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  1. Clockwork Triumph Herald Police Car (Toy!)

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    This months MARonline article features a clockwork Triumph Herald plastic Police Car

    https://www.maronline.org.uk/clockwork-triumph-herald-police-car/

    I've uploaded a couple of videos of the car going round our kitchen floor - not sure if they will play as they are AVI files from my 10 year old camcorder! The spring is weak so the car can only manage 3/4 of a circle.

  2. Wonder cleaning product needed!

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    I recall watching one of the many car restoration programmes on TV - maybe Salvage Hunters-Classic Cars - where some oxidised aluminium trim was taken to a a workshop. The expert put some sort of grease (from a stick of the stuff) on a 'linishing' wheel (I think that was the name!)  & magic was performed. There may have been a number of grades of either wheel or 'grease'.

    Not sure if this is available to attach to a home drill set up.

    I would also add that, from memory (which these days can be a bit erratic), the items were not a corroded as yours!

    Chris

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  7. Electric Herald

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    A TV programme from 2020 called 'Vintage Voltage' features electric motor conversions of classic cars (& m'cycles) - it is frequently repeated on Quest Freeview (*) in the UK. Worth a watch if you are interested - some (all?) of the conversions were expensive; no doubt cheaper if you are DIYing!

    VV website is here - https://www.vintagevoltage.tv/

    (*) probably also streamed.

  8. Telsalda Triumph GT6 - Plastic Model

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    Sunstar made their 1/18th scale GT6 MkIIIs in a wide range of colours (along with even more Spitfire MkIV models) - they took up a hell of a lot of space!!

    Chris

    Model Colour Manufacturer Mnfr. Code
    GT6 Mk3 Laurel green Sun Star H1055
    GT6 Mk3 Red Sun Star H1056
    GT6 Mk3 White Sun Star H1057
    GT6 Mk3 Pimento red Sun Star H1058
    GT6 Mk3 Mimosa yellow Sun Star H1059
    GT6 Mk3 Emerald green Sun Star H1061
    GT6 Mk3 Signal Red Sun Star H1062
    GT6 Mk3 White Sun Star H1063

  10. Telsada Triumph Spitfire - plastic holiday fun

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    Hi DVD3500

    The metal kit was probably by Metal24; I never got round to building mine (pic attached).

    Western Models also made a nice model (I think in kit form) - I had a built example - this was one I was going to keep but realised that if I did I would start collecting Spitfires again (3 pics attached) so it had to go!!

    Both Spark & Vitesse made  some 1/43rd MkIV/1500s - I might get round to covering those later next year!

    Chris

    Metal 24.JPG

    Weatern Models 1-24th 1.JPG

    Western Models 1-24th 2 (1).JPG

    Western Models 1-24th 2 (2).JPG

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  14. Paint code for my white Bond Equipe GT4s.

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    It might be worth dropping an email to the Bond Register Secretary (Guy Singleton - details in the Courier) as Bond did use some unique colours

    GT2+2 = Dover White

    GT4S 1147cc engine= Standard White

    GT4S 1296cc engine = White

    not that helpful & I am not sure if Standard White = Triumph White code 19 as Colin suggests!

    Chris

  18. Triumph Vitesse 2L MkII 1/32nd Resin Kit

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    There are a few more of these 'kits' listed on eBay if anyone is interested:-

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-Vitesse-Resin-Bodyshell-Slot-Car-Airfix-Conversion-Kit-1-32/174682850364?hash=item28abe8c43c:g:Cb0AAOSwM5JgA2ry

    Be warned that there is a lot of fettling/flash removal required & the back end is Herald derived (from the Airfix kit) but it is a good basis for a static model/slot car of the 2L MkII. The front lights are slightly over scale (just under 6" rather than the correct 5") if my scale measurements/calculations  are correct!

    Chris 78/00350

  23. Police Heralds:- Barrow-in-Furness

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    53 minutes ago, JohnD said:

    How's this, Chris, or is it the source you found?

    https://british-police-history.uk/f/barrow-in-furness-borough

    The picture is displayed as part of a webpage, and I can't download it into image manipulating software, to magnify it, but naked eye, the numbers look to go up to "FED787F" so from "783"

    Someone had a GSoH, labelling them the 'Feds'!

    John

    Thanks John - that's the correct link. The letters could be FEO as EO was used in Barrow-in-Furness (ha - just thought of looking that up!) & F is a  possible prefix in 1967 (when the F year letter was in use).

    Chris

  24. Police Heralds:- Barrow-in-Furness

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    I had an article published in the February 2021 Courier (#488 pp66-67) on Monmouthshire police cars ('panda cars'). After submission of the article to Bern. last year I found a link to another batch of Police Herald 1200s belonging to the Barrow-in-Furness Borough police force. They are similar to the Monmouthshire cars but with a slightly different shape to the roof boxes.

    I've been trying to figure our the registrations of the cars. The picture on the site only downloads as is only 9 kbs so detail is poor; looking at the picture on the website & enlarging the picture on my monitor the registration of the right hand-side car looks like a 'F' reg (may be FED 7?7F). I wonder if anyone with better eyes (or technology) can read them!

    https://british-police-history.uk/f/barrow-in-furness-borough

    Thanks - Chris (78/00350)

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