Motoring Discussion > Left in the street	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Zero	Replies: 49

Tue 15 Feb 11 19:03   Left in the street - Zero

Just round the conrer from me, is an immacualte MG Magnette ZB (so thats about 1958) parked half on the grass verge, half in the road, now covered in mud, with mud clearly splashed up inside the wheel arches. Its been like that unmoving for 4 days now, int he frost and the rain. I want to knock on his door and slap him, shake his shoulders and say "pull yourself together - what are you thinking man" Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 19:07   Left in the street - Old Navy

Its a car, Z. a bit of bashed out tin, some oily bits, and some seats. Even more obsolete than your motor, what is there to care about? Last edited by: Old Navy on Tue 15 Feb 11 at 19:09 Reply to this message | Report message       2

Tue 15 Feb 11 19:33   Left in the street - Stuu

If your so concerned, offer to buy it or mind you own business and let people do what they want with their cars. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 19:41   Left in the street - Zero

Yes stu. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 19:45   Left in the street - Runfer D'Hills

One of these Z ? upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/MG_Magnette_Saloon_1958.jpg Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 19:47   Left in the street - Zero

Yup, thats the beast. Always had a soft spot for them. They smell right, real wood and leather interiors. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 20:13   Left in the street - Armel Coussine

>> Always had a soft spot for them. They smell right, real wood and leather interiors. Cough *shed* cough Just kidding. They were nice cars actually and went well in a discreet way. They do have carburettors and contact breaker ignition though. Are you sure they aren't beneath you Zeddo? Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 20:14   Left in the street - Zero

Yeah a pair of SU's, but you can replace the dizzie with an electronic conversion. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 20:21   Left in the street - Stuu

Yes and you could buy a Lancer instead of a Focus, but who would bother. Oh, yes... Reply to this message | Report message       1

Tue 15 Feb 11 20:27   Left in the street - Zero

Yes stu. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 20:52   Left in the street - Stuu

;-) Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 20:18   Left in the street - Zero

.duplicate post. Last edited by: Zero on Tue 15 Feb 11 at 20:19 Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 23:01   Left in the street - Bromptonaut

>> upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/MG_Magnette_Saloon_1958.jpg Blimey. My dad's Uncle Frank who ran a tobacconists in Blandford Forum had one of those. Two tone but red/grey iIRC. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 23:03   Left in the street - Zero

It was called the "vari-tone" Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 23:27   Left in the street - Bromptonaut

>> It was called the "vari-tone" Quite popular in fifties/sixties. Dad had company Vx Victor estates in similar schemes. One, possibly an FA series was blue/cream; the neighbors called it the ice-cream van. Circa 64 he got one with grey above and red below. Me, approx 4, draws attention of guy next door to Dad's new car reporting it as having a grey top & red bottom. So have I!! says 'Uncle Eric' in best laconic yorkshire!! Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 19:46   Left in the street - Clk Sec

>>Yes Stu Someone's on the happy pills... Last edited by: Clk Sec on Tue 15 Feb 11 at 19:47 Reply to this message | Report message       1

Tue 15 Feb 11 20:34   Left in the street - Old Navy

>> >>Yes Stu >> >> Someone's on the happy pills... >> Zero probably thought we were all car enthusiasts who would be horrified because an old MG was getting dirty. Carburettors, points, been there, done that, I will stick with a modern car that optimises its engine settings many times a second. Last edited by: Old Navy on Tue 15 Feb 11 at 20:34 Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 20:44   Left in the street - Runfer D'Hills

Well I like it. Pretty sure I had a Dinky or maybe a Corgi or Triang one. Might still have it among several dozen other examples of late '50s / early '60s models if I could remember where to look. I too am guilty of abandonment of those some four and a bit decades ago. I know for sure I've got a "Man from Uncle" Oldsmobile a James Bond Aston Martin with an ejectable Chinaman and a Citroen DS Safari. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 20:47   Left in the street - MD

Got the DB5 sitting with all the other in a scratched environment in a child's suitcase. Got a Studebaker Golden Hawk too so ner! Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 20:49   Left in the street - Runfer D'Hills

>> Got a Studebaker Golden Hawk too so ner! Um...so have I...so there ! E-Type convertible too... Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 20:56   Left in the street - Iffy

Batmobile, Green Hornet, Bedford car transporter, American LaFrance fire tender. Last edited by: Iffy on Tue 15 Feb 11 at 20:57 Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 20:57   Left in the street - Runfer D'Hills

....oh, and a Batmobile with a flame coming in and out of the exhaust. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 20:58   Left in the street - Runfer D'Hills

....Corvette Stingray. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 21:01   Left in the street - Old Navy

...KIA Cee'd estate, (real one). :-) Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 21:01   Left in the street - Runfer D'Hills

Cool... :-) Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 21:01   Left in the street - Iffy

Buick Riviera in gold, Ford Falcon in red, with black painted roof presumably to represent vinyl. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 21:04   Left in the street - Runfer D'Hills

Merc 600 stretch in metallic burgundy with folding seats... Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 21:06   Left in the street - Zero

Austin A40 Farina with REAL STEERING WHEELS, it was steered by a round driving school sign on the roof. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 21:11   Left in the street - Runfer D'Hills

Right, that's it... A Concorde, with lowerable undercarriage, a droop-able nose and a stand. Checkmate... Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 21:16   Left in the street - Zero

Dont be so sure Corgi Chipperfieilds Foden Lorry and trailer, complete with drop down tail AND PLASTIC ANIMALS INSIDE! Last edited by: Zero on Tue 15 Feb 11 at 21:16 Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 21:21   Left in the street - Runfer D'Hills

Z-Cars Zephyr with plastic Brian Blessed inside... Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 21:43   Left in the street - Zero

I give in - Cant Match that! Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 23:04   Left in the street - Ted

>> I give in - Can't Match that! >> Read on and weep, Zedric.... I've got about 30 of the larger Models of Yesteryear...all boxed and never been taken out. They include Auburn, Cord, Duesenburg, Alfa, MG TC and lots more. I have a Bond DB5, mint ,boxed with the spare passenger for secondary ejaculation from the seat. The Dinky Rolls Royce Phantom state limousine in its perspex case is nice. The Auburn is my favourite, probably 'cos it's colour scheme really suits it. FIL was a rep covering the North West, knew where all the model shops were and bought one every now and again. ( Model, not a shop ). Still got wifey's Coronation coach with Queen, Dook of Enbra and horses Also Queen sat side-saddle on a horse. Made by Brittains, I think. I really need a display cabinet somewhere. MG ZA/ZB designed by Gerald Palmer, who designed my Javelin. Our club President, sadly died a few years back. Ted Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 21:59   Left in the street - Manatee

>> Austin A40 Farina with REAL STEERING WHEELS, it was steered by a round driving school >> sign on the roof. >> I had one. Corgi. Light blue. Are you sure it wasn't an A60 Cambridge? Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 22:01   Left in the street - Zero

your right - it was Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 22:02   Left in the street - Robin O'Reliant

Worth a fair bit if you still have it, zero. A mate at school had one and later on when I became an ADI they were long lamented in the industry, having been the perfect tool for demonstrating how a car steered in reverse (a difficult principle for many a trainee to understand, particularly women). One of the firms who specialised in driving school supplies commisioned an updated model from Corgi in the mid-nineties, but the deal fell through at the last minute in a dispute over pricing. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 22:04   Left in the street - Zero

It certainly taught me Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 22:11   Left in the street - BobbyG

A couple of years ago, one of the volunteers in our charity donated his collection of model buses for us to sell on ebay. We listed and sold them all, they were from many years ago. I then received a letter back from one of the buyers - the particular model bus he bought was the exact bus, right down to the registration, that his father had driven. When his father retired, he found the bus rusting away, bought it back and fully refurbished it over the years back to its former glory. He included with his letter, a photo of his dad next to the bus! Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Feb 11 23:11   Left in the street - Ted

A couple of other models I have are an Airfix vintage Dennis fire engine kit and a Kitmaster 'Spamcan ' locomotive kit.....unmade.... still in sealed polythene bags in their boxes. Ted Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 16 Feb 11 02:08   Left in the street - Runfer D'Hills

All very well Ted, but have any of these pristine examples ever been the star players in a motorway pile up re-created by using chalk on a pavement for white lines? Or been used as police roadblocks on a Scalextric track? Or had a firework Sellotaped to their roof and set off down the garden path as dragsters? Or been swept aside by a speeding Hornby train at a level crossing? Or leapt a Grand Canyon created by judicious placement of two shortbread tins with their lids propped open to form take off and landing ramps? Pah ! :-) Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 16 Feb 11 06:28   Left in the street - Pat

The musings of an insomniac? :) Pat Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 16 Feb 11 08:01   Left in the street - Zero

Nope, just an everyday boy. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 16 Feb 11 08:16   Left in the street - Pat

I was looking at the time it was posted. Pat Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 16 Feb 11 08:17   Left in the street - Zero

Yeah I know, Like most boys he was playing with his toys under the covers. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 16 Feb 11 08:19   Left in the street - Arctophile

Back in the early 1960's I had a Wolsley 4/44 - same body as the Magnette ZA. The ZB had the larger rear window. The wolsley was very comfy - wood & leather. Couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding though, even so it still managed to shear a half shaft. Scrapped it when the column gearshift fell apart for the umpteenth time. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 16 Feb 11 19:03   Left in the street - Runfer D'Hills

Sadly no Pat. That was the time my day started today. Edit re insomnia Last edited by: Humph D'Bout on Wed 16 Feb 11 at 19:03 Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 16 Feb 11 09:30   Left in the street - FotheringtonTomas

>> Carburettors, points, been there, done that, I will stick with a >> modern car that optimises its engine settings many times a second. There are still a lot of enthusiasts, by the look. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 16 Feb 11 19:14   Left in the street - madf

I always like dthe ZA or ZB (bit heavier) Magnettes. Never could afford one and when I could there were none left. The Riley 1500 was smaller,lighter and quicker.. a much better car to drive... (and the same engine ) Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 16 Feb 11 19:16   Left in the street - Fenlander

>>>The Riley 1500 Had a mint one of those in the early 80s... twas grey/black and I sprayed it properly a mid to dark blue and it looked great. If only they'd finished the drive I'd show and tell. Last edited by: Fenlander on Wed 16 Feb 11 at 19:17 Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 17 Feb 11 13:35   Left in the street - Mike Hannon

My dad's boss had a '58 Magnette ZB Varitone in maroon and cream, 474 AYB. It had a set of those twin rally stopwatches and I still think it's the dog's unmentionables. After 5 years he turned it in for a new Volvo B18 122, 456 NYB - nobody knew what to make of it until they drove it, then they all realised how far the British motor industry had slipped... Reply to this message | Report message