Series 1 86" For Sale

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Is anyone in the group interested in buying my 1956 Series 1 86" with
county roof & rear door? It has original 2 litre sidevalve engine &
gearbox and body, bulkhead & chassis have been totally stripped back
and repainted & reassembled, just needs wiring loom, door/vent seals
and seats to complete. Unfortunately the clutch has stuck from it being
in the garage for 2 years but the engine runs perfectly and starts
every time. £1500+ worth of new bits went into the project so you'll
get a bargain as I dont expect to see a huge amount for it, I just have
too many project vehicles and having finished university need to get a
job and free up some space! Here are a couple of pictures so you get an
idea of what it's like (has been under a tree for a couple of weeks so
excuse the leaves :)

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/3308/dcp07730om.jpg
http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/2268/dcp07747br.jpg

Let me know if you or anyone you know may be interested othewise it'll
be ebay I'm afraid.
Thanks,
Fergus

 
What year is it really? The plate can't be right? It's a 1967 plate!

--
Neil


 
Fergus,

Cheers :) Had half the office scratching it's head on that one :)

--
Neil


 
[email protected] wrote:
> Is anyone in the group interested in buying my 1956 Series 1 86" with
> county roof & rear door? It has original 2 litre sidevalve engine &
> gearbox and body, bulkhead & chassis have been totally stripped back
> and repainted & reassembled, just needs wiring loom, door/vent seals
> and seats to complete. Unfortunately the clutch has stuck from it being
> in the garage for 2 years but the engine runs perfectly and starts
> every time. £1500+ worth of new bits went into the project so you'll
> get a bargain as I dont expect to see a huge amount for it, I just have
> too many project vehicles and having finished university need to get a
> job and free up some space! Here are a couple of pictures so you get an
> idea of what it's like (has been under a tree for a couple of weeks so
> excuse the leaves :)
>
> http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/3308/dcp07730om.jpg
> http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/2268/dcp07747br.jpg
>
> Let me know if you or anyone you know may be interested othewise it'll
> be ebay I'm afraid.
> Thanks,
> Fergus
>
Where are you?

Cheers

Peter
 
Steve <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Neil Brownlee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> What year is it really? The plate can't be right? It's a 1967 plate!
>>
>
> Plod might also be concerned that the plate is obscured. :-(

From what perspective? All 'traffic management' pics I've ever seen of my
vehicles have been taken from above and offset by a few meters. Never
once (in any son of Solihul) had a pull from a real cop standing/sitting
at street level.

--
William Tasso

110 V8 (white)
 
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:22:40 -0000, "William Tasso"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Steve <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> "Neil Brownlee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> What year is it really? The plate can't be right? It's a 1967 plate!
>>>
>>
>> Plod might also be concerned that the plate is obscured. :-(
>
> From what perspective? All 'traffic management' pics I've ever seen of my
>vehicles have been taken from above and offset by a few meters. Never
>once (in any son of Solihul) had a pull from a real cop standing/sitting
>at street level.

The speed cameras generally get the back plate too dont they anyhow.
 
Tom Woods <[email protected]> wrote:

> ...
> The speed cameras generally get the back plate too dont they anyhow.

hey ho - there's more than one type of traffic management that needs to be
monitored in this brave new land - and I have evidence that not all
cameras photograph the rear of passing vehicles.

--
William Tasso
 
On or around Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:40:05 -0000, "William Tasso"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Tom Woods <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> ...
>> The speed cameras generally get the back plate too dont they anyhow.
>
>hey ho - there's more than one type of traffic management that needs to be
>monitored in this brave new land - and I have evidence that not all
>cameras photograph the rear of passing vehicles.

my problem is with the use of digital cameras and digital images as sole
evidence. It's too easy to alter them.

I was following a car the other day, and with the nature of the font
(although AFAIK perfectly legal when it was made) and the presence of damage
to the top of the plate making a U look like an O, it could have been
interpreted easily as SOO rather than the SDU that it actually was.
Depending on the quality and clarity of the image, it might well not be
possible to tell. If you use image enhancing software on it, then the
software make an arbitrary decision that this or that pixel should be black
or yellow (OK, that's a crude approximation, but you get the drift) and you
can't tell me that it always gets it right.

That's without considering the possibility of tampering with evidence. Not
saying that the evidence *would* be tampered with, merely the possibility
that it *can*, without being detectable, is enough to make the evidence
unreliable.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering
from the strawbuilt shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing
horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
 
I was once told off, in no uncertain terms for reversing up to a pumpin
petrol station and filling up (all the other pumps were full). The excuse
given?

"What if there was a fire?"

my reply :

"I'd drive out? There's an entrance/exit at both ends!"

The woman looked confused and flustered. Then she stated they would refuse
to serve me again if I ever did it again!!

When I went back out to the vehicle I had a look around, and lo! What was
evident? A camera pointing at where my front number plate *should* have been
if I owned a Eurobox. Bless the silly tart, if she'd bothered to look at her
CCTV screen which was showing the FRONT of my vehicle she'd have seen that
my number plate was affixed to the offside of the vhicle bumper, at an angle
(you've all seen winch bumpers). At this angle her camera would have taken a
picture of my fairlead or my steering guard!

I went back in and asked her if the problem was the number plate
recognition. She said no! Stupid. The point is I was paying - so the very
notion of me nicking the fuel was ridiculous. Secondly she should not have
AUTHORISED the pump if she could not make out the plate!!!

Doh!

Anyway - the end result was she looked dumb using such a pathetic excuse in
front of the rest of the customers, who were also looking at the huge
forecourt and wondering how a fire would make any difference to the
direction you were facing!

--
Neil


 
"William Tasso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:eek:[email protected]...
> Steve <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > "Neil Brownlee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> What year is it really? The plate can't be right? It's a 1967 plate!
> >>
> >
> > Plod might also be concerned that the plate is obscured. :-(
>
> From what perspective? All 'traffic management' pics I've ever seen of
my
> vehicles have been taken from above and offset by a few meters. Never
> once (in any son of Solihul) had a pull from a real cop standing/sitting
> at street level.
>

From the perspective that the photo (the second one) was taken. Extend the
line/angle back and it's probably not far off your "above and offset by a
few meters". The plate is quite obviously partially obscured as seen from
the front. If this is a 'permitted' situation, then why do we have to have
front number plates on vehicles at all?

Steve


 
Steve <[email protected]> wrote:

> ...
> why do we have to have
> front number plates on vehicles at all?

'why' questions are notoriously difficult to answer - moreso when applied
to legislation governing the use of motor vehicles.

In this case I think I could make a reasonable fist of the 'book' answers,
but as for the real reason ... no idea. :)

--
William Tasso
 
The vehicle is located near Stowmarket in Suffolk, sorry forgot to
mention that. I recon the numberplate is too obscured, I was planning
to either remove the over-riders or fit a new bumper to return it to
original.

Thanks,
Fergus

 
Neil Brownlee wrote:
> I was once told off, in no uncertain terms for reversing up to a pumpin
> petrol station and filling up (all the other pumps were full). The excuse
> given?
>
> "What if there was a fire?"
>
> my reply :
>
> "I'd drive out? There's an entrance/exit at both ends!"
>
> The woman looked confused and flustered. Then she stated they would refuse
> to serve me again if I ever did it again!!
>
> When I went back out to the vehicle I had a look around, and lo! What was
> evident? A camera pointing at where my front number plate *should* have been
> if I owned a Eurobox. Bless the silly tart, if she'd bothered to look at her
> CCTV screen which was showing the FRONT of my vehicle she'd have seen that
> my number plate was affixed to the offside of the vhicle bumper, at an angle
> (you've all seen winch bumpers). At this angle her camera would have taken a
> picture of my fairlead or my steering guard!
>
> I went back in and asked her if the problem was the number plate
> recognition. She said no! Stupid. The point is I was paying - so the very
> notion of me nicking the fuel was ridiculous. Secondly she should not have
> AUTHORISED the pump if she could not make out the plate!!!
>
> Doh!
>
> Anyway - the end result was she looked dumb using such a pathetic excuse in
> front of the rest of the customers, who were also looking at the huge
> forecourt and wondering how a fire would make any difference to the
> direction you were facing!
>

She probably used the excuse to save telling you the real reason -
most people I know hate others reversing up to the pump in front of
them, blocking their exit whilst you start your fill, so they wait
whilst you refuel and pay (only applies in situations where there
isn't a 3 car gap between pumps).

--
Regards,
Danny

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Danny <[email protected]> wrote:

> Neil Brownlee wrote:
>> I was once told off, in no uncertain terms for reversing up to a pumpin
>> petrol station and filling up (all the other pumps were full). The
>> excuse given?
>> "What if there was a fire?"
>> my reply :
>> "I'd drive out? There's an entrance/exit at both ends!"
>> The woman looked confused and flustered. Then she stated they would
>> refuse to serve me again if I ever did it again!!
>> When I went back out to the vehicle I had a look around, and lo! What
>> was evident? A camera pointing at where my front number plate *should*
>> have been if I owned a Eurobox. Bless the silly tart, if she'd bothered
>> to look at her CCTV screen which was showing the FRONT of my vehicle
>> she'd have seen that my number plate was affixed to the offside of the
>> vhicle bumper, at an angle (you've all seen winch bumpers). At this
>> angle her camera would have taken a picture of my fairlead or my
>> steering guard!
>> I went back in and asked her if the problem was the number plate
>> recognition. She said no! Stupid. The point is I was paying - so the
>> very notion of me nicking the fuel was ridiculous. Secondly she should
>> not have AUTHORISED the pump if she could not make out the plate!!!
>> Doh!
>> Anyway - the end result was she looked dumb using such a pathetic
>> excuse in front of the rest of the customers, who were also looking at
>> the huge forecourt and wondering how a fire would make any difference
>> to the direction you were facing!
>>
>
> She probably used the excuse to save telling you the real reason - most
> people I know hate others reversing up to the pump in front of them,

The solution to that particular bottleneck appears to be simple on the
face of it - but the details of implementation seem to evade most.

> blocking their exit whilst you start your fill, so they wait whilst you
> refuel and pay (only applies in situations where there isn't a 3 car gap
> between pumps).

there are now appearing a few where the car is moved to a separate pay
station.


--
William Tasso
 
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