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Post by John Farrell on Aug 12, 2024 8:20:52 GMT
I thought it was the starting handle  Come on, who had a car with a starting handle? I had a Hillman Imp with one, and I used it. When I was a kid my dad had a Rover 75. That had a starting handle and I used to like helping with it. Also loved the indicators that used to pop out. We had an ancient Hillman with those indicators. Sometimes they wouldn't pop out, and dad would lean over and give the pillar a good whack...the car had a starting handle, too... |
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Post by davem399 on Aug 12, 2024 9:40:05 GMT
My Standard 10 had a starting handle and my Hillman Imp had the hole in the rear bumper for one but I didn’t have the handle. I’m not sure there was the dog for one on the pulley.
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Post by andy on Aug 12, 2024 10:03:25 GMT
I had several. Fords,Hillman and (not too sure about this one) an MG Mick Bit of a travesty what MG have become these days...cheap Chinese junk although perhaps unreliable with little regard for safety is still on brand. |
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Post by mark101 on Aug 12, 2024 11:32:13 GMT
Oh pop out indicators - My Dad had an Austin with those, but they all went in the early 60s. I remember his first car without them was a Ford Anglia Super (Yes the one with a heater) Reg. MYR 543 D , pea green with a Starsky & Hutch 'go faster' white stripe down the side.
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Post by mick on Aug 12, 2024 11:32:44 GMT
I Googled and my MG (an MGA) was the last to have a winding handle! Apparently all MGA's had one but I really don't remember. That car has some tales to tell, but I won't bore you here.
Mick
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Post by mark101 on Aug 12, 2024 12:34:10 GMT
Oh pop out indicators - My Dad had an Austin with those, but they all went in the early 60s. I remember his first car without them was a Ford Anglia Super (Yes the one with a heater) Reg. MYR 543 D , pea green with a Starsky & Hutch 'go faster' white stripe down the side. Sadly, I believe MG are Chinese state owned, so purchasers are funding the Red Army, as for quality I think they are pretty much okay but I'd never buy one. |
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Post by petrochemist on Aug 12, 2024 21:19:55 GMT
Strangely cars with these often don't come with the towing eye that screws in behind it. I've bent the steering on one car when I had to find an alternative fixing to get the car home  Don't come with or lost? It is usually in what counts as a tool kit, these days the towing eye, a reversible screwdriver wheel wrench and a plastic wheel stud to help align the wheel during replacement when the bolts are removed. Oh almost forgot the funny pot metal pliers and locking wheel nut / bolt key ( also lost ). I don't think any of my cars came with one, but they were all brought used so may have been 'lost' by previous owners. Any needing locking wheel nut adapters have always had them. |
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Post by John Farrell on Aug 12, 2024 23:14:16 GMT
I've not had a car with locing wheel nuts - steel disc wheels don't get stolen...
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Post by willien on Aug 12, 2024 23:15:12 GMT
I've not had a car with locing wheel nuts - steel disc wheels don't get stolen... Posh neighbourhood you have.  |
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Post by peterob on Aug 13, 2024 5:28:17 GMT
I've not had a car with locing wheel nuts - steel disc wheels don't get stolen... These days the fashion is to steal the whole car. Back in the day, when wheels were more standard in size and alloys were a new thing, there was an enthusiasm for pinching them. Locking fuel caps have also disappeared, replaced with flimsy latched flaps having an internal release. I doubt they'd survive the attention of a crowbar. I guess pinching fuel in small quantities has also gone out of fashion. It was rife at one time. |
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Post by John Farrell on Aug 13, 2024 6:29:21 GMT
I've not had a car with locing wheel nuts - steel disc wheels don't get stolen... These days the fashion is to steal the whole car. Back in the day, when wheels were more standard in size and alloys were a new thing, there was an enthusiasm for pinching them. Locking fuel caps have also disappeared, replaced with flimsy latched flaps having an internal release. I doubt they'd survive the attention of a crowbar. I guess pinching fuel in small quantities has also gone out of fashion. It was rife at one time. Perhaps you need one of these...  |
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Post by spinno on Aug 13, 2024 7:00:32 GMT
I've not had a car with locing wheel nuts - steel disc wheels don't get stolen... These days the fashion is to steal the whole car. Back in the day, when wheels were more standard in size and alloys were a new thing, there was an enthusiasm for pinching them. Locking fuel caps have also disappeared, replaced with flimsy latched flaps having an internal release. I doubt they'd survive the attention of a crowbar. I guess pinching fuel in small quantities has also gone out of fashion. It was rife at one time. You can't pinch fuel, they've put some sort of grid that stops you sucking the fuel out... |
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Post by peterob on Aug 13, 2024 7:17:06 GMT
These days the fashion is to steal the whole car. Back in the day, when wheels were more standard in size and alloys were a new thing, there was an enthusiasm for pinching them. Locking fuel caps have also disappeared, replaced with flimsy latched flaps having an internal release. I doubt they'd survive the attention of a crowbar. I guess pinching fuel in small quantities has also gone out of fashion. It was rife at one time. Perhaps you need one of these... I don't but mechanical steering locks are indeed recommended for many high value cars now that keyless start is standard. |
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Post by mick on Aug 13, 2024 7:22:53 GMT
One of my sons has an old Land Rover. He has a box that locks over the pedals and a removable steering wheel, as well as electronic security measures.
Mick
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Post by MJB on Aug 13, 2024 7:24:47 GMT
My father's car broke down and he's in a layby tinkering under the bonnet when he feels the car moving. There was a bloke jacking the car up.
"What the flip do you think you're doing?"
"If you're having the battery mate, I'm having the wheels"
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