Leyland Cars are NOT cool!

[albinojay]

some i took at silverstone classc last year.

epic epic epic car

DSC_0075 by jason livesey, on Flickr

DSC_0081 by jason livesey, on Flickr

DSC_0765 by jason livesey, on Flickr

[MrSpeedy]

Self whoring, but I think it's cool;




And a previous bit of BL I hacked about;

[retrolegends]

Nope!

[carledo]

Nothing cool to see here folks, just move along please!

That blown Stag (not the usual sort of blown Stag fersure) is exactly the same faded Carmine as my Toledo which means I definitely don't want it, no sir, no way, no how, do I want it!

Steve

Oh, who am I kidding? OOOOFFFFFF!!!!!!

[v8ian]

Look up Richard Whales Triumph Herald

[vulgalour]

I'm trying to figure out what the yellow car with the BMW Mini rear lights is in the background of the blown Stag picture. Can't make up my mind whether or not it's a classic Mini.

[ratchart]

Aug 5, 2016 6:18:32 GMT v8ian said:

Look up Richard Whales Triumph Herald

Borrowed from R & S

[820]

Aug 5, 2016 6:18:32 GMT v8ian said:

Look up Richard Whales Triumph Herald

I had a poster or center pages picture from Custom car or Street machine of that Herald on my wall for many years when I was a young person, the detail and quality was amazing, wonder where it is now.

[retrolegends]

[vulgalour]

Just a little shameless self promotion We're getting there now.

[820]

Those wheels are perfect for the Princess

[retrolegends]

Self promotion is fine as long as I can join in too.

[retrolegends]

[retrolegends]

[ratchart]

I'll have the psychedelic hippy bus or the Princess estate thingy please.

Also that Marina drag car has more rake than Alan Tichmarsh's gaden shed.*

*(which probably has some rakes in it)

[carledo]

Top chopped J4 Gasser for me, all day long! Back in the 60s before I was old enough to drive (legally) a mate had a J4 similar to this with a Westie motor, Downton head and 3x40DHLAs. The front bumper was a railway sleeper mounted on 2 coil springs, which he used to push start dragsters in the early days at Santa Pod. Sadly the van is long gone, but my memories keep it alive.

Steve

[60six]

Inspired by the picture above, the readup of this trans-america expedition is amazing, especially when you find out that those crazy yanks tried to do the same in a CORVAIR! - Possibly the most notorious car in american automotive history ....

Great write-up here

www.range-rover-classic.com/Home/range-rover-darien-gap

Still can't find any reason for doing this expedition, apart from 'WHY NOT?'

Made me laugh when the land rovers come across the wrecked remains of the corvairs ....

[retrolegends]

Oct 15, 2016 21:44:23 GMT carledo said:

Top chopped J4 Gasser for me, all day long! Back in the 60s before I was old enough to drive (legally) a mate had a J4 similar to this with a Westie motor, Downton head and 3x40DHLAs. The front bumper was a railway sleeper mounted on 2 coil springs, which he used to push start dragsters in the early days at Santa Pod. Sadly the van is long gone, but my memories keep it alive.

Steve

How do you even begin to consider how to chop a roof on that?? Hats off to whoever did!! 👍🏻😆

[carledo]

Oct 18, 2016 18:15:56 GMT retrolegends said:

Oct 15, 2016 21:44:23 GMT carledo said:

Top chopped J4 Gasser for me, all day long! Back in the 60s before I was old enough to drive (legally) a mate had a J4 similar to this with a Westie motor, Downton head and 3x40DHLAs. The front bumper was a railway sleeper mounted on 2 coil springs, which he used to push start dragsters in the early days at Santa Pod. Sadly the van is long gone, but my memories keep it alive.

Steve

How do you even begin to consider how to chop a roof on that?? Hats off to whoever did!! 👍🏻😆

It's actually relatively simple, you chop the side panels about halfway up, because the pillars are almost vertical, only a small amount of metal needs to go into the middle and nothing to or from the centreline. The tricky bit (according to my old friend) was cutting down the sliding side doors and making them work. Apparently he used up 6 or 8 doors before he got it right!

Steve

I've always had a soft spot for the J4, as an apprentice, my company had the contract to maintain EMI records' fleet of the things. one of my best memories of those days, is roaring around flat out on road test with the sliding doors latched back. Good Times!

[retrolegends]

Nothing to see here