DonW

Beautiful kit of a beautiful car, although I agree they did look a 'tad squashed'. Fabulous to drive, too, by all accounts. I'll never get the opportunity!

There's no need to ask why! Like there's no need to ask why these cars are worth many millions... Beautiful.

Oh, c'est facile!?

Hamilton walks on water, and in my eyes can do no wrong - but then again, you're dam' right, Bill!

From the book: They were both just curious and a little wary. ‘Can you see that! Dragons, they’re Dragons!’ ‘I see it but I can’t believe it’ ‘Look at the little one, isn’t it cute!’ ‘Uh-oh, it’s coming to take a look...’ Hendryx was indeed edging nearer, curiosity having got the better of what little fear she had. She wanted to know all about this flying thing, and be friends with it. Atavar tried to stop her. ‘Hendryx - NO!’ But she was not listening. And as she closed on the thing, it began to back away, then turned and shot off into the night, at a speed she could not hope to follow. ‘Base to Foxtrot Bravo. We have your infrared transmission. Any ideas? Over’ ‘Foxtrot Bravo to base. It sure ain’t the Russians!’ This raised a general laugh, although the Cold War had been over for years. ‘We don’t know what they are but they look like Dragons to us. Over.’ ‘Base to Foxtrot Bravo. We’ll track them on radar, do not, repeat not, engage. Return to base. Over.’ ‘Foxtrot Bravo to base - No way am I going to shoot one of these beauties. We’re coming home. Over and out.’ Love your artwork. Cheers, -Don.

It does look a bit like a DB5, only the slightly stubby bonnet spoils it slightly. Of course the sound it made would give the game away?

Thanks Mike and Matthijs. Good looking car, to my mind it's crying out for a V6 Lancia engine, or at a pinch the Alfa twincam four. It deserved better than to be saddled with that old pushrod ioe BMC 'B' series engine.

I did this some years back for a boo I did this a few years ago for a book I was writing. I liked yours, similar to my wife's style. Thanks TJ.

Two miles or less? Further than Concorde, on one catastrophic occasion.

Happiness is a pair of 45DCOEs on open trumpets and a 300 degree cam. Works on a 2002 BMW anyway!

I had no idea the old Islander was still flying commercially. That's cheered me up, happy memories. The view through the gaps in the doors was nearly as good as through the side windows! Thanks Leslie.

I know exactly what it is and that;s why I don't like it, despite the superficial attraction. Good subject though, Matthijs. Cheers, -Don.

Yes, Matthijs, I recognised it straight away as it happens, though I had to check the dates. But you haven't said if you know it or not! Also maybe it's as good to wait till the end to see all the people who got it right!

A race where the winner does the last half a lap with a ruined tyre while his nearest rival is closing on him hand over fist, and the man who had been second drops out of the points with another blown tyre is boring?!! I enjoyed the very different race this week too.

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Neat site!

Thanks for explaining that Pete, I take back my comment. Shame about the Lanc nonetheless. I loved the rest of the collection.

Really fascinating. But the Lancaster tail is totally out of kilter, the tail planes have a dihedral, not an anhedral and the fins and rudders are vertical. The man's a fool, but to be fair I didn't listen to the dialogue so he may have explained just that. Thanks for posting. I love that kind of model, you can pick it up and enjoy it. And it looks good from a distance (except the Lanc).

I enjoyed the clip from 2:07 to about 2:48. I'm not moved by projects with no real purpose - too low, obvious and unnecessary for the road, not eligible for any race series and a bit of a costly target as a track day car. Whereas the D-Type...

There's a slammed one that runs around Aberdare where I live, with a sign on the back: 'Praise the Lowered'!

Not strictly 'by the original artist'! ? Good video though.

My Dad owned and ran Speed 20 and Speed 25 Alvises from the 1930s from the fifties to the mid sixties as daily drivers and occasional racers. Great fast touring cars, we used to go on annual family holidays to Italy in a Speed 25. The last one was lost when Dad jokingly offered to swap it for a brand new Alfa Romeo Sprint Veloce, a deal offered by a dodgy Italian policeman who craved the Alvis. Of course Dad hated the Alfa and after an amusing time at Customs on our journey home, sold it on. I often wondered what became of the Alvis, out there in Turin.

It's a living. So much waste...

And he not busy being born is busy dying! I feel your pain, Bill. But then, you've got a few that I hadn't got a clue about...☺️

Yeah, the 2.5 pi estate was... still streets behind the competition from BMW. Not bad cars, the Triumph 2000 / 2500 series, nonetheless.