We are visiting Denmark & ran across this vintage motorcycle. I’ve never seen one. Didn’t even know these existed. Inline four cylinder with exposed valve gear. Just a beautiful piece of engineering.
Vacationing in Denmark, spotted this beautiful Nimbus motorcycle. Didn’t know these even existed. Inline 4-cylinder with exposed valve gear. Beautiful is an understatement.
I’m pulling my old radio out of storage after nearly 38 years. It used to be fantastic with great station reception and SSB, but it’s been sitting due to family and life commitments.
I finally powered it up, but I'm getting nothing but static. I tested it with a 65' long-wire antenna and there's no change, just static across the bands. Any thoughts on where I should start troubleshooting?
In 1974, a classic car dealer by the name of Rod Leach purchased a mysterious Gullwing Coupe built on a Lotus Eleven Series 2 chassis after years of neglect. It was widely believed to have been an aerodynamic design by Frank Costin, an engineer with the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was to be one of three race cars intended for Le Mans.
However, when a Lotus historian, interviewed Costin, he had no recollection of the project, leaving the car’s true origins one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in Lotus history.
The unfinished car had spent years abandoned under a tarp outside the de Havilland factory before passing through several dealers, treating it as a quick flip. Along the way, its engine grenaded, the front hood was accidentally destroyed, and the car was repeatedly traded as a neglected project.
When Leach acquired it, in June 1974, the hood, door handles, and much of the interior was missing. The suspension, brakes, differential, and a dissembled 1098cc engine and gearbox survived, in boxes. UK based Lynx Engineering, were commissioned to complete the restoration. (They build Jag D-Type recreations www.lynx.uk.com) What was expected to take 4 months became an 18 month rescue, as nearly every mechanical component proved unusable. During the initial inspection they discovered that the engine, with the clutch depressed, rocked out of position due to incorrect engine & gearbox mounts.
While the body fit together remarkably well, from the firewall back, the entire drivetrain, wiring, instruments, and hydraulics had to be redesigned, rebuilt & improved upon from scratch before the car was finally made roadworthy.
In 1974, a classic car dealer by the name of Rod Leach purchased a mysterious Gullwing Coupe built on a Lotus Eleven Series 2 chassis after years of neglect. It was widely believed to have been an aerodynamic design by Frank Costin, an engineer with the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was to be one of three race cars intended for Le Mans.
However, when a Lotus historian, interviewed Costin, he had no recollection of the project, leaving the car’s true origins one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in Lotus history.
The unfinished car had spent years abandoned under a tarp outside the de Havilland factory before passing through several dealers, treating it as a quick flip. Along the way, its engine grenaded, the front hood was accidentally destroyed, and the car was repeatedly traded as a neglected project.
When Leach acquired it, in June 1974, the hood, door handles, and much of the interior was missing. The suspension, brakes, differential, and a dissembled 1098cc engine and gearbox survived, in boxes. UK based Lynx Engineering, were commissioned to complete the restoration. (They build Jag D-Type recreations www.lynx.uk.com) What was expected to take 4 months became an 18 month rescue, as nearly every mechanical component proved unusable. During the initial inspection they discovered that the engine, with the clutch depressed, rocked out of position due to incorrect engine & gearbox mounts.
While the body fit together remarkably well, from the firewall back, the entire drivetrain, wiring, instruments, and hydraulics had to be redesigned, rebuilt & improved upon from scratch before the car was finally made roadworthy.
Renovated & updated my kitchen last year. Took it down to the studs and found these glass bottles sitting together on a sill. Haven’t cleaned or washed them. Just left them as they are. House was built in 1968.
Saw this at the Shops of Don Mills in Toronto. Owner was a few feet away operating it remotely. Quite the crowd.
The life cycle of this factory 1974 Lancia Stratos (Plate: TO L87904) is absolutely wild. Driven by Sandro Munari, it took an incredible 2nd place podium finish at the brutal 1975 East African Safari Rally. Lancia Corse then kept it in Africa as a hard used practice car for the 1976 season, but after it sustained heavy rear damage, the team abandoned it at their local base rather than paying to ship a beaten up race car back to Italy.
In 1977, it was sold to an Italian hotelier in Nairobi who parked it in his garden. For nearly three decades, this Alitalia liveried machine sat exposed to the elements, serving as a literal chicken coop and pet shelter. Famous photos of the rotting car circulated online in the '90s, though magazines at the time falsely ridiculed the owner and claimed the story was fake.
Finally, in 2004, the owner and his son cataloged the remains and shipped them back to Italy, where the experts at Autosport spent 15 years meticulously restoring it back to factory specs. It's easily one of the greatest survival stories in motorsport history.
On a darker note, another Group 4 Stratos (ex-Scuderia ORBSO) wasn't so lucky. After being crashed, it was stored in a garden in Warsaw, Poland, and completely vanished off the grid after the owner passed away. Anyone out there have clues on where that one ended up?
The life cycle of this factory 1974 Lancia Stratos (Plate: TO L87904) is absolutely wild. Driven by Sandro Munari, it took an incredible 2nd-place podium finish at the brutal 1975 East African Safari Rally. Lancia Corse then kept it in Africa as a hard used practice car for the 1976 season, but after it sustained heavy rear damage, the team abandoned it at their local base rather than paying to ship a beaten up race car back to Italy.
In 1977, it was sold to an Italian hotelier in Nairobi who parked it in his garden. For nearly three decades, this Alitalia liveried machine sat exposed to the elements, serving as a literal chicken coop and pet shelter. Famous photos of the rotting car circulated online in the '90s, though magazines at the time falsely ridiculed the owner and claimed the story was fake.
Finally, in 2004, the owner and his son cataloged the remains and shipped them back to Italy, where the experts at Autosport spent 15 years meticulously restoring it back to factory specs. It's easily one of the greatest survival stories in motorsport history.
On a darker note, another Group 4 Stratos (ex-Scuderia ORBSO) wasn't so lucky. After being crashed, it was stored in a garden in Warsaw, Poland, and completely vanished off the grid after the owner passed away. Anyone out there have clues on where that one ended up?
Initially thought it was a Jetta tbh.
Personally like the mods, but ymmv.
Was parked at my local grocery store & had to share.