I was at a car show on the weekend and a nice MG J2 was there. I noticed the gear pattern was
3 1 R 4 2
So basically backwards of most 4 speed 3 on the floor shifts. The owner says it does cause his issues remembering to go left when changing up from 2nd to 3rd.
I was at a car show on the weekend and a nice MG J2 was there. I noticed the gear pattern was
3 1 R 4 2
So basically backwards of most 4 speed 3 on the floor shifts. The owner says it does cause his issues remembering to go left when changing up from 2nd to 3rd.
I was watching a video about an MG PA yesterday afternoon. (For sale near me and quite tempting!) Robin describes the gate at 3minutes and says the Wolseley Hornet and Rileys were the same.
At 85, my memory is shot, but I have a strong recollection of my 1947 Standard engined 4/4 being:-
4 2 3 1
R?
I see from the DVLA website that FUO 919 has changed colour and just gone back on the road for summer. It was very distinctive being built with M3W front mudguards. I envy its current keeper. At the same time I had an MG TD so jumping from one to the other always required a moment's thought before take-off.
When I was a lad I had a 1937 MG NA 1286cc 6 CYL OHC bought for £45 sold a couple of years later for £47.50.
It's speculators like you who ruin it for the enthusiasts!
I think I've mentioned before that in the 1970s, a friend paid £800 for an early lot at auction, discovered it wasn't running on all cylinders and managed to sell it later in the same auction. He even made a small profit which impressed as all greatly. The car was a Jaguar E-type.
I have a bundle of catalogues from the old Shoreham Lighthouse Car Auction with prices written on. Looking at them now makes me weep.
When I was a lad I had a 1937 MG NA 1286cc 6 CYL OHC bought for £45 sold a couple of years later for £47.50.
It's speculators like you who ruin it for the enthusiasts!
I think I've mentioned before that in the 1970s, a friend paid £800 for an early lot at auction, discovered it wasn't running on all cylinders and managed to sell it later in the same auction. He even made a small profit which impressed as all greatly. The car was a Jaguar E-type.
I have a bundle of catalogues from the old Shoreham Lighthouse Car Auction with prices written on. Looking at them now makes me weep.
I had similar experience in 1981, I was offered an E type coupe for £1500 I drove it and it had a misfire so I passed on it. You live and learn but sadly for me the lesson came to late.
Hmm, I press the accelerator pedal forward, to go faster, but I also press the brake pedal forward to go slower. Hopefully not at the same time. I move the gear level on my 4/4 forward to start (1st gear) then move it back (2nd) go go faster. Then forwards to go even faster....... On my hang glider I move the control bard backwards to go faster but on my Cessna moving the control scolumn forwards makes it go faster, unless of course I'm upside down. And as for in a rowing eight, I've no idea I'm going backwards when the boat is going forwards but I'm pulling the oar towards me to accelerate, even though the oar blade is going backwards relative to the boat. It's all relative I guess.
The ultimate reply. Thank you Dave, and I'm impressed by your transport choices and options. All of them I've tried except for the hang glider and frankly it was that counter-intuitive push to go up, or slower, which I doubted my ability to adapt to. You're living proof of our adaptability.
