Hairy Bikers and Other Petrol Heads

[RichardG]

And thank you Tony @Osgood for your one-liners, of which I think the Kallax lightweight railcar was the finest. I hope we can look forward to many more next year

 

[Osgood]

I don't know Richard, after all it's a fine line to tread:

 

[RichardG]

Feel free to use the Heybridge Railway as a test bed

 

[Fitzroy]

Here's a question for the petrolhead brains trust.... can anyone recall a 'fifties English movie about a diabolical reefer-smoking doctor who ends up crashing his 4 1/2 litre bentley head-on into a steamroller? Its driving me nuts.

 

[Osgood]

Dr. Titfield?

 

[simond]

It certainly sounds very “Ealing” to me.

 

[timbowales]

Terry Thomas or James Robertson Justice would fit the description of the driver?

 

[Flaxfield]

Here's a question for the petrolhead brains trust.... can anyone recall a 'fifties English movie about a diabolical reefer-smoking doctor who ends up crashing his 4 1/2 litre bentley head-on into a steamroller? Its driving me nuts.

The Fast Lady springs to mind.



Maybe ?

Rob

 

[Osgood]

There's a very comprehensive database for vehicles in films at IMCDb.org
You should be able to find it with a search for 4 1/2 litre Bentley.

Let us know if you find it - I couldn't be ar$$d sorting out the cookies....

 

[simond]

Terry Thomas or James Robertson Justice would fit the description of the driver?

I had Leslie Phillips in mind, what?

 

[timbowales]

I had Leslie Phillips in mind, what?

The Fast Lady satisfies both of us

 

[James Spooner]

I had Leslie Phillips in mind, what?

Well ding dong!

 

[JimG]

I had Leslie Phillips in mind, what?

Left hand down a bit.

Jim.

 

[Osgood]

Now look, if you chaps are not going to take this seriously I'm off on my bike to do some modelling (well, opening a few boxes at least).

 

[Fitzroy]

Definitely NOT the fast lady. Last time I tried IMDB I got nothing. Wouldn't surprise me if it was the same car, probably part of Pinewood's junk collection at the time.

 

[Neil]

Could it be The Iron Maiden? Synopsis here, features among others, Alan Hale Jr, aka Casey Jones.

 

[MarkR]

“The Iron Maiden” complete with the Handley Page Victor, posing as an airliner!!

 

[Fitzroy]

Nup, but thank you for drawing that one to my attention!

 

[RichardG]

Yes this is Essex but I still think Jaguar might be really glad to shed some of their customers.

 

[simond]

I recall a bloke driving similarly close to the back of my Series 1 Landrover (at 40-ish, not 2 mph!) so I asked my pal in the back to open the tailgate and invite him in. He did.

You've never seen anyone back off quite so quickly. Most effective.