

[paulplom]

De dion?
https://images.app.goo.gl/jy5tXLRRMfw3Y2gs6

[mercrocker]

Nope, they are a transverse leaf arrangement

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Effectively the halfshafts act as lower links and permit a swing-axle action. Great until you hit a bump mid-apex.

[captain_70s]

Effectively the halfshafts act as lower links and permit a swing-axle action. Great until you hit a bump mid-apex.

Having seen a Triumph Herald stripped to driving chassis level I can say they are the flimsiest things you can imagine, with no body weight on them I imagine the bottoms of the wheels would touch each other on sharp bumps.

Those early 1200 engines are reputed as being fairly horrible as well, something miserable like 38 bhp. They do look really nice though.

[SiC]

Theres nothing wrong* with a swing axle setup.


That driver is a braver person than me. Especially with no roll bar.