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This picture was found on the web site ' Liverpool Picture Book ' my thanks for them posting it.
The last time I was in that garage I think my grandad was still alive, he was the general manager then.
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My grandads name was Fred Ford, Watson & Son were Morris sales and service agents.
Was I about twelve when I was last there?
I was being primed to become a Morris mechanic, under the watchful eyes of my grandad I guess it was a good plan. I had no plans to get my hands dirty and became a joiner in the end.
Grandad passed away around that time and from TB, a terrible waste of a great man.
1929 Rolls Royce 20hp Watsons of Liverpool Tourer for sale for £62,000 by Vintage & Prestige Automobiles Ltd, Essex
A vintage Rolls Royce which was designed and created at Liverpool coach-making company Watsons of Liverpool is up for sale for the bargain price of just £62,000.
The stunning 1929 car had its main body fitted by the company which was founded by Liverpool-born racing driver and motoring pioneer, William Watson.
Operating out of Renshaw Street in the city centre, Watson became one of the first Rolls Royce agents in 1908 after testing the Silver Ghost Rolls Royce the previous year and being impressed with its quietness and performance.
As the firm grew, Watsons of Liverpool became one of the leading companies which built tailor-made bodies for Rolls Royce and Morris chassis and eventually Jaguar in 1930.
Watson even extended his skills to help with the war effort during both world wars.
During World War I, Watson manufactured shell cases and aeroplane propellers and repaired fighter aircraft during World War II.
The 1929 Rolls Royce was repatriated to the UK after spending much of its life in a California museum.
Amazingly the car is in a virtually original state, with the same plum-coloured paint that was painted on it in the 1920s and the original UK registration number.
Now its owner is offering someone else the chance to feel the wind in their hair as they cruise around in the vintage set of wheels.
If you’ve got a spare £62,000 to spare then it could be you sitting in the driving seat.
Thanks to Mossel Bay Yacht Club for all these pics,
and to Tracy London for bringing them to my attention!
From the SA Yacht Blog, please view it and see the other pictures.
DABCHICK ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA
PART 1 INTRODUCTION
In
the year 1955 the prototype of the Dabchick was designed by Mr Jack Koper of
Cape Town. He studied the Sailfish, an
American designed 'skimmer', but arrived
at the conclusion that she was unsuitable.
He then worked on a plan to make
a flat bottomed boat out of three sheets of plywood and this became the basis of his thinking and design. Knowing that plywood is not easy to bend or twist the rounded bow was adopted,
and so the Dabchick was slowly planned -
much of it during sleepless hours in bed.
The
first boat was narrower in the beam and had a more rounded bow and a curved
transom. This design proved rather a
headache for youngsters to make. After a
season's sailing where she proved herself, a small jib was added and this improved her performance. The designer went to work on improving
the design. There was enough plywood to increase the
beam, the bow was widened and a genoa-type jib added. The plans were first
published in June 1956.
The
growth of the Dabchick was phenomenal and over 3 600 plans have been issued to prospective builders. The boats are normally constructed of wood
but G.R.P. boats are also available.
The
designer handled the class single-handed until the 1st February, 1970, when the South African Yacht Racing
Association agreed to the formation of an Association to be known as the
Dabchick Association of SA ( DASA. ) to promote the development of the class,
the training of its members, and to
ensure that the boats comply with the rules of the class as approved by
the Council of the South African Yacht Racing Association. A Constitution was drawn up and approved by
the members on the 6th January 1971, and the Dabchick was given National Status
by the National Authority.
Eric
Burner, commonly known as "Father Dabchick" was the first person
behind the formation of the National Dabchick Class Association in 1970 and
through his efforts it soon became a South African National Class.
The
Dabchick has proved herself over the years to be an excellent trainer for the
young of both sexes between the ages of seven and eighteen years. The Dabchick
can be sailed single-handed or with a crew.
The
Dabchick has helped young people to learn how to sail. A number of them have
shown top form in senior classes, obtaining the award of National colours.
Since
1985 the Class Secretariat has been administered first by the South African
Yacht Racing Association and from 2002 by South African Sailing.
Mozambique in 1975 may be incorrect but it will be a fair start?
I am trying to find out which town or city and in which province the number plate MLH-27-23 belongs to?
The picture was taken in a Johannesburg police pound prior to an auction when the 1967 Hillman Imp Californian was sold. The date is not known but circa 1980/82 as the car was then licenced on the Transvaal roads by the new owner in 1982.
It is known that M is for Mozambique and the next two letters for the town or city that licenced the car, which town is that?
A further clue may be the red tax disc on the windscreen, does the red disc denote a month?
Circa 1963 before and after, these well made jeans were sold
close to Tysons Building Contractors of 5 Dryden Street where I worked and just off Scotland Road , Liverpool. They can now be bought once again!
A Brief History of Flemings
The first and possibly the most credible name in jeanswear to come out of Merseyside. W H Fleming founded his clothier company in the Scotland road area of Liverpool in the year 1881. Eight years after Levi Strauss won the patent for riveted pants in the USA, W H Fleming had imported the idea and began manufacturing similar work- wear for the seamen of this fair port.
http://www.flemingsjeansliverpool.com/about.html
Size 34 will cost you just
GBP30.00
Postage to RSA is only GBP14
so still less than you will pay for Levi's in the UK today?
They offer a logo with the
Liver Bird on the pocket or without it, also the name on the back of the jeans
as we normally find. A letter head and a note as a reference?
Dated 12 /01/1911, does 150 Scotland Road in Liverpool still exist, it was on the city end of the road and a lot of road re planning has taken place down there over the years.
The shop that Flemings opened further out of the city can be seen here, the Astoria is the building on the left, the area is known as Walton Road. The date was in 1973.
My thanks to http://www.liverpoolpicturebook.com/2014/09/Picsoftheday.html for the use of their picture.
There is a new brand logo now, is it new or a copy of the old one?
My thanks to the Liverpool Picture Book for posting the photos.
This one was taken on Walton Road in 1973.
In case your wondering, I have no association with Flemings and I have never owned a pair of their jeans either, maybe one day?
The 1967 Hillman Imp Californian took some 24 months to restore,
The car is now close to complete, the fitting of new disc brakes on the front may be the next job to do, the discs are in stock, so an easy job to fit.
This is how the front disc sets look when fitted to the Imp car, this one has extra length studs to accept Supalite alloy rims, which were fitted on a race imp in 2012.
The calipers are Ford and suit the Imp when it has the 13" rims fitted.
With the Imp Sport engine conversion this 875cc engine gives a good acceleration over the standard Imps engine.
This will be my last 'customer ' restoration of a British Seagull?
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I say 'the last' as the cost to parts and labour just is not cheap, time taken is countless hours, which if I charged on a normal mechanics or a plumbers hourly rate would escalate my charges beyond affordability?
I have one more 102 series similar to the one in the picture, that will be done as an in house stock motor and for sale.
The engine above came in last February 2015, that is over six months ago, the time to source spare parts comes to much of that time and of course the final cost to the restoration.
The same engine, bench tested and ready to be collected?
This Seagull engine may be all of fifty nine years old (1957) today it was started and test run on the bench.
Check that four blade propellor, its turning well. This size engine has a clutch, so the drive to the prop shaft can be cut.
Checked it out, no bad exhaust smoke and rather good for a bench run.
JP, comments:
You know Roy there is something awesomely beautiful about
those engines - a design led purely by function. So British, and so historical.
Everyone should be forced to own one of these at some stage, it would ground
quite a few people I know!!!
Roy
Four British Seagulls of various types and sizes are in stock and ready for your order and restoration!
This kind of restoration takes place while other work is in process, so it takes time.
The engine below will be about sixty years old? it has been stripped right down to the engine, then all parts were re plated or re painted as required.
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The engine in the picture is a series 102 version and is rated to 3.5 to 5 bhp, that is misleading, as I think they were using real horses to rate it against?
Check that large propellor to see what I mean.
This engine is a customers, we also have a similar engine in stock which will be for sale when its finished.
There is also a much smaller Seagull in process, this one is a family treasure and has to be ready for use in December.
The engine is still in many pieces but with the tank transfer applied today we are well on our way to completion.
The transfer will be sprayed with clear lacquer next.
Six clear coats and in three sessions
The 102 series British Seagull owner will soon have his restored engine :)
Fitting of a new coil is a specialialist job.
The old ones are now all at least 30 years old and liable to fail due to age .
For at least fifteen years we have stocked and sold 816 epoxy, made originally as a brand name by Shell Chemicals.
In stock now and at R420 per 1.65 kg pack, that's 1 kg of 816 epoxy and .65kg of the 205 cure agent its really only U$27 the pack.
This grade of epoxy is free of solids and its quite thin, so good for assembly and epoxy saturation of things like glass tapes and cloth, which are also a stock item.
Mix ratio is by volume 4 parts epoxy to 3 parts cure agent, or 100 grams epoxy to 65 grams of 205 cure agent.
Prices are at time of this posting.
We can post country and world wide.
Dated 15/04/2016
Note: due to safety issues we can not ship epoxies internationally excepting with a Hazmat certificate.
Started some years back,the first blog was intended to carry the CNC ply and epoxy boat kits only.Then other items slipped in,it soon became a potted history of Roys past life,some of it anyway.
There have been many car projects in the past and maybe in the future. So recently a brand new blog was started to open a few doors to Roys history with the cars he has known.
We can now accept Pay-Pal
There has been Pay-Pal transactions for some while now,you may find your own purchase is made more easy and safer for you using this method.
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This may have been a Continent at one time,thanks to Justin for the picture,which is signed in the lower right hand corner but I can not make out who the artist is."John Pettifor"?
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We originally thought the boat trade would be our main target area but we now find the use has spread across the board and many shop and office fitters use it,its used on a large scale by furniture manufacturers too,
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working class trades person,broom sweeper and potato picker,apprentice Joiner,master carpenter,emigrant,shopfitter,interior designer,disco dj,race car builder and driver,engine rebuild specialist,boat designer and builder,traveled to twenty nine countries,married to a surfing families daughter,two great children, three grand children,two boys and one girl,Ben,Luke and Holly,sailed the South Atlantic three times,twice on my own yachts,founded a timber retail store,importer and exporter,cnc cut boat and car kit maker,working with the Hillman Imp and derivitives for 47 years,more or less in that order.yes,still crazy after all these years!
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