It's astonishing to think that this 1972 clip was only 27 years or so after the end of WW2, and yet it was more than 45 years ago (in 2018)... That car has a very nice, deep lustre to the paintwork.
Good point. You’d actually be actually amazed how often one number can be actually closer to another number than another number. Take 43 for example. To a layman that can seem like quite a high number, but in fact it is actually closer to zero than it is to a hundred. I could go on but I can tell by the look on your face that you need time to process this.
I was growing up in the '90 in Poland, and this "Thames" intro brings me good vibes. It was played before "Count Duckula", wich was my best cartoon when i was young :)
IIRC, Count Duckulla was a spin off from Dangermouse as Terry Scott, voice of Penfold, had died. Duckulla appeared in an episode of Dangermouse as a villain before he got his own TV series.
And lets not forget that they're so quiet that scores of people fall asleep behind the wheel and, at the same time, pedestrians think you are an optical illusion and step out into the road in front of you.
Well, it really is a silly design oversight. Why have an ash tray when you can't use it whenever the driver has his belt on? It would've been smarter just to skip the ash tray.
For a new car it was surprising to see seat belts not designed into them, at the time cars designed in the early 60s such as the Austin 1100 and Hunter it was clear that Seat Belts were an afterthought (although they still done better than this), cars designed at the end of the 60s, Avenger, Marina etc had them engineered into the design. We need to note that by this time Volvo had had three point seat belts for standard for 13 years!
Why does one need an ash tray? 1. Smoking Kills 2. Smoking while driving kills other road users caused by vehicle operator distraction and lack of attention. 3. Creates a stink in the vehicle. 4. Litters the road. commonly ashes and burrs are emptied onto the road as most people are fundamentally lazy and will not empty the ashtray contents into the trash at home.
@@MrGoogelaar Your answer would be correct had it been true that I had a Peugeot 404. As I do not have a Peugeot 404 your answer is technically incorrect and linguistically ambiguous. Your ability to describe your thoughts in writing is lacking due to inadequate education and knowledge of English. Read more books to improve your writing skill.
My second ever car was an RX3 coupe, bought back in 1983. I used it for 12 car events (night navigation rallies) and it was brilliant. Quicker than mk2 RS2000's at the time. Loved it.
He's not complaining about built quality. In fact, he states that the floor is galvanized to prevent rust. He simply points out that the rear suspension is kind of dated and that the body dimensions are not taken full advantage of.
Can you imagine how folks would’ve reacted if they’d heard that one day there would be INTERMITTENT wipers??? Just goes to show you how much we take such things for granted here in 2022…
I remember my father having an NSU with rear rotary engine. The car was tiny, and he didn't have it for long. Just something I remember from my childhood, 45 years ago
The Land Crab was actually a good car - better still with the 2200 six. In terms of comfort and interior space, the Austin, Morris (or better still Wolseley) was a gorgeous thing to be in. The Mazda just sort of looked like any Datsun (as it was then) or Toyota. Lots of black plastic and.... lots more black plastic.
The marvellous things about Wankel engines is the massive torque, the supreme efficiency (it uses no fuel nor oil) and the fact they will last a thousand years or them million miles (whichever comes last). Amazing.....
hi mate, yeh the Mazda rotary scene here is massive, circuit cars, drift, drag race, super quick street cars etc, here is a link to some of our crazy rotary powered drag/street cars if interested, i'm sure Mazda would have never imagined that their little rotary engine would be doing this half a century later, there are a few RX3 Mazdas running 6 sec quarter miles with the 2 rotor engine which would have been unimaginable in 1972 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N2mp9d9Enng.html
20 MPG was probably a lot better than it would have done with American smog controls. The Chevrolet Vega , Chevy Monza and AMC Pacer were designed with hopes of using rotary engines to save space, but after the 1973 oil embargo, GM gave up on the engine leaving all 3 cars with engines that were either under powered or too heavy for the front tires.
I used to own the standard 1300cc piston engined version of this car. It is was called the Mazda 808. My girlfriend at the time did end up purchasing a Rotary engined Mazda RX7 sports car a few years later.
He noted the horse cart springs at the back, whereas the Avenger he refers to of course was using coil springs all round. But Ford carried on plugging away at those obsolete leaf springs for another 10 years!
Dave Krieger Yes I believe the Marina had leaf springs too. The handling of the Avenger was ahead of pretty much anything else in its class, whereas the Marina, well... was at the other end of the scale.
The Hilliman Avenger was sold by Chrysler here in the states. It was sold as the Plymouth Cricket. Sold from 1971-1973. Car rusted away in the states and Chrysler Plymouth dealers dealers bad attitude and indiffrent workmanship killed it by 73. I think I remember reading about problems in getting parts due to strikes in the UK and Scotland. It think it was built in Scotland.
The mention of rotary and quiet in the same sentence makes me giggle. This is obviously before the obligatory "bridge port", down draft weber and big assed exhaust mods are performed.
Beautifully preserved videotape. Much better job than how we do it in Australia. Thames must be meticulous in how they store it. Videotape is actually a terrible medium for long term archiving, especially if not kept in the right conditions.
Displacement deactivation of one of the two rotors would probably sort the fuel usage issues because the bsfc is so poor at part throttle but actually the same as an n/a piston car at fuller openings. And it would be seemless because its so smooth anyway.
We used to take those out and put them in toyotas or mini trucks of some variety. Ported and polished , fuel injected you can double the horsepower. But its a trade off .
eufogia it was on the road untill 1985? Some of these stopped running in the US by 1980. About 15 years ago I found one of these in a salvage yard. It was a 1972 model. The plate and the registration expired July 3 1st 1977. The rotary engine failed and no one wanted to fix it.
And to know that here in Australia some "wankels" are asking $20k for a shell and a boxes of parts. Hope whoever buys one at that price they don't have any passengers that want to smoke when they sit in the back..
The wasted space could have been a response to NSU Ro80 owners having to insert a Ford V4 engine after having gone through so many Wankel engines. There is a story that NSU Ro80 owners greet each other by the number of fingers they hold up. Five fingers=five engines they had to replace. Mazda was probably afraid of premature rotor-seal wear that the NSU Ro80 had. NSU had a generous warranty plan, that's why NSU went broke and Volkswagen bought out Audi and NSU. There were two companies: Auto Union GmbH and NSU Motorenwerke AG before becoming Audi NSU Auto Union AG.
FKN 125L ✗ Untaxed Tax due: 15 June 1985 Incorrect tax status? MOT No results returned Incorrect MOT status? Warning If you've just bought this vehicle the tax or SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification) doesn't come with it. You'll need to tax it before driving it. Vehicle details Vehicle make: MAZDA Date of first registration: September 1972 Cylinder capacity (cc): 1300 cc CO₂Emissions: Not available Fuel type: PETROL Export marker: No Vehicle status: Not taxed Vehicle colour: BLUE Vehicle type approval: Not available Wheelplan: 2-AXLE-RIGID BODY Revenue weight: Not available Tax rates: The vehicle tax rates are only available if you have the latest 11 digit reference number from the V5C registration certificate (logbook) Incorrect vehicle details? Print this page Search for another vehicle DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency)services Tax your vehicle Register your vehicle as off the road (SORN) Tell DVLA you've sold, transferred or bought a vehicle Report an untaxed vehicle Check you're not buying a stolen vehicle DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency)services Check the MOT history of a vehicle Report a vehicle with no MOT MOTs for vehicles registered in Northern Ireland
Driver and front seat passenger not wearing a seatbelt because the lady in the back wants a cigarette while holding a baby in her lap.. all perfectly legal and acceptable back then!
I could balance a coin on the top of my '79 Mini 850's engine when it was running too. With modern oil, good plugs, the carb and timing properly adjusted it was super smooth. It couldn't get to 60 in 10 seconds though, maybe 10 minutes, and with its drum brakes all round it wouldn't stop from 60 either... Fun though.
Compared to what BL had on offer, this car is a gem. Granted the wankel engine was in its infancy and was juicier than an engine in a Silver Shadow, it was still a very nice smart car which would not rust!
Both brexiters I assume. Can't have a bad word against the power house that BL wasn't even if it is true. It was a spelling mistake, like your fathers name on your birth certficate.
