| Stirling Moss 00:16 - Apr 13 with 1341 views | Oldsmoker |
Sadly he's gone too.
An urban myth I heard was that he got stopped for speeding.
The officer said to him "Who do you think you are, Stirling Moss?"
He replied "Well actually, I am Stirling Moss"
.. and the copper let him off.
Believe that as you will.
When you're a legend, people will make stuff like that up - which just makes you more of a legend. |  |
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| Stirling Moss on 00:25 - Apr 13 with 1319 views | jeera |
I once got stopped on Belstead Road when I was 17.
He asked me if I was in a Ford Capri or a Boeing 737.
Silly man. It was obviously a Capri.
I never did understand what point he was trying to make. |  |
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| Stirling Moss on 00:29 - Apr 13 with 1298 views | factual_blue |
| Stirling Moss on 00:25 - Apr 13 by jeera |
I once got stopped on Belstead Road when I was 17.
He asked me if I was in a Ford Capri or a Boeing 737.
Silly man. It was obviously a Capri.
I never did understand what point he was trying to make. |
He was presumably getting at why you had about 180 passengers and a drinks trolley. |  |
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| Stirling Moss on 00:30 - Apr 13 with 1297 views | blueconscience |
| Stirling Moss on 00:25 - Apr 13 by jeera |
I once got stopped on Belstead Road when I was 17.
He asked me if I was in a Ford Capri or a Boeing 737.
Silly man. It was obviously a Capri.
I never did understand what point he was trying to make. |
I got stopped for going slightly over the limit near RAF Lakenheath. He saw my Base ID (I worked for a concession on the Base) and let me off, saying I should keep my speeding in the sky. |  |
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| Stirling Moss on 00:35 - Apr 13 with 1272 views | Oldsmoker |
| Stirling Moss on 00:25 - Apr 13 by jeera |
I once got stopped on Belstead Road when I was 17.
He asked me if I was in a Ford Capri or a Boeing 737.
Silly man. It was obviously a Capri.
I never did understand what point he was trying to make. |
Got stopped on the M6 and the occifer said "92 do yer" and I said yes as I'd been doing a ton plus.
Got to magistrates court and apparently 93 was a heavy fine + 3 points and 92 is pocket change + 3 points.
I don't know why he did that for me.
I was tall, white, male, mid-30's and damn good looking - perhaps he was gay. | |
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| Stirling Moss on 00:57 - Apr 13 with 1227 views | jeera |
| Stirling Moss on 00:29 - Apr 13 by factual_blue |
He was presumably getting at why you had about 180 passengers and a drinks trolley. |
I thought it might have been my mate's Cortina driving alongside me with a refueling pipe. | |
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| Stirling Moss on 00:59 - Apr 13 with 1225 views | blueconscience |
| Stirling Moss on 00:57 - Apr 13 by jeera |
I thought it might have been my mate's Cortina driving alongside me with a refueling pipe. |
Which car got the most attention?
The Capri or the Cortina? | |
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| Stirling Moss on 01:03 - Apr 13 with 1210 views | jeera |
| Stirling Moss on 00:59 - Apr 13 by blueconscience |
Which car got the most attention?
The Capri or the Cortina? |
The Capri always got stopped being the pretty one.
The M3 Cortina in those days - as I'm sure you know - was a bit of a brute in comparison.
We called them tanks.
I did own one for a while though and I gotta say it was an ok car. | |
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| Stirling Moss on 01:07 - Apr 13 with 1204 views | blueconscience |
| Stirling Moss on 01:03 - Apr 13 by jeera |
The Capri always got stopped being the pretty one.
The M3 Cortina in those days - as I'm sure you know - was a bit of a brute in comparison.
We called them tanks.
I did own one for a while though and I gotta say it was an ok car. |
The reason I asked, was my dad had a Cortina whilst in the army, he said there was always a bit of a base rivalry with the Capri owners.
I don’t really understand cars enough to appreciate classics, but they still look pretty cool when you see them. [Post edited 13 Apr 2020 1:08]
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| Stirling Moss on 01:17 - Apr 13 with 1181 views | jeera |
| Stirling Moss on 01:07 - Apr 13 by blueconscience |
The reason I asked, was my dad had a Cortina whilst in the army, he said there was always a bit of a base rivalry with the Capri owners.
I don’t really understand cars enough to appreciate classics, but they still look pretty cool when you see them. [Post edited 13 Apr 2020 1:08]
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I'm sure we all wished we'd kept them! | |
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| Stirling Moss on 06:22 - Apr 13 with 1113 views | bluelagos |
| Stirling Moss on 01:03 - Apr 13 by jeera |
The Capri always got stopped being the pretty one.
The M3 Cortina in those days - as I'm sure you know - was a bit of a brute in comparison.
We called them tanks.
I did own one for a while though and I gotta say it was an ok car. |
The cool kids had Mark 5s. ;-)
Loved that car, though looking back it's nickname, The Dagenham dustbin was about right.
Mine went for an MOT and failed on 20 different things. In those days you had 2 weeks grace so I happily carried on driving around until I got the money to repair it. Can you imagine the Twtd meltdown if someone did that today! |  |
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| Stirling Moss on 07:10 - Apr 13 with 1081 views | jeera |
| Stirling Moss on 06:22 - Apr 13 by bluelagos |
The cool kids had Mark 5s. ;-)
Loved that car, though looking back it's nickname, The Dagenham dustbin was about right.
Mine went for an MOT and failed on 20 different things. In those days you had 2 weeks grace so I happily carried on driving around until I got the money to repair it. Can you imagine the Twtd meltdown if someone did that today! |
Excuse me, but I had a Mk5. I had to wait for them to be invented first.*
She was my 3rd car, a thing of beauty; diamond white with smoked glass windows.
Well, a thing of beauty until some twit wrapped her around a lamppost on the slip road close to the new asda.
I loved that car and had it for around 2 years.
*I had to work my up to it. I was only 18 when I bought that for £900.
First car Capri £500, then I bought the Cortina as a second car for £50. | |
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| Stirling Moss on 07:18 - Apr 13 with 1072 views | bluelagos |
| Stirling Moss on 07:10 - Apr 13 by jeera |
Excuse me, but I had a Mk5. I had to wait for them to be invented first.*
She was my 3rd car, a thing of beauty; diamond white with smoked glass windows.
Well, a thing of beauty until some twit wrapped her around a lamppost on the slip road close to the new asda.
I loved that car and had it for around 2 years.
*I had to work my up to it. I was only 18 when I bought that for £900.
First car Capri £500, then I bought the Cortina as a second car for £50. |
You had two cars? Bit flash Jeera! | |
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| Stirling Moss on 07:24 - Apr 13 with 1056 views | jeera |
| Stirling Moss on 07:18 - Apr 13 by bluelagos |
You had two cars? Bit flash Jeera! |
And a Transit for work.
The thing is, the parts were interchangeable.
So if one wouldn't start in the morning you could nick bits from another!
Although let's face it, when cars didn't start in those days, more often than not a can of WD40 did the trick. | |
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| Stirling Moss on 07:28 - Apr 13 with 1048 views | bluelagos |
| Stirling Moss on 07:24 - Apr 13 by jeera |
And a Transit for work.
The thing is, the parts were interchangeable.
So if one wouldn't start in the morning you could nick bits from another!
Although let's face it, when cars didn't start in those days, more often than not a can of WD40 did the trick. |
I changed the radiator on my Cortina - got the part from a scrappy - four bolts and the hose clip. Job done, £20 and 10 mins work.
To change the headlight on my Honda - takes 30 minutes labour (at £80 hour) as they have to take all the sodding fairings off. I genuinely believe they engineer cars and bikes to discourage easy maintenance, such is the money they make on servicing. | |
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| Stirling Moss on 07:33 - Apr 13 with 1042 views | jeera |
| Stirling Moss on 07:28 - Apr 13 by bluelagos |
I changed the radiator on my Cortina - got the part from a scrappy - four bolts and the hose clip. Job done, £20 and 10 mins work.
To change the headlight on my Honda - takes 30 minutes labour (at £80 hour) as they have to take all the sodding fairings off. I genuinely believe they engineer cars and bikes to discourage easy maintenance, such is the money they make on servicing. |
I agree. The light bulb issues can be little short of scandalous.
All headlamp bulbs should be a simple plug and go, not things where you need the hands of a small child, the strength of Hercules and the knowhow of an electrician. | |
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| Stirling Moss on 08:10 - Apr 13 with 1008 views | bluelagos |
| Stirling Moss on 07:33 - Apr 13 by jeera |
I agree. The light bulb issues can be little short of scandalous.
All headlamp bulbs should be a simple plug and go, not things where you need the hands of a small child, the strength of Hercules and the knowhow of an electrician. |
I had a dodgy brake light on my Cortina. Used to have to wedge two matches on the side to ensure the bulb connected. Fck knows how many time the local plod pulled me for that.
Worst of all though were the headlights. Someone had fcked up the wiring so that when I braked, the headlights would come on. I had no idea why people were always pulling out on me approaching junctions. One day I pulled up at a glass front building and as I braked I saw my headlights would come on.
Still loved the old Mk5 though. First car and all that. | |
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| Stirling Moss on 08:54 - Apr 13 with 969 views | Coastalblue |
| Stirling Moss on 07:24 - Apr 13 by jeera |
And a Transit for work.
The thing is, the parts were interchangeable.
So if one wouldn't start in the morning you could nick bits from another!
Although let's face it, when cars didn't start in those days, more often than not a can of WD40 did the trick. |
My first car was older than me, a 1961 Consul Classic. I got a jo at a timber importers in Southend after leaving school which was around a 25 mile journey, in the summer months it was hell as there were no underpasses or stuff then and on hot days the traffic would queue for miles.
I regularly used to have to stop at the side of the road and replace hoses that had blown off and let the car cool down before continuing, it's crazy to think how common breakdowns were.
These days you see someone broken down on the side of the road, you notice and sympathise, back then it would just be one of a number you passed before it was your turn. |  |
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| Stirling Moss on 09:07 - Apr 13 with 963 views | jeera |
| Stirling Moss on 08:54 - Apr 13 by Coastalblue |
My first car was older than me, a 1961 Consul Classic. I got a jo at a timber importers in Southend after leaving school which was around a 25 mile journey, in the summer months it was hell as there were no underpasses or stuff then and on hot days the traffic would queue for miles.
I regularly used to have to stop at the side of the road and replace hoses that had blown off and let the car cool down before continuing, it's crazy to think how common breakdowns were.
These days you see someone broken down on the side of the road, you notice and sympathise, back then it would just be one of a number you passed before it was your turn. |
People just don't repair fan belts anymore.
I do recall having spare bits and bobs in the boot which were literally there to keep the thing going on longer journeys.
Even small things like needing to have plenty of water and oil to top up along the way!
A box of spark plugs, bulbs, points...and as I say a fan belt, (or the gf's stockings!). | |
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| Stirling Moss on 09:21 - Apr 13 with 940 views | Coastalblue |
| Stirling Moss on 09:07 - Apr 13 by jeera |
People just don't repair fan belts anymore.
I do recall having spare bits and bobs in the boot which were literally there to keep the thing going on longer journeys.
Even small things like needing to have plenty of water and oil to top up along the way!
A box of spark plugs, bulbs, points...and as I say a fan belt, (or the gf's stockings!). |
That was always one of those 'in the know' tricks, using a stocking to replace a belt to get you home.
I remember putting those dog turd rad weld things in my car on a regular basis too. These days, despite once more driving what would be considered a bit of a sh1tter, I look at the tyres, turn the key and it goes.
I've jinxed it haven't I? | |
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| Stirling Moss on 09:43 - Apr 13 with 889 views | britbiker |
| Stirling Moss on 09:21 - Apr 13 by Coastalblue |
That was always one of those 'in the know' tricks, using a stocking to replace a belt to get you home.
I remember putting those dog turd rad weld things in my car on a regular basis too. These days, despite once more driving what would be considered a bit of a sh1tter, I look at the tyres, turn the key and it goes.
I've jinxed it haven't I? |
That was in the days when all cars had rust. Especially around headlamps etc. I remember having a ford escort that you had to put sawdust and oil into the door frames to stop the bottom of the door rusting.
I remember may journeys with water in the footwells.
Likewise I regularly had to use fixing paste to plug holes in my motorbike exhausts. |  | | |
| Stirling Moss on 09:54 - Apr 13 with 870 views | NewcyBlue |
| Stirling Moss on 07:10 - Apr 13 by jeera |
Excuse me, but I had a Mk5. I had to wait for them to be invented first.*
She was my 3rd car, a thing of beauty; diamond white with smoked glass windows.
Well, a thing of beauty until some twit wrapped her around a lamppost on the slip road close to the new asda.
I loved that car and had it for around 2 years.
*I had to work my up to it. I was only 18 when I bought that for £900.
First car Capri £500, then I bought the Cortina as a second car for £50. |
I bought a Capri for £500 when I was 18.
D reg 1.6 Laser.
It was black.
I loved that car. |  |
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| Stirling Moss on 09:56 - Apr 13 with 867 views | fabian_illness |
| Stirling Moss on 09:43 - Apr 13 by britbiker |
That was in the days when all cars had rust. Especially around headlamps etc. I remember having a ford escort that you had to put sawdust and oil into the door frames to stop the bottom of the door rusting.
I remember may journeys with water in the footwells.
Likewise I regularly had to use fixing paste to plug holes in my motorbike exhausts. |
Talking of rusty cars, my mate gave me a lift home from college in his Alfasud, braked sharply at a zebra crossing and one of the headlamps fell out. |  | | |
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