The Triumph Mayflower.

[angrydicky]

P.S. The Hampshire is now sulking due to the attention given to the Mayflower, I was intending to take it to the petrol station (natural habitat) but unfortunately it’s stopped charging, again. Bit annoying.

[SiC]

Honestly, I can't really tell the difference apart from the newer being more shiny! Unless being side by side, I wouldn't have even noticed.

Maybe the V is a bit nicer, I'll give them that.

[angrydicky]

Honestly, I can't really tell the difference apart from the newer being more shiny! Unless being side by side, I wouldn't have even noticed.

Maybe the V is a bit nicer, I'll give them that.

The cheap ones are a non-font, a modern thing that don’t bear any resemblance to original 50s plates. Plus they are smaller and narrower, they are the post 63 3 1/8” digit size rather than the correct 3 1/2” ones it now has.
The quality is piss poor as well, but you’ll have to take my word for that. Really flimsy and the black is some kind of inlay, not painted, which is starting to peel off. I’ve seen loads of classics with these plates with the black coming off.
I’m very pleased with the Tippers ones anyway. Having decent original-looking plates on it definitely makes the plate rape less obvious.

[Eddie Honda]

Lovely plates. Good to see that they are still worthy of the name.


I had a pair of plates made before Gilbert (Tipper) retired.

The backings are proper thick and not tin can.

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I had to get that raw blank sent to me so I could get red reflex reflective material put on it. It was the only thing he couldn't do.

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After getting that done, I sent it back to Gilbert to finish a pair. Old Irish digits up to 1985 are full-fat 3½" tall ones for the then 6 digit plates.

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Compared to the original plastics Hills. I chose the style to have the rounded sixes and nines. The digits are cast and enamelled.

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They were right heavy bastards at over a pound a plate. I never got to rigourously test out the folding numberplate flap on the car for longevity. Cost me a bomb in 2010. Something in my head tells me with the two lots of post it came in at over £150 for a pair. I wonder if I can persuade the Revenue to reallocate the mark? Not possible on paper, but maybe if I speak to the right people, who knows?

[xtriple]

The new plates look excellent, I am a fusspot so I CAN tell the difference! I'm really quite envious of your Triumph, wanna swap for a Jag/Mer/Dog?

[angrydicky]

The new plates look excellent, I am a fusspot so I CAN tell the difference! I'm really quite envious of your Triumph, wanna swap for a Jag/Mer/Dog?

I think it would be a bit of a culture shock after your Merc and Jag! It’s a lovely little car, very charming but very, very slow by modern standards and a lot slower on hills. From memory it’s quite hilly around your way so it would be hard work in a Mayflower.
I took my dog out in the Mayflower today, he loves going in any car and tends to curl up on the back seat. I went to the local agricultural supplier to get some SAE 30 for servicing the lawnmowers. Just picked up yet another one, a 1970s Qualcast I bought from a bloke at work for a tenner to save it from the scrapyard. I had a play with it today, I fixed the broken pull cord and sticking throttle easily, it had a spark so I chucked some petrol in the tank and the carb rewarded me by chucking it all over the floor. Anyway it should be a runner soon.

[xtriple]

I did go through a phase of desperately wanting a vintage motor-car. I was fully supported by the dear lady wife who is also, quite mad...

I finally fell in love with an Austin seven (Chummy I think) but the lady owner had an inflated idea of its value. Couldn't do a deal and I then went off the idea of dealing with the dickheads that seemed to own these types of cars. Seriously, we met a good few while trying to purchase and they were, all, to a man (or woman) fucking hard work.

I am usually considered to be an affable sort of chap...

[angrydicky]

Took the Mayflower for a lovely run up through the Lincolnshire Wolds to Horncastle and back, as the weather was dry. It ran fantastically and even managed to tackle a few hills. It really wasn’t as bad as I was expecting!

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Also met some of the Brummie fleet for the first time.

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[BenHar]

Took the Mayflower for a lovely run up through the Lincolnshire Wolds
a few hills.

Oxymoron.

Ben

[angrydicky]

You're obviously not familiar with the area.