Hairy Bikers and Other Petrol Heads
- Thread starter Eastsidepilot
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adrian
Flying Squad
Agreed - the distortion on the door is totally fake.
Ian@StEnochs
Western Thunderer
But still a good gag!
Max M
Western Thunderer
Definitely, the chassis side rails are supported front and back by two arms on each side so any force would go through there and not in the middle as suggested by the photo.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
As described in Overseer's thread on the Airfix Land Rover I have a single volume of service charts for several 50's vehicles, I can scan sections of it if it's of interest to anyone.
There are some useful diagrams as well as servicing procedures etc.
Col.
There are some useful diagrams as well as servicing procedures etc.
Col.
David Waite
Western Thunderer
Page 281- 284 looks interesting I assume windscreen wipers.
David.
David.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Also washers and horns, David.
Col.
Col.
oldravendale
Western Thunderer
Oh - I remember it well in my Mark 1 Ford Consul....
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B
Back in Blighty now. Drove past the Inchcape site, which is completely barricaded and guarded! At least JLR has supplied me with a courtesy car as they have no idea when mine can be repaired. The car hire company told me that 196 cars were written off, including 4 unregistered f-types that were completely submerged! Quite a row going on as the dealership is denying all liability and insisting that customers claim on their own insurance. I am sure that the insurance companies will claim against Inchcape. When the site planning permission was granted the flood risk assessment identified that there was a 1 in 100year risk of the site being submerged to a depth of 2m. Only the lawyers will make money from this.
I'm driving a Nissan Qashqai - hardly in the same price bracket as the F-Pace, but I can see why it is the best selling car now.
Dave
I'm driving a Nissan Qashqai - hardly in the same price bracket as the F-Pace, but I can see why it is the best selling car now.
Dave
My Dad's Ford Prefect had the same I think. Certainly had the same issues described by @simond
simond
Western Thunderer
The thing that’s easy to forget is that we all end up paying the insurance cost when decisions to build in unsuitable areas are approved. If a building that’s been alongside a river for 350 years gets flooded, I guess the insurance premiums reflect the risk. If a new build is predictably flooded because it’s been given planning approval to be built on a flood plain, the only winners are the builders. Perhaps their insurance…?
Osgood
Western Thunderer
Can’t see a business stocking a yard full of cars without flood insurance.
So the only debate is over whose insurance pays.
This must have been tested so many times over the years, one wonders why organisations don't just accept the legal precedent and get it sorted.
So the only debate is over whose insurance pays.
This must have been tested so many times over the years, one wonders why organisations don't just accept the legal precedent and get it sorted.
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David Waite
Western Thunderer
Thanks Col
My Holden has a vacuum wiper motor and a accessory windscreen washer just like in the photos, all the Holden models from 1956 to 1959 also had a vacuum pump incorporated into the lower part of the fuel pump to help keep the wipers going when you put your foot down it helps a little but that’s all, I never knew about vacuum horns that’s new to me.
David.
michael080
Western Thunderer
Anybody remembers the VW Käfer concept? The washers were driven with pressure from the spare tyre.
Clean window --> flat spare wheel
Michael
Overseer
Western Thunderer
Yes, but by the end of the 1950s the Beetle had a plastic water bottle with an air valve so you pumped it up directly instead of connecting the spare tyre. Never had a problem with it. I am not sure which year the change was made.Anybody remembers the VW Käfer concept? The washers were driven with pressure from the spare tyre.
Clean window --> flat spare wheel
Michael
oldravendale
Western Thunderer
My own experiences tell me that this is the normal situation. After all, in an accident you don't claim directly against the third party, you leave that up to your insurance company. That's why they have loss adjusters. You are quite right, though. The only people who'll make any money out of this will be the lawyers and we'll all be paying even higher insurance premiums.
Incidentally, and you've all heard this before, please make sure you ring your insurance company and tell them the renewal premium is too high. You can easily get a comparison quote on line. I've just done that for my wife's car and "after consideration" which took about two minutes the premium is now lower than last year!
Brian