1947 fl knuck on ebay

[banquo]

Me too, but it's nostalgia, born of our part remembered and recorded highlights of a rose-tinted time. It wasn't really like that, unless you were white, middle class, American and well off. It was a simpler time though, when you could understand most things, and fix them yourself (like sticking valves in the telly until you found one that worked...).

[Any old iron]

Originally Posted by banquo

Me too, but it's nostalgia, born of our part remembered and recorded highlights of a rose-tinted time. It wasn't really like that, unless you were white, middle class, American and well off. It was a simpler time though, when you could understand most things, and fix them yourself (like sticking valves in the telly until you found one that worked...).

I agree with you. I wouldn't fancy starting work at 4 in the morning to fire up a steam loco or traveling to the south of France in a Ford Pop but somehow everything mechanical seems to have got over complicated these days. What about having to pay 1500 quid for a new ignition unit for your car if you loose the key! On the other hand would you fancy still having to use a starting handle?

[Paul P.]

...as I spent a good part of yesterday driving to my stranded wife so I could bump start her Zafira I could easily become a fan of starting handles. Problem is ignition key based so your £1500 comment is painful to think about!

(by the way, I keep thinking fondly of Gray's Morris Minor in these moments...and at MoT time,..etc..etc)

[girlyglide]

Just like to poor guy on another thread on here with an idiot light blown. Not a difficult job; replace the bulb and it's good to go!

Until you read further and realise that the said idiot light is a surface mounted LED on a printed circuit board.


And they call it progress.....................

[Gray]

Originally Posted by Paul P.

...!

(by the way, I keep thinking fondly of Gray's Morris Minor in these moments...and at MoT time,..etc..etc)

Mind you, Morris elbow is no joke.

[banquo]

Here's a tasty 1937 in Oz, starting at AU$50,000 (about £31,000)

[yoshi1157]

Ideal starting point for a rich mans bobber

[Any old iron]

Originally Posted by banquo

Here's a tasty 1937 in Oz, starting at AU$50,000 (about £31,000)

Blimey, they get more expensive by the day! Mind you it's an early one and they always fetch more.
There's a bitsa here for a lot less. Loads of wrong parts but maybe a bit more affordable. It'll be interesting to see what it fetches.


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[banquo]

Yeah: I saw the bitsa too, but I couldn't get the pix to load for some reason. As for price, they ain't making any more, so I guess they won't be coming down any time soon.

[Gray]

Originally Posted by banquo

As for price, they ain't making any more, so I guess they won't be coming down any time soon.

True, but there are a lot more 45s and iron head sportys about than in the seventies, so I suspect that there is a factory in china knocking them out, so it's only a matter of time before they start on knuckles.