No one mentioned Hillman Hunter - best and worst in one sentence, although an RAF navigator was one of the crew in a Hunter that took part in the England Australia Rally in the 60s - Dave Carrington ISTR, but a long time ago
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Originally Posted by ian16th
(Post 10121482)
A whole Squadron of Bristol's.
Then there's the Aston Martin Vulcan. https://www.astonmartin.com/en/live/...o-new-extremes |
Originally Posted by Wander00
(Post 10121631)
No one mentioned Hillman Hunter - best and worst in one sentence, although an RAF navigator was one of the crew in a Hunter that took part in the England Australia Rally in the 60s - Dave Carrington ISTR, but a long time ago
Metallic Blue with black vinyl roof and smart Rostyle wheels. I was very sad to let it go when I left the RAF,but it really needed 5 star fuel,they had already stopped making 5 star and when I became a civvy I lost my supply of 100 octane LOL :cool: |
Hillman Imp (Parnall Imp)
Riley Elf (Parnall Elf) Gilbern Crusader ( Short Crusader) Ford Consul (Airspeed Consul) Morris Oxford (Airpeed Oxford) Austin Cambridge (Airspeed Cambridge) Austin Princess Saunders Roe Princess) Humber Snipe (Sopwith Snipe) Hunting Harrier (Hawker Harrier) Triumph Stag (De Havilland Stag) And doubtless many more..... |
What a mine of trivial wonders. Many thanks. Astonishing at the speed of recall & reply. Very humbling and senior memory has not yet set in, but you guys make it feel like it.
Whether all the names were after a/c, e.g. Mustang, is a bar-room discussion, but hey, what the heck. |
Originally Posted by Wander00
(Post 10121631)
No one mentioned Hillman Hunter - best and worst in one sentence, although an RAF navigator was one of the crew in a Hunter that took part in the England Australia Rally in the 60s - Dave Carrington ISTR, but a long time ago
Rootes/Chrysler were so surprised, they had no plans to capitalise on the unexpected success. They had to rapidly invent the Hunter GLS that longer ron had. |
Originally Posted by ian16th
(Post 10121912)
Not only was it entered, but it won!
To clarify, two (both works built) cars were entered in London-Sydney 68. The works entered car won (Cowan/Coyle/Malkin). The other car was RAF entered. Four (all works built but privately funded/entered) Hunters ran in the 1970 London-Mexico World Cup Rally. |
Saab Viggen.
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Hillman Avenger
Suzuki Swift |
Ford will make a land vehicle with a fuel motor/generator driving the rear axle and an electric motor in each front hub. The _________.
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Renault Caravelle.
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Hindustan/Airspeed Ambassador
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Originally Posted by RAT 5
(Post 10121758)
What a mine of trivial wonders. Many thanks. Astonishing at the speed of recall & reply. Very humbling and senior memory has not yet set in, but you guys make it feel like it.
Whether all the names were after a/c, e.g. Mustang, is a bar-room discussion, but hey, what the heck. Off topic, but there is one SUV that I would never want because of it's name....Armada. It's huge and the namesake was summarily dispatched efficiently in the 1500's. |
Citation (Cessna/Chev)
Aztec (Piper/Pontiac) Viper (GD/Dodge) Lancer (Rockwell/Mitsubishi) Skyhawk (Cessna/Buick) Dakota (Douglas/Dodge) Pacer (Piper/AMC) Pathfinder (Piper/Nissan) Caravan (Cessna/Dodge) |
My first car was a Heinkel; my older brother drove a Messerschmitt.
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My first car was an Australian Holden Gemini (they would not have heard of the Miles product).
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Jowett Jupiter
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Originally Posted by Allan Lupton
(Post 10121531)
Lots of the examples above are cases where the car came first, so was not named after the aeroplane! e.g. Standard had a Vanguard in production in 1948, 11 years before Vickers flew their Vanguard (unless you reckon the Vickers Type 170 which is a bit specialist!)
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I recalled Andrew Cowan's team had won the Australia Rally: as for memories of cars, brother had in turn a Heinkel, Vauxhall Wyvern and Triumph Mayflower before split screen Minor drop head. Although younger by 2 years he was working whilst I was still at school. My first car a Ford Prefect, 100E as I recall
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Reliant 'Robin?'
Ford 'Corsair' Of course we mustn't forget the timeless BMW 'IdontneedindicatorscosIdrivea325GT' Of the two wheeled variety...Triumph 'Trident' |
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