Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
You misunderstood! I was reading the advertiser's pitch, which seems a work of singular fiction
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You misunderstood! I was reading the advertiser's pitch, which seems a work of singular fiction
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
Does anyone apart from me remember that there used to be one of those, covered in velvet/suede or something similar that used to compete at Lydden Hill in Rallycross - on World of Sport on Saturdays?
CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
- Location
- Hertfordshire
Spotted a "maybe vintage" Morgan, who knows, apparently living out its days in Nice, Cote d'Azur today. Any idea of year?
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CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
- Location
- Hertfordshire
I'm only guessing. Do you know how to tell? Please share because I'm no expert, it was just a punt based on how worn it all looked, I thought it might be a IV. I might be 25 years out as far as I know, they all look pretty similar.
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Cerdic
Senior Member
I’ve no idea how to tell! Nobody has. As you correctly say, they have all looked pretty much the same for donkeys! Hence the jokey reply!
CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
- Location
- Hertfordshire
Agreed, and I've edited my post to let the enthusiasts reply with what it is and what year. I can't be arsed, I just saw a vintage looking car and I posted it. That's all the fun for me, after that I'm out!
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
As a young fella in the 70s, these were around but not plentiful. They always invoke a negative reaction in me after seeing one recovered to a then friends dads garage after it had gone under a bus head on. Everything up to the bulkhead and above the doors was gone...driver didn't survive
Profpointy
Legendary Member
If I may stretch the definition to include classic two wheelers we saw these beauties today in Tintern; no doubt a club run of Velocette enthusiasts. The Indian Velo is intriguing as I think it was some kind of licence deal or joint venture with the American firm Indian, who were more into big v-twins rather like Harleys
And sadly sans-photo saw what I took to be a Rolls Silver Ghost coming the other way whilst driving home. This is the pre WW1 car that arguably established RR as "the best car in the world"
And sadly sans-photo saw what I took to be a Rolls Silver Ghost coming the other way whilst driving home. This is the pre WW1 car that arguably established RR as "the best car in the world"
Gillstay
Veteran
The Indian Velo was a Floyd Clymer enterprise if I remember correctly. They were very badly put together, but did look good. Quite similar to the Ducati street scramblers which were much better.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
From my Cyril Ayton book on Post War British Bikes, he's quite favourable on the Indian Velo. You're right about Clymer - apparently he wanted to resurrect the by then defunct Indian brand and saw the 500 Velo engined bikes as being a stepping stone to the big V twins he really wanted to be building. He married the Birmingham built Velo engines with Italian cycle parts and brakes etc. According to Ayton
"lighter, a little faster, better braked and more comfortable than a 100% Velocette. Mr Clymer's 1970s hybrid was everything the British made product should have been in thr 1960s." Only some 200 made apparently, mostly sold in the US with maybe 50 for the UK market. It ended with Clymer's death and the folding of of Veloce itself so no more engines
