Whiffs found surfing

[Captain Canada]

Wow that is cool !

[Weaver]

Came across this Morgan Three-Wheeler with a "special option" added:

Mate of mine had a JZR, which is a bargain-basement Morgan-style kit-car powered by Hondas CX500 or Moto-Guzzi engines. Hia didn't have the turret, but the headlight switch was a Lancaster bomber radiator flap switch which was pretty cool.

The stories I could tell, but probably shouldn't, about Rob and that car........

[Weaver]

Had the idea to make a British Antarctic Survey Stalwart Mk.1 from the S&M kit, so I went looking for references, and somebody'd beaten me to it, but using the old Matchbox die-cast Mk.1. Well done Kelvin64:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28773898@N04/8365213701


Matchbox Toys Alvis Stalwart 'BP Exploration'  No.61 Conversion: Antarctica Diorama - 4 Of 34 by Kelvin64, on Flickr

[Captain Canada]

Nice work on both the Morgan and the Stalwart ! I'm having lots of Arctic thoughts during my furlough. 

[chrisonord]

Came across this Morgan Three-Wheeler with a "special option" added:

Mate of mine had a JZR, which is a bargain-basement Morgan-style kit-car powered by Hondas CX500 or Moto-Guzzi engines. Hia didn't have the turret, but the headlight switch was a Lancaster bomber radiator flap switch which was pretty cool.

The stories I could tell, but probably shouldn't, about Rob and that car........

The guy who makes the JZR's is a friend of mine, he is called John Ziember, and they are built in Darwen. The last one he had on his ramp had a 2.2 litre Harley engine up front, with a ford cortina four speed gear box attached. He is a very clever bloke and builds classic and Vintage motorcycles too as well as sprinting them.
Chris

[Weaver]

The guy who makes the JZR's is a friend of mine, he is called John Ziember, and they are built in Darwen. The last one he had on his ramp had a 2.2 litre Harley engine up front, with a ford cortina four speed gear box attached. He is a very clever bloke and builds classic and Vintage motorcycles too as well as sprinting them.
Chris

Small world! Rob's was the second kit ever made. He didn't buy it new, rather he bought it off the first owner who'd made a pig's ear of it and put it right. It was powered by an 850cc Moto Guzzi engine, and Rob made a new swing arm which allowed it to use a car tyre at the back instead of the bike one. It was painted bright yellow, which promptly got it named 'Buttercup' by his daughter. It had no reverse gear of course, so you had to get out and push it into tight parking spaces. One time a guy ran out of a shop to help, and before Rob could stop him, he grabbed the first two convenient 'handles' on the front, which just happened to be the exhaust pipes.... ouch....

Another time, he was driving through Manchester on a Saturday night with his daughter in the passenger seat, when, at a traffic light, a bunch of drunken lads surrounded them. One jumped on the luggage rack on the back and demanded Rob give him a ride. He was told twice to get off, but he wasn't having it.

"Okay," said Rob, "if you want a ride, I'll give you a ****ing ride!"

He then nailed it at 100mph to the next large roundabout, and proceeded to circle it at 60mph with the outside front wheel against the kerb, the inside one flying over the flowers and the car at about 45% tilt. By now the drunk was hanging on for his life and screaming "let me off!! Let me off!!!!" Rob gave him about five minutes, you know, to make sure he really wanted to get off, then dumped him in the middle of the roundabout....

[Rick Lowe]

Another time, he was driving through Manchester on a Saturday night with his daughter in the passenger seat, when, at a traffic light, a bunch of drunken lads surrounded them. One jumped on the luggage rack on the back and demanded Rob give him a ride. He was told twice to get off, but he wasn't having it.

"Okay," said Rob, "if you want a ride, I'll give you a ****ing ride!"

He then nailed it at 100mph to the next large roundabout, and proceeded to circle it at 60mph with the outside front wheel against the kerb, the inside one flying over the flowers and the car at about 45% tilt. By now the drunk was hanging on for his life and screaming "let me off!! Let me off!!!!" Rob gave him about five minutes, you know, to make sure he really wanted to get off, then dumped him in the middle of the roundabout....

SORTED!! 

[chrisonord]

HAHA, brilliant stuff, they are a cracking piece of kit too, would love to be able to afford one also, as he builds them with Pan European engines in too.
Chris

[Dizzyfugu]

Well, probably not truly operational anymore... 

[Old Wombat]

 

[ericr]

long live seaplanes !!! 

[scooter]

It might get airborne, and it might survive one landing only...but it's like the saying in the US Navy during Operation Earnest Will- any ship can be a minesweeper once. 

[TheChronicOne]

 

Theory time... the thing is too darn nice looking not to be operational.. so.. here's my theory: The pontoons are either out for repair or the owner is waiting for new ones to arrive so in the meantime put these temporary death traps on there. 

[kerick]

Very expensive pontoon boat!!

[jcf]

After his aircraft was stolen and recovered for the third time, Bela decide to anchor it out by his
boat. The Danube Anti-Theft Device, patent pending.