Interesting contrast

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JBarryDavison

• Sep 28, 2004

• #1

Tony Hunt came to visit recently and I had my 1929 Brooklands Morgan out at the time.
I thought that this photo showed an interesting contrast in "Rubber on the road" theory.

Tony is about 6'14" tall so if any of you thought he was a tight fit in a 40, you should have seen him in the little Morgan !

 

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Max Walter

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• Sep 28, 2004

• #2

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Tony is about 6'14" tall

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Blimey! Though I would have only put him at about 10" shorter! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Max

 

Brett James-McCall

Moderator

• Sep 28, 2004

• #3

I don't know Max, 'cause I'm short Tony looks masssive to me /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Brett

 

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Tony Hunt

• Sep 28, 2004

• #4

It's a good job I'm a good-natured guy and can take this sort of ribbing in good part!
Perhaps another appropriate caption to Barry's picture would be the classic 'Does my bum look big in this?'

 

Pete McCluskey.

Lifetime Supporter

• Sep 28, 2004

• #5

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'Does my bum look big in this?'

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NAH!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

Max Walter

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Lifetime Supporter

• Oct 10, 2004

• #6

I took this back earlier in the year, I think it is an interesting contrast too, especially when I switch from driving one to the other!

They could not be more different (ok I could ride a bike), the Range Rover is an auto, with a steering wheel about 3 times the 40's. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

The only (not really) similarities are the fact they have 4 wheels and a V8 engine! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Max

 

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Z

• Apr 15, 2005

• #7

what wheels are used on the gt 40 on the top image? And what size are they?

 

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Tony Hunt

• Apr 16, 2005

• #8

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what wheels are used on the gt 40 on the top image? And what size are they?

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Paul,
They are 17" Image wheels with Goodrich Comp T/A tyres.
Fronts are 235/45ZR17, rears 315/35ZR17.

 

Z

• Apr 16, 2005

• #9

thank you,
My father and i are waiting for our MDA kit, we orderd jongbloed racing wheels, but they have problems with deliverey, so we want to have an alternative. I really like the size of these wheels, they are really wide!
Which model is it? What is the wide of the rim?

 

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Ron McCall

Supporter

• Apr 16, 2005

• #10

Do you have any other pics of this car? From different angles.
Thanks,
Ron

 

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Tony Hunt

• Apr 17, 2005

• #11

General view.

 

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Tony Hunt

• Apr 17, 2005

• #12

Front.

 

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Tony Hunt

• Apr 17, 2005

• #13

Back.

 

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Z

• Apr 17, 2005

• #14

nice car, also a good collour combination.
But which model are the wheels? I can't find them on the image website.

 

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Ron McCall

Supporter

• Apr 17, 2005

• #15

THanks! The car looks great!

 

Brett James-McCall

Moderator

• Apr 18, 2005

• #16

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I can't find them on the image website.

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Try here http://www.imagewheels.co.uk/pages/classic.html

Brett

 

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JBarryDavison

• Apr 28, 2005

• #17

The wheels are 19" split rims, and the tyres 19 x400 Classicos.

Here is another angle...............

 

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JBarryDavison

• Apr 28, 2005

• #18

......and here is the office.


Oh !! Were you talking about Tony's car ?

Tut Tut.

 

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Max Walter

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• Aug 26, 2005

• #19

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I took this back earlier in the year, I think it is an interesting contrast too, especially when I switch from driving one to the other!

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Well since moving earlier in the year I now have them all together for the first time. So here's another comparison showing how low the '40 really is considering the MR2 is reasonably low anyway.

Max

 

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