my non-Porsche picture of the day

[911hillclimber]

Always some nice bikes at Silverstone dotted around. These were nice:

[Ashley James]

The 125cc Bantam was a design pinched from DKW at the end of the war. It was a good little bike and the GPO used them to deliver telegrams. It’s top speed was forty, so you can imagine how we as kids reacted to the arrival of the 125cc Honda. The Press was Brit biased but couldn’t conceal a 76mph top speed and that the Honda had 8" twin leading shoe brakes both ends. The Manx Norton racer was still in production in 1959 and only had one at the front.

Honda also offered a race kit for the Benly as it was called. 10,500 rpm in 1959.

[KS]

In honour of this being page 1172, here is a photo of an 1172cc Ford.

[911hillclimber]

Very good!

My first hot-rod-to-be was a peach of an E93A Pop, solid and ripe. TPL 88, paid £10 for it.
Had it about 2 weeks before my mother scrapped it!

Led to a wreck of a Y Type Ford, 1937, which became a very good hot rod to me through the 70's/ 80's. Very happy days.

Pops allowed so much to be done and achieved by some very talented car people, we know who they are and what they produced.

Nice when they are done up a bit:



What a fabulous looking Benley!
Hondas are just great bikes to work on, wish I had kept my restoration from a few years back.

[BILLY BEAN]

In honour of this being page 1172, here is a photo of an 1172cc Ford.

You mean page E93A?

[KS]

You mean page E93A?

[KS]

[MikeB]

The first Tourist Information Centre ?

[mycar]

Unicycle drag racing.

[jb]

Some people have too much time on their hands

[Black Betty]

Almost looks like a model, but it's real...

Several aircooled cars in this picture, but no Porsche 911.

Although there is one 6 cilinder aircooled car in this picture; you know which one that is???

[orkneydave]

Love that the ice cream lady has stayed in the trailer!

[orkneydave]

And spotted the Corvair too!

[Ralph]

Love that the ice cream lady has stayed in the trailer!

When we were kids my dad used to let us sit in the box trailer towed by his beetle whilst driving round the country lanes!

[Bootsy]

That's a great picture