DonW

It seems like the military preferred to use quality cars in war, for example the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost armoured car used in World War 1: And this one from the second World War (Ok so not Brass Era!): "The 1939 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith used by Field Marshall Montgomery from 1944 to 1964. It was the first 'civilian' vehicle to land in the Allies' French beachhead on Juno Beach on 9 June 1944, only three days after the commencement of the Normandy landings.

Wow! Pretty good first car to have! Do you still own it?

No worries Ken! I guess I'm a bit of an old reactionary! ?

Probably helped it stay on the ground by giving the air a way out! I found a picture of it:

Excellent although I must agree with those views on the tyres. But I love the build - and I second your view on the fragility, I gave up on mine having tried to modify the one I had to match my 1:1 2002ti Alpina, The A and B pillars kept braking as I recall.

Looks surprisingly 'right'. When he was test flying for Armstrong Siddeley, my Dad got to fly this modified DC3 with two Single Mamba propjets: He also got to fly this, a modified Lancastrian (Lancaster bomber derivative) with a couple of Rolls Royce Nene jet engines replacing two of the Merlins: Lucky man!

Thanks, Tom So what was your first car?

Excellent Tucker! But that orange with the Jagermeister logo always works for me,

Thanks for that, Doug! I'd put Chuck at no.1 and Little Richard above Elvis, personally. Cheers, -Don.

Bette Midler, well said! The rest weren't too shabby. Also the Killer, I wonder if Jerry Lee got on with LR?

Of course the Cheetah has power steering. Just not the usual kind...! It's common for fighter planes to have tape over their gun ports to reduce drag, so why not tape the door up? But I'm with Ralph - do both doors. What if the car ends up lying on it's side, drivers side down? The passenger door might come in useful. But in any case there probably won't be a windscreen left so who needs doors? Thanks for posting.

Wow! Never seen a Goonybird on floats before, let alone a fully armed bomber version! Thanks, -Don.

Thanks Alan. I've read a bit about this amazing character. Should never have trusted his SatNav!

A good age, respect to the man. A true original, he really tore up the rule book. The record execs tried to sell Pat Boone but the kids wanted Little Richard!

Oh yeah, I remember them. They had some great album covers but I never really heard much of their music. I'll be sure to remedy that now!

Thanks, Tom. We are very lucky to live so close to the Beacons, it beats South London where we had been living for many years. What's it like where you live? Is OH Ohio? Cheers, -Don.

I feel sorry for the armadillo. The mud's well done,

617 Squadron was formed to carry Barnes Wallis' bouncing bomb in a mainly successful attack on four major dams which supplied water for the German industrial war effort. They went on to develop precision and highly destructive bombing techniques which they deployed on many hundreds of raids. They were good. I hope Star Wars doesn't detract from their efforts and place in history. Nor those of Wallis himself. Nice Model. -Don.

At least it's not a Ford! Road tests of the era recorded quarter-mile times of between 14.1 and 14.5 seconds. 0 to 100 mph (161 km/h) in 14.1 seconds was the norm. This compares to times of 14.6 for the next quickest accelerating Australian muscle car, the Ford XY Falcon GT-HO (Phase III).

Your assumption is correct, sir! I now live in Aberdare, in Wales - between Cardiff and the Brecon Beacons. The picture was taken near Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire and the school we were at (all except the girl in the photo) was/is in Solihull, West Midlands. And I just noticed a shocking typo in my original post - I put 'where' instead of 'were'! Cheers, -Don.

Perhaps I'm from another planet too, this one took me about a minute to check the dates of manufacture as I knew it straight away...?

Thanks Peter. The Wolseley was a good car by all accounts, did yours have the illuminated badge? What colour was it - have you got any photos? Cheers, -Don.

Wow!

? Thanks all for your comments! Made my day.

Ok thanks! Makes sense. Cheers, -Don.