Gigantic Purple Slug Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-24674106 Always liked these. The number plate on the front always looks like an afterthought, which is probably how a car should be designed. Brakes were pretty shocking though alllefgdly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-24674106 Always liked these. The number plate on the front always looks like an afterthought, which is probably how a car should be designed. Brakes were pretty shocking though alllefgdly. They were! Mine was a 1964 3.8 drop-head. Sold it, almost eaten away by rust, for £250 in 1970. I still remember it fondly, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 They were! Mine was a 1964 3.8 drop-head. Sold it, almost eaten away by rust, for £250 in 1970. I still remember it fondly, though. Good Bruce! They did rust though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horridbloke Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Darn it, I hoped this was going to be about feral tigers in Wolverhampton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Purple Slug Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 They were! Mine was a 1964 3.8 drop-head. Sold it, almost eaten away by rust, for £250 in 1970. I still remember it fondly, though. I count myself lucky in a way. Old enough to see the shocking effect of rust on a car, young enough never to have bought one that did. Jag must have been a blast. Hard to park I guess with the long bonnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 They were! Mine was a 1964 3.8 drop-head. Sold it, almost eaten away by rust, for £250 in 1970. I still remember it fondly, though. You must be older than I had assumed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronyx Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 They were! Mine was a 1964 3.8 drop-head. Sold it, almost eaten away by rust, for £250 in 1970. I still remember it fondly, though. 6 years for a 'premium' car?! That's pathetic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habeas Domus Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 The number plate on the front always looks like an afterthought, which is probably how a car should be designed. I wonder how much longer it will be until we get electronic identification of cars, just think if every car no longer had a number plate slapped on front, how much more aerodynamic they would be saving petrol and the environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Purple Slug Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 6 years for a 'premium' car?! That's pathetic! That was pretty much standard as I recall. It wasn't so much putting your foot to the floor as through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Purple Slug Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 I wonder how much longer it will be until we get electronic identification of cars, just think if every car no longer had a number plate slapped on front, how much more aerodynamic they would be saving petrol and the environment. I don't think number plates have a huge impact on aerodynamics to be honest. But you are right. I suspect that the number plate will not go away. But maybe it will have some sort of rf ID embedded in it. I read somewhere about a new type of cop car that automatically reads the plates, sends em back to dvlc and then buzzes the cop if no insurance etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuG III Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I don't think number plates have a huge impact on aerodynamics to be honest. But you are right. I suspect that the number plate will not go away. But maybe it will have some sort of rf ID embedded in it. I read somewhere about a new type of cop car that automatically reads the plates, sends em back to dvlc and then buzzes the cop if no insurance etc. Automatic Number Plate Readers. Been around for at least a decade. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_number_plate_recognition The increasing use of ANPR is one reason why the rate of number plate theft and cloning has gone through the roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I don't think number plates have a huge impact on aerodynamics to be honest. But you are right. I suspect that the number plate will not go away. But maybe it will have some sort of rf ID embedded in it. I read somewhere about a new type of cop car that automatically reads the plates, sends em back to dvlc and then buzzes the cop if no insurance etc. I read somewhere that Jaguar had to use a stick on plate to hit the magic 150MPH. You must be older than I had assumed. I was still in my teens when I sold it, I started work at 15. Not too many years before I get my state pension though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rave Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I don't think number plates have a huge impact on aerodynamics to be honest. But you are right. I suspect that the number plate will not go away. But maybe it will have some sort of rf ID embedded in it. I read somewhere about a new type of cop car that automatically reads the plates, sends em back to dvlc and then buzzes the cop if no insurance etc. As StuG says, ANPR has been around for a fair while now. 6-7 years ago when I was a proper banger enthusiast I thought nothing of nipping the half a mile to my local MOT station uninsured to see if it was worth renewing the insurance on one or other of my fleet. And yes I know it was naughty, but at the time I made my living as a driver, so I was capable of incredibly defensive driving, and I could have covered the costs of anything other than a freakish accident out of my pocket. Now I see more than my fair share of cop cars, as the local met vehicle depot is at the end of my road. And a fair percentage of them - mainly Skoda Octavia VRS-es- have a black wrap on the front bonnet with 'ANPR Interceptor' overlaid in very bold lettering! I've seen plenty of quite respectable looking cars at the roadside with massive stickers on the back along the lines of 'seized 'cos it was uninsured'. 6 points and a £500 fine- I sort my MOTs out in good time now . As for E-Types - meh. I'd much rather have a manual V12 XJ-S! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 As StuG says, ANPR has been around for a fair while now. 6-7 years ago when I was a proper banger enthusiast I thought nothing of nipping the half a mile to my local MOT station uninsured to see if it was worth renewing the insurance on one or other of my fleet. And yes I know it was naughty, but at the time I made my living as a driver, so I was capable of incredibly defensive driving, and I could have covered the costs of anything other than a freakish accident out of my pocket. Now I see more than my fair share of cop cars, as the local met vehicle depot is at the end of my road. And a fair percentage of them - mainly Skoda Octavia VRS-es- have a black wrap on the front bonnet with 'ANPR Interceptor' overlaid in very bold lettering! I've seen plenty of quite respectable looking cars at the roadside with massive stickers on the back along the lines of 'seized 'cos it was uninsured'. 6 points and a £500 fine- I sort my MOTs out in good time now . As for E-Types - meh. I'd much rather have a manual V12 XJ-S! My brother in law had one! Frankly, the auto-box was better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rave Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 My brother in law had one! Frankly, the auto-box was better! 3-speed GM? You may well be right, but I still can't be doing with only three forward gears on principle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 3-speed GM? You may well be right, but I still can't be doing with only three forward gears on principle! Later ones had a different transmission! I don't think you need to worry about gears with an engine that size. I only have driven one XJS, and it was not owned by me! Twas indeed a 6 cylinder one! Nice to drive, bugger to maintain, I think! We went to the Jaguar do, in 2001, at Donnington, 25 years of XJS, and I had never seen so many in my life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 As for E-Types - meh. I'd much rather have a manual V12 XJ-S! Or a 427 Shelby Cobra. A guy gave me a go in one when I had the "E", most brutal car I've ever driven . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Or a 427 Shelby Cobra. A guy gave me a go in one when I had the "E", most brutal car I've ever driven . That sounds nice! I still have a Ford Mustang, but a 302, from 1990! The engine is far better than the brakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 That sounds nice! I still have a Ford Mustang, but a 302, from 1990! The engine is far better than the brakes. Of course, it's American . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Of course, it's American . I dunno how they live with it! The lights are crap too! If you have ever driven a Capri, it's like one of those, but with a bucket load of torque! Mechanically, it is excellent! It needs an MOT soon! It will pass! Those Shelby Cobras must be quite something! I do love motors me! But not expensive ones! I'm a tightwad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 I dunno how they live with it! The lights are crap too! If you have ever driven a Capri, it's like one of those, but with a bucket load of torque! Mechanically, it is excellent! It needs an MOT soon! It will pass! Those Shelby Cobras must be quite something! I do love motors me! But not expensive ones! I'm a tightwad. I had a 1967 Sunbeam Tiger 289, now that was interesting . The Cobra was awesome, but Carroll Shelby was not your average American car designer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 I had a 1967 Sunbeam Tiger 289, now that was interesting . The Cobra was awesome, but Carroll Shelby was not your average American car designer. The Sunbeam company (Rootes Group) was unfortunately bought by Chrysler! No place for a Ford engine was there? One of my friend's dad had one of those! Bloody good engine! I confess, i am an unrepentant petrolhead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronyx Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 I do love motors me! But not expensive ones! I'm a tightwad. That would explain why you don't have a proper 1965 Fastback... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 That would explain why you don't have a proper 1965 Fastback... I don't pay "stupid amounts of money" Mr chronyx"! I just like fun cars! And I get cheap insurance!! £140 last year. I'm on the wrong thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronyx Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 I don't pay "stupid amounts of money" Mr chronyx"! I just like fun cars! And I get cheap insurance!! £140 last year. I'm on the wrong thread! It's only £25,000! Do a quick MEW and have enough left for a cruise, or two tanks of 'gas' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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