timbowales
Western Thunderer
Not sure if this counts but had a very pleasant surprise whilst walking to waste cast my vote. This was parked outside our primary school:-
Hairy Bikers and Other Petrol Heads
- Thread starter Eastsidepilot
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timbowales
Western Thunderer
Probably, but he might have been taking a picture of his conductor who was stood to my rightIs the driver taking a photo of you, taking a photo of him?
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
As a Jeep owner I was quite amused by this 
Col.
Col.
alastairq
Western Thunderer
A good reason for only using roads electric vehicles are unlikely to be seen on?
On the other hand, given the numbers of prangs that have occurred locally to me this weekend, I think self-driving motor vehicles have been around longer than we thought? Or so many drivers appear to think, at any rate?
Luckily, by making use of the local 'back' lanes round here, I wasn't inconvenienced by the Police closing several 'main' roads due to 'incidents,' at various times throughout yesterday, in order to sweep up the remains, safely.
Poor do for the comfits trying to get back to their homes elsewhere, however.
I am all in favour of the new Government deleting back lanes from Sat Navs.....
On the other hand, given the numbers of prangs that have occurred locally to me this weekend, I think self-driving motor vehicles have been around longer than we thought? Or so many drivers appear to think, at any rate?
Luckily, by making use of the local 'back' lanes round here, I wasn't inconvenienced by the Police closing several 'main' roads due to 'incidents,' at various times throughout yesterday, in order to sweep up the remains, safely.
Poor do for the comfits trying to get back to their homes elsewhere, however.
I am all in favour of the new Government deleting back lanes from Sat Navs.....
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Yep agreed, I still keep my old truckers road atlas in the motor
simond
Western Thunderer
One for Col @Eastsidepilot
Triton at Betteshanger Sprint meeting this afternoon
Glorious sound!
( it would appear that the meticulous weight savings applied to the motorbike might not yield the expected performance enhancements. )
Triton at Betteshanger Sprint meeting this afternoon
Glorious sound!
( it would appear that the meticulous weight savings applied to the motorbike might not yield the expected performance enhancements.
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Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Man don't get me going Simond, that took me straight back to the 'Run what you Brung' meets at Santa Pod all those years ago, although we tended to call it 'wrung' by the end of the day 
What I'd give to have one of my old Tritons back today. ( see posts #20 & #71 )
I can't remember the 1/4 mile times but we did enjoy ourselves.
Here's the tech bit, my last Triton basically ran a pre-unit Bonnie lump knocked out to 750 with 11-1 comp. ratio, Amal carbs, large bore open TT pipes, 4 speed close ratio slick shift gearbox, high capacity oil pump and not forgetting the obligatory Castrol 'R' .
Never had much of a clutch left for the ride home though and usually oil soaked boots
Col.
What I'd give to have one of my old Tritons back today. ( see posts #20 & #71 )I can't remember the 1/4 mile times but we did enjoy ourselves.
Here's the tech bit, my last Triton basically ran a pre-unit Bonnie lump knocked out to 750 with 11-1 comp. ratio, Amal carbs, large bore open TT pipes, 4 speed close ratio slick shift gearbox, high capacity oil pump and not forgetting the obligatory Castrol 'R' .
Never had much of a clutch left for the ride home though and usually oil soaked boots
Col.
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simond
Western Thunderer
Saw it, and thought of you! The smell of R was in the air!
Betteshanger is only a one-eighth Mike track, so they’re running low 7’s. I didn’t follow the racing, but there was all sorts, ranging from some lovely old Vincents to some very hairy-arsed specials, to modern rocket ships, along with a dual-engined Norton drag bike.
More tomorrow, but I’ve got stuff to do…
Betteshanger is only a one-eighth Mike track, so they’re running low 7’s. I didn’t follow the racing, but there was all sorts, ranging from some lovely old Vincents to some very hairy-arsed specials, to modern rocket ships, along with a dual-engined Norton drag bike.
More tomorrow, but I’ve got stuff to do…
alastairq
Western Thunderer
Regarding the milk bottle diversion?
As folk may now realise from my avatar thingy, I am the owner of a Dellow mk2.
Registered in spring of 1952.
Back then, the owner of an engineering firm located near Bedford [Fords]...wanted stout small cars for his reps.
The company made milk bottling machinery..and specifically, a machine that put the foil tops on milk bottles....for small farm dairies.
The owner needed a small car that would withstand the pounding and abuse of being driven up & down farm tracks and access lanes, visiting customers, etc.
The owner was also a motor sporting enthusiast of the time, and knew of the reputation of Dellows as competent stout sports cars with a considerable record in Trials, [not forgetting a couple of wins on the Daily Mirror rally...which eventually became the RAC rally!]...Because they used Ford engines & running gear, they could also be serviced, etc, by Ford main dealers.....which was useful at the time.
So he ordered four Dellow Mk2s.... for his reps.
{Somehow the more common small cars of the day didn't appear to hack it so well in the rough?}
They were delivered all with KTM.. registration numbers.
The whole thing is documented, and further details can be found on the Dellow Register website.
www.dellowregister.co.uk
Above is a photo of the four cars, with their [allotted?] drivers...{Mine being, KTM 372]...Note the four chimneys in the background...I think a brick works near Bedford? Someone may recognise them?
As part of Ford's [of Bedford] advertising policy, the adverts were headed by ''trust the Fellow in the Dellow''...
All four car still exist, in this country too. [I repatriated my car from the USA where it had gone in the early 1990's...]
Fords are now, I believe, FordSPS, still making foil bottle top machines too....
The present CEO [a descendant of the original boss] got in touch with the Dellow Register a few years ago with the idea of getting all the four cars back together outside the factory for a bit of history...
I don't think they're all the same colour now, as back in 1952, though.
Mine is 'Olde English White,' a once popular BMC colour...The car was originally red..and I still come across bits of its original colour in obscure, spider-ridden places.
I think originally the cars would have been equipped with Ford ten sidevalve engines...{1172cc]...as I don't think Dellow switched to 100E sidevalve Ford engines until a bit later ....However, my car has a 100E engine....with Ford ten gearbox & rear axle.
It does, however, possess an outside hand brake [not a handbrake as such, IE parking brake..I have one of those inside, a Ford Pop item] The outside handbrake is currently only cabled up to operate the rear brakes....which it does, stopping the car more effectively than via the footbrake at times. Correctly cabled up, pulling back on the lever stops the rear wheels, pushing forwards on the lever stops the front wheels. I'm not certain this would have been fitted originally [a factory option at the time]...the above photo doesn't seem to show the cars equipped with outside hand brakes.
The other main option for customers was fitment of a supercharger, of which Dellows were agents for Wade Ventnor blowers.
[The easiest and simplest method of increasing power output on a sidevalve engine is by blowing]
My car was fitted with a supercharger [in the 1980's] but sadly didn't come to me with it still fitted. although it still sports various associated fittings....including a nicely modified N/S front panel & bonnet to accommodate the bower installation used at the time.....I have no intention of taking it back to original in this respect, however.....the lumps are part of its 'history'...
Besides, I don't have any surplus cash to spend on such trivia...preferring to put petrol in it, and keep up with service & repair items instead.
As folk may now realise from my avatar thingy, I am the owner of a Dellow mk2.
Registered in spring of 1952.
Back then, the owner of an engineering firm located near Bedford [Fords]...wanted stout small cars for his reps.
The company made milk bottling machinery..and specifically, a machine that put the foil tops on milk bottles....for small farm dairies.
The owner needed a small car that would withstand the pounding and abuse of being driven up & down farm tracks and access lanes, visiting customers, etc.
The owner was also a motor sporting enthusiast of the time, and knew of the reputation of Dellows as competent stout sports cars with a considerable record in Trials, [not forgetting a couple of wins on the Daily Mirror rally...which eventually became the RAC rally!]...Because they used Ford engines & running gear, they could also be serviced, etc, by Ford main dealers.....which was useful at the time.
So he ordered four Dellow Mk2s.... for his reps.
{Somehow the more common small cars of the day didn't appear to hack it so well in the rough?}
They were delivered all with KTM.. registration numbers.
The whole thing is documented, and further details can be found on the Dellow Register website.
Dellow Myths | dellowregister
www.dellowregister.co.uk
Above is a photo of the four cars, with their [allotted?] drivers...{Mine being, KTM 372]...Note the four chimneys in the background...I think a brick works near Bedford? Someone may recognise them?
As part of Ford's [of Bedford] advertising policy, the adverts were headed by ''trust the Fellow in the Dellow''...
All four car still exist, in this country too. [I repatriated my car from the USA where it had gone in the early 1990's...]
Fords are now, I believe, FordSPS, still making foil bottle top machines too....
The present CEO [a descendant of the original boss] got in touch with the Dellow Register a few years ago with the idea of getting all the four cars back together outside the factory for a bit of history...
I don't think they're all the same colour now, as back in 1952, though.
Mine is 'Olde English White,' a once popular BMC colour...The car was originally red..and I still come across bits of its original colour in obscure, spider-ridden places.
I think originally the cars would have been equipped with Ford ten sidevalve engines...{1172cc]...as I don't think Dellow switched to 100E sidevalve Ford engines until a bit later ....However, my car has a 100E engine....with Ford ten gearbox & rear axle.
It does, however, possess an outside hand brake [not a handbrake as such, IE parking brake..I have one of those inside, a Ford Pop item] The outside handbrake is currently only cabled up to operate the rear brakes....which it does, stopping the car more effectively than via the footbrake at times. Correctly cabled up, pulling back on the lever stops the rear wheels, pushing forwards on the lever stops the front wheels. I'm not certain this would have been fitted originally [a factory option at the time]...the above photo doesn't seem to show the cars equipped with outside hand brakes.
The other main option for customers was fitment of a supercharger, of which Dellows were agents for Wade Ventnor blowers.
[The easiest and simplest method of increasing power output on a sidevalve engine is by blowing]
My car was fitted with a supercharger [in the 1980's] but sadly didn't come to me with it still fitted. although it still sports various associated fittings....including a nicely modified N/S front panel & bonnet to accommodate the bower installation used at the time.....I have no intention of taking it back to original in this respect, however.....the lumps are part of its 'history'...
Besides, I don't have any surplus cash to spend on such trivia...preferring to put petrol in it, and keep up with service & repair items instead.
oldravendale
Western Thunderer
Absolutely fascinating, Alistair. Thanks for the story.Regarding the milk bottle diversion?
As folk may now realise from my avatar thingy, I am the owner of a Dellow mk2.
Registered in spring of 1952.
Back then, the owner of an engineering firm located near Bedford [Fords]...wanted stout small cars for his reps.
The company made milk bottling machinery..and specifically, a machine that put the foil tops on milk bottles....for small farm dairies.
The owner needed a small car that would withstand the pounding and abuse of being driven up & down farm tracks and access lanes, visiting customers, etc.
The owner was also a motor sporting enthusiast of the time, and knew of the reputation of Dellows as competent stout sports cars with a considerable record in Trials, [not forgetting a couple of wins on the Daily Mirror rally...which eventually became the RAC rally!]...Because they used Ford engines & running gear, they could also be serviced, etc, by Ford main dealers.....which was useful at the time.
So he ordered four Dellow Mk2s.... for his reps.
{Somehow the more common small cars of the day didn't appear to hack it so well in the rough?}
They were delivered all with KTM.. registration numbers.
The whole thing is documented, and further details can be found on the Dellow Register website.
Dellow Myths | dellowregister
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Above is a photo of the four cars, with their [allotted?] drivers...{Mine being, KTM 372]...Note the four chimneys in the background...I think a brick works near Bedford? Someone may recognise them?
As part of Ford's [of Bedford] advertising policy, the adverts were headed by ''trust the Fellow in the Dellow''...
All four car still exist, in this country too. [I repatriated my car from the USA where it had gone in the early 1990's...]
Fords are now, I believe, FordSPS, still making foil bottle top machines too....
The present CEO [a descendant of the original boss] got in touch with the Dellow Register a few years ago with the idea of getting all the four cars back together outside the factory for a bit of history...
I don't think they're all the same colour now, as back in 1952, though.
Mine is 'Olde English White,' a once popular BMC colour...The car was originally red..and I still come across bits of its original colour in obscure, spider-ridden places.
I think originally the cars would have been equipped with Ford ten sidevalve engines...{1172cc]...as I don't think Dellow switched to 100E sidevalve Ford engines until a bit later ....However, my car has a 100E engine....with Ford ten gearbox & rear axle.
It does, however, possess an outside hand brake [not a handbrake as such, IE parking brake..I have one of those inside, a Ford Pop item] The outside handbrake is currently only cabled up to operate the rear brakes....which it does, stopping the car more effectively than via the footbrake at times. Correctly cabled up, pulling back on the lever stops the rear wheels, pushing forwards on the lever stops the front wheels. I'm not certain this would have been fitted originally [a factory option at the time]...the above photo doesn't seem to show the cars equipped with outside hand brakes.
The other main option for customers was fitment of a supercharger, of which Dellows were agents for Wade Ventnor blowers.
[The easiest and simplest method of increasing power output on a sidevalve engine is by blowing]
My car was fitted with a supercharger [in the 1980's] but sadly didn't come to me with it still fitted. although it still sports various associated fittings....including a nicely modified N/S front panel & bonnet to accommodate the bower installation used at the time.....I have no intention of taking it back to original in this respect, however.....the lumps are part of its 'history'...
Besides, I don't have any surplus cash to spend on such trivia...preferring to put petrol in it, and keep up with service & repair items instead.
Brian
john coates
Member
My Father was one of the original White Helmets of the Royal Signals, this photo is of one of a more modern time. JohnI’ve heard of the Wall of Death - but the Ladder of Death?
I had to look it up but didn’t expect this:
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Dangerous Davies
Western Thunderer
I bet that the Bultaco sprinter would be the noisiest Simon!