The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
was on dispaly at Tyseley open day today in full London Midland livery

http://tonyhunter2814.fotopic.net/p51552379.html


Tony

Does it tilt?

That Stourbridge branch is very bendy.

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:14:24 -0700 (PDT), tfh of Hednesford
 wrote:

>The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
>was on dispaly at Tyseley open day today in full London Midland livery
>
>http://tonyhunter2814.fotopic.net/p51552379.html

Crikey, it's weird seeing one of those toy trams in a proper railway
livery!

Neil

-- 
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Put my first name before the at to reply.

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:41:07 -0700 (PDT), allan tracy
 wrote:

>Does it tilt?
>
>That Stourbridge branch is very bendy.

I assume it'll be driver-only operated?  It does look set up with the
doors positioned for drivers to check tickets on boarding.

Neil

-- 
Neil Williams
Put my first name before the at to reply.

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:14:24 -0700 (PDT), tfh of Hednesford
 wrote:

>The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
>was on dispaly at Tyseley open day 

Tyseley open day? Oh, rats! I didn't know about that, and would have
liked to have gone... 35 years after last doing so.

Peter.

allan tracy wrote:
> Does it tilt?
> 

Only if all the passengers sit on the same side.

Charlie

wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote:

>On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:14:24 -0700 (PDT), tfh of Hednesford
> wrote:
>
>>The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
>>was on dispaly at Tyseley open day today in full London Midland livery
>>
>>http://tonyhunter2814.fotopic.net/p51552379.html
>
>Crikey, it's weird seeing one of those toy trams in a proper railway
>livery!


It still looks like a plastic pig.  

It has all the style and panache of a Robin Reliant.  ;-)

On 28 Jun, 21:40, Peter 
wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:14:24 -0700 (PDT), tfh of Hednesford
>
>  wrote:
> >The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
> >was on dispaly at Tyseley open day
>
> Tyseley open day? Oh, rats! I didn't know about that, and would have
> liked to have gone... 35 years after last doing so.
>
> Peter.

The other "surprise" was 08616 also in LM livery

http://tonyhunter2814.fotopic.net/p51552873.html

I bet when you went 35 years ago the 2 steam locos doing the shuttle
were 7029 & 45593? - both were there today as well, some things never
change

Tony

"Tony Polson"  wrote in message 
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> wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:14:24 -0700 (PDT), tfh of Hednesford
>> wrote:
>>
>>>The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
>>>was on dispaly at Tyseley open day today in full London Midland livery
>>>
>>>http://tonyhunter2814.fotopic.net/p51552379.html
>>
>>Crikey, it's weird seeing one of those toy trams in a proper railway
>>livery!
>
>
> It still looks like a plastic pig.

Nah, it looks nothing like a Class 442.... ;-)

> It has all the style and panache of a Robin Reliant.  ;-)

ROFL. That's a very good description, in fact.

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:27:07 +0100, Tony Polson wrote
>> 
>>> The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
>>> was on dispaly at Tyseley open day today in full London Midland livery
> 
> It has all the style and panache of a Robin Reliant.  ;-)

Write out 100 times, "it's called a Reliant Robin not a Robin Reliant"! :-)

"John Tattersall"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Tony Polson"  wrote in message 
> news:v3bd64tqd3gbdqc8h50vfsgja5gmhlpj6i@4ax.com...
>> wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:14:24 -0700 (PDT), tfh of Hednesford
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
>>>>was on dispaly at Tyseley open day today in full London Midland livery
>>>>
>>>>http://tonyhunter2814.fotopic.net/p51552379.html
>>>
>>>Crikey, it's weird seeing one of those toy trams in a proper railway
>>>livery!
>>
>>
>> It still looks like a plastic pig.
>
> Nah, it looks nothing like a Class 442.... ;-)
>
>> It has all the style and panache of a Robin Reliant.  ;-)
>
> ROFL. That's a very good description, in fact.
>

Good, but backward - the 'car' was the Reliant Robin -  a surprisingly 
common mistake though...

Paul

In article ,
Tony Polson   wrote:
>wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:14:24 -0700 (PDT), tfh of Hednesford
>> wrote:
>>
>>>The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
>>>was on dispaly at Tyseley open day today in full London Midland livery
>>>
>>>http://tonyhunter2814.fotopic.net/p51552379.html
>>
>>Crikey, it's weird seeing one of those toy trams in a proper railway
>>livery!
>
>
>It still looks like a plastic pig.  
>
>It has all the style and panache of a Robin Reliant.  ;-)


You mean - something with such fine aerodynamics that it has no
determinable maximum speed?

-- 
Andy Breen ~ 	Speaking for myself, not the University of Wales
		"your suggestion rates at four monkeys for six weeks"
						(Peter D. Rieden)

Stimpy  wrote:

>On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:27:07 +0100, Tony Polson wrote
>>> 
>>>> The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
>>>> was on dispaly at Tyseley open day today in full London Midland livery
>> 
>> It has all the style and panache of a Robin Reliant.  ;-)
>
>Write out 100 times, "it's called a Reliant Robin not a Robin Reliant"! :-)


Shan't.  ;-)

Yes, I know it should be "Reliant Robin".  It is a bit like "tiolet"
or "Kewsick", except that those two now-deliberate mis-spellings were
coined on uk.railway, and the "Robin Reliant" reversal came from the
TV show "Only Fools and Horses".

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:46:40 +0100, Tony Polson wrote
> 
>> Write out 100 times, "it's called a Reliant Robin not a Robin Reliant"! :-)
> 
> Shan't.  ;-)
> 
> Yes, I know it should be "Reliant Robin". 

yeah yeah yeah... sez you now we've TOLD you :-P

I always wanted a Bond Bug in the 1970's.  Here we are in 2008 and I *still* 
want one

"Paul Scott"  wrote:

>
>"John Tattersall"  wrote in message 
>news:g46b8e$can$1@aioe.org...
>>
>> "Tony Polson"  wrote in message 
>> news:v3bd64tqd3gbdqc8h50vfsgja5gmhlpj6i@4ax.com...
>>> wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:14:24 -0700 (PDT), tfh of Hednesford
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
>>>>>was on dispaly at Tyseley open day today in full London Midland livery
>>>>>
>>>>>http://tonyhunter2814.fotopic.net/p51552379.html
>>>>
>>>>Crikey, it's weird seeing one of those toy trams in a proper railway
>>>>livery!
>>>
>>>
>>> It still looks like a plastic pig.
>>
>> Nah, it looks nothing like a Class 442.... ;-)
>>
>>> It has all the style and panache of a Robin Reliant.  ;-)
>>
>> ROFL. That's a very good description, in fact.
>>
>
>Good, but backward - the 'car' was the Reliant Robin -  a surprisingly 
>common mistake though...


Not a mistake, a deliberate quotation from the TV series "Only Fools
and Horses".  

I haven't heard anyone say "Reliant Robin" for many years now.

"Tony Polson"  wrote in message 
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> Stimpy  wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:27:07 +0100, Tony Polson wrote
>>>>
>>>>> The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
>>>>> was on dispaly at Tyseley open day today in full London Midland livery
>>>
>>> It has all the style and panache of a Robin Reliant.  ;-)
>>
>>Write out 100 times, "it's called a Reliant Robin not a Robin Reliant"! 
>>:-)
>
>
> Shan't.  ;-)
>
> Yes, I know it should be "Reliant Robin".  It is a bit like "tiolet"
> or "Kewsick", except that those two now-deliberate mis-spellings were
> coined on uk.railway, and the "Robin Reliant" reversal came from the
> TV show "Only Fools and Horses".
>
And the car in "Only Fools and Horses" is a Reliant Regal, not a Robin!

Tim

tfh of Hednesford wrote:

> The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
> was on dispaly at Tyseley open day today

In context, that word "first" is quite chilling.
-- 
http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9632939.html
(43 027 at Reading, 1 Jun 1985)

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:39:18 +0100, Tim Buckley wrote
>
>> Yes, I know it should be "Reliant Robin".  It is a bit like "tiolet"
>> or "Kewsick", except that those two now-deliberate mis-spellings were
>> coined on uk.railway, and the "Robin Reliant" reversal came from the
>> TV show "Only Fools and Horses".
>> 
> And the car in "Only Fools and Horses" is a Reliant Regal, not a Robin!

No rear side windows... So that made it a Reliant Supervan didn't it?

On Jun 28, 9:36 pm, wensleyd...@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams)
wrote:

> Crikey, it's weird seeing one of those toy trams in a proper railway
> livery!

Quite. Do we know what the inside will look like yet? The only one
I've ever seen had bus bench seats - unidirectionally along one side
and then a single long bench along the other wall. Not sure how you'd
describe that seating layout. In any case, it's hardly a modern light
rail vehicle by anyone's (apart from Blackpool's?) standards.

R [just back from Amsterdam and thoroughly impressed by the
Combinos...]

"Tony Polson" wrote:

> Not a mistake, a deliberate quotation from the TV series "Only Fools
> and Horses".
>
> I haven't heard anyone say "Reliant Robin" for many years now.

Jasper Carrott surely bears greater responsibility for Robin Reliant/Reliant 
Robin confusion.

Chris

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:52:43 GMT, Chris  Tolley 
wrote:

>In context, that word "first" is quite chilling.

I think there will be two for Stourbridge so there's a spare.

Neil

-- 
Neil Williams
Put my first name before the at to reply.

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:35:05 -0700 (PDT), Rupert Candy
 wrote:

>Quite. Do we know what the inside will look like yet? The only one
>I've ever seen had bus bench seats - unidirectionally along one side
>and then a single long bench along the other wall. Not sure how you'd
>describe that seating layout. In any case, it's hardly a modern light
>rail vehicle by anyone's (apart from Blackpool's?) standards.

I don't know, but due to the very short journey it doesn't really need
any seats bar maybe one or two for the elderly/disabled.  It's really
comparable in a sense with an airport people mover.

Neil

-- 
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Put my first name before the at to reply.

"Tony Polson"  wrote in message 
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> wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:14:24 -0700 (PDT), tfh of Hednesford
>> wrote:
>>
>>>The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
>>>was on dispaly at Tyseley open day today in full London Midland livery
>>>
>>>http://tonyhunter2814.fotopic.net/p51552379.html
>>
>>Crikey, it's weird seeing one of those toy trams in a proper railway
>>livery!
>
>
> It still looks like a plastic pig.
>
> It has all the style and panache of a Robin Reliant.  ;-)

Is that, the Reliant Robin which had top Italians at Ogle Design Limited 
working on it?

KW (ex Reliant owner, Mk 5, Regal and Robins)

Chris Read wrote:

> "Tony Polson" wrote:
> 
>> Not a mistake, a deliberate quotation from the TV series "Only Fools
>> and Horses".
>>
>> I haven't heard anyone say "Reliant Robin" for many years now.
> 
> Jasper Carrott surely bears greater responsibility for Robin Reliant/Reliant 
> Robin confusion.

It's nothing like a funky moped.

-- 
http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9632886.html
(33 111 at Weymouth Town, May 1985)

In article <3dL9k.135819$aE7.42117@newsfe16.ams2>,
Ken Ward  wrote:
>
>"Tony Polson"  wrote in message 
>news:v3bd64tqd3gbdqc8h50vfsgja5gmhlpj6i@4ax.com...
>> wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:14:24 -0700 (PDT), tfh of Hednesford
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
>>>>was on dispaly at Tyseley open day today in full London Midland livery
>>>>
>>>>http://tonyhunter2814.fotopic.net/p51552379.html
>>>
>>>Crikey, it's weird seeing one of those toy trams in a proper railway
>>>livery!
>>
>>
>> It still looks like a plastic pig.
>>
>> It has all the style and panache of a Robin Reliant.  ;-)
>
>Is that, the Reliant Robin which had top Italians at Ogle Design Limited 
>working on it?

Ogle design wasn't Italian (English firm, Czech chief designer) and
IIRC the Robin wasn't one of theirs - or not to the extent tha the Bug
and GTE Scimitars were. Or is there somethign deeply buried here I've
missed?

>KW (ex Reliant owner, Mk 5, Regal and Robins) 

Andy (ex Reliant owner: SE5a and SE5)

-- 
Andy Breen ~ 	Not speaking on behalf of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth
		Feng Shui: an ancient oriental art for extracting
		 money from the gullible (Martin Sinclair)

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:41:51 +0100, Chris  Tolley wrote
>>> 
>>> I haven't heard anyone say "Reliant Robin" for many years now.
>> 
>> Jasper Carrott surely bears greater responsibility for Robin 
>> Reliant/Reliant Robin confusion.
> 
> It's nothing like a funky moped.

Boinngggggggggg!  Time for bed, said Zebedee

"Andrew Robert Breen"  wrote in message 
news:r3kkj5xbgj.ln2@news.aber.ac.uk...
> In article <3dL9k.135819$aE7.42117@newsfe16.ams2>,
> Ken Ward  wrote:
>>
>>"Tony Polson"  wrote in message
>>news:v3bd64tqd3gbdqc8h50vfsgja5gmhlpj6i@4ax.com...
>>> wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:14:24 -0700 (PDT), tfh of Hednesford
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
>>>>>was on dispaly at Tyseley open day today in full London Midland livery
>>>>>
>>>>>http://tonyhunter2814.fotopic.net/p51552379.html
>>>>
>>>>Crikey, it's weird seeing one of those toy trams in a proper railway
>>>>livery!
>>>
>>>
>>> It still looks like a plastic pig.
>>>
>>> It has all the style and panache of a Robin Reliant.  ;-)
>>
>>Is that, the Reliant Robin which had top Italians at Ogle Design Limited
>>working on it?
>
> Ogle design wasn't Italian (English firm, Czech chief designer) and
> IIRC the Robin wasn't one of theirs - or not to the extent tha the Bug
> and GTE Scimitars were. Or is there somethign deeply buried here I've
> missed?
>
>>KW (ex Reliant owner, Mk 5, Regal and Robins)
>
> Andy (ex Reliant owner: SE5a and SE5)

I stand corrected, thanks for the info Andy.

I still say that the best car Reliant ever built was the (Ford) RS200.. at 
Shenston.
http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=103&i=7138

KW

"Tony Polson"  wrote in message
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> "Paul Scott"  wrote:
>
>>
>> "John Tattersall"  wrote in message
>> news:g46b8e$can$1@aioe.org...
>>>
It has all the style and panache of a Robin Reliant.  ;-)
>>>
>>> ROFL. That's a very good description, in fact.
>>>
>>
>> Good, but backward - the 'car' was the Reliant Robin -  a
>> surprisingly common mistake though...
>
>
> Not a mistake, a deliberate quotation from the TV series "Only Fools
> and Horses".
>
> I haven't heard anyone say "Reliant Robin" for many years now.

I actually saw one this week, for the first time in ages!  It was parked 
in a supermarket car park, and apparently in running order.

"Chris Read"  wrote:

>
>"Tony Polson" wrote:
>
>> Not a mistake, a deliberate quotation from the TV series "Only Fools
>> and Horses".
>>
>> I haven't heard anyone say "Reliant Robin" for many years now.
>
>Jasper Carrott surely bears greater responsibility for Robin Reliant/Reliant 
>Robin confusion.


There's nothing confusing about it.  It is called a "joke".  

As you obviously don't understand the term, why don't you look up the
word "joke" in a dictionary, assuming you know what one of those is.

;-)

Stimpy  wrote:

>On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:46:40 +0100, Tony Polson wrote
>> 
>>> Write out 100 times, "it's called a Reliant Robin not a Robin Reliant"! :-)
>> 
>> Shan't.  ;-)
>> 
>> Yes, I know it should be "Reliant Robin". 
>
>yeah yeah yeah... sez you now we've TOLD you :-P
>
>I always wanted a Bond Bug in the 1970's.  Here we are in 2008 and I *still* 
>want one


I know someone who has one.  And no, he isn't selling.

It was a masterpiece of design, making a Reliant chassis appear cool
to a surprisingly large number of people.  ;-)

And the dynamics are far better than I could have believed.

Stimpy  wrote:

>On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:39:18 +0100, Tim Buckley wrote
>>
>>> Yes, I know it should be "Reliant Robin".  It is a bit like "tiolet"
>>> or "Kewsick", except that those two now-deliberate mis-spellings were
>>> coined on uk.railway, and the "Robin Reliant" reversal came from the
>>> TV show "Only Fools and Horses".
>>> 
>> And the car in "Only Fools and Horses" is a Reliant Regal, not a Robin!
>
>No rear side windows... So that made it a Reliant Supervan didn't it?


Is this a mass attack of 'spotters, or what?

;-)

wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote:

>On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:52:43 GMT, Chris  Tolley 
>wrote:
>
>>In context, that word "first" is quite chilling.
>
>I think there will be two for Stourbridge so there's a spare.


In case the first one gets nicked?  

I suppose a determined thief could pick it up, put it under his arm
and run for it ...

In article <bbR9k.176984$1B6.18179@newsfe21.ams2>,
Ken Ward  wrote:
>
>"Andrew Robert Breen"  wrote in message 
>news:r3kkj5xbgj.ln2@news.aber.ac.uk...
>> In article <3dL9k.135819$aE7.42117@newsfe16.ams2>,
>> Ken Ward  wrote:
>>
>>>KW (ex Reliant owner, Mk 5, Regal and Robins)
>>
>> Andy (ex Reliant owner: SE5a and SE5)
>
>I still say that the best car Reliant ever built was the (Ford) RS200.. at 
>Shenston.
>http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=103&i=7138

But where do you put the bags of firewood?

-- 
Andy Breen ~ 	Not speaking on behalf of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth
		Feng Shui: an ancient oriental art for extracting
		 money from the gullible (Martin Sinclair)

Recliner wrote:
> "Tony Polson"  wrote in message
> news:95hd64td22jphqst36e4gha82i49cusi3u@4ax.com
>> "Paul Scott"  wrote:
>>
>>> "John Tattersall"  wrote in message
>>> news:g46b8e$can$1@aioe.org...
> It has all the style and panache of a Robin Reliant.  ;-)
>>>> ROFL. That's a very good description, in fact.
>>>>
>>> Good, but backward - the 'car' was the Reliant Robin -  a
>>> surprisingly common mistake though...
>>
>> Not a mistake, a deliberate quotation from the TV series "Only Fools
>> and Horses".
>>
>> I haven't heard anyone say "Reliant Robin" for many years now.
> 
> I actually saw one this week, for the first time in ages!  It was parked 
> in a supermarket car park, and apparently in running order. 
> 
> 
a Robin or PPM?

"Stimpy"  wrote in message 
news:0001HW.C48D06BC07114F25F0407648@news.eclipse.co.uk...
> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:39:18 +0100, Tim Buckley wrote
>>
>>> Yes, I know it should be "Reliant Robin".  It is a bit like "tiolet"
>>> or "Kewsick", except that those two now-deliberate mis-spellings were
>>> coined on uk.railway, and the "Robin Reliant" reversal came from the
>>> TV show "Only Fools and Horses".
>>>
>> And the car in "Only Fools and Horses" is a Reliant Regal, not a Robin!
>
> No rear side windows... So that made it a Reliant Supervan didn't it?

Correct!

Tim

"Andrew Robert Breen"  wrote in message 
news:qvelj5x128.ln2@news.aber.ac.uk...
> In article <bbR9k.176984$1B6.18179@newsfe21.ams2>,
> Ken Ward  wrote:
>>
>>"Andrew Robert Breen"  wrote in message
>>news:r3kkj5xbgj.ln2@news.aber.ac.uk...
>>> In article <3dL9k.135819$aE7.42117@newsfe16.ams2>,
>>> Ken Ward  wrote:
>>>
>>>>KW (ex Reliant owner, Mk 5, Regal and Robins)
>>>
>>> Andy (ex Reliant owner: SE5a and SE5)
>>
>>I still say that the best car Reliant ever built was the (Ford) RS200.. at
>>Shenston.
>>http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=103&i=7138
>
> But where do you put the bags of firewood?

Are they still burning cottages over your way?

KW

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:19:12 +0100, Tony Polson wrote
(in article ):

> Stimpy  wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:46:40 +0100, Tony Polson wrote
>>> 
>>>> Write out 100 times, "it's called a Reliant Robin not a Robin Reliant"! 
>>>> :-)
>>> 
>>> Shan't.  ;-)
>>> 
>>> Yes, I know it should be "Reliant Robin". 
>> 
>> yeah yeah yeah... sez you now we've TOLD you :-P
>> 
>> I always wanted a Bond Bug in the 1970's.  Here we are in 2008 and I 
>> *still* 
>> want one
> 
> 
> I know someone who has one.  And no, he isn't selling.
> 
> It was a masterpiece of design, making a Reliant chassis appear cool
> to a surprisingly large number of people.  ;-)
> 
> And the dynamics are far better than I could have believed.

Some years ago my ex girlfriend rolled one three complete turns on the dual 
carriagway A1 in Yorkshire, there were no other vehicles involved or from 
what I can gather even in sight. They had a reputation for instability.

NM

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nik.morgan  wrote:
>
>Some years ago my ex girlfriend rolled one three complete turns on the dual 
>carriagway A1 in Yorkshire, there were no other vehicles involved or from 
>what I can gather even in sight. They had a reputation for instability.


An ex-girlfriend of mine rolled a Volvo three complete turns on the
dual carriageway A1 in Yorkshire (near the Dishforth roundabout). Does
that mean it must have had only three wheels?

Chris  Tolley  wrote:
> tfh of Hednesford wrote:
> 
> > The bodyshell of the first class 139 PPM for the Stourbridge shuttle
> > was on dispaly at Tyseley open day today
> 
> In context, that word "first" is quite chilling.

It's the third class version that I'm more worried about...

Theo

In article <Y4bak.141193$8k.107534@newsfe18.ams2>,
Ken Ward  wrote:
>
>"Andrew Robert Breen"  wrote in message 
>news:qvelj5x128.ln2@news.aber.ac.uk...
>> In article <bbR9k.176984$1B6.18179@newsfe21.ams2>,
>> Ken Ward  wrote:
>>>
>>>"Andrew Robert Breen"  wrote in message
>>>news:r3kkj5xbgj.ln2@news.aber.ac.uk...
>>>> In article <3dL9k.135819$aE7.42117@newsfe16.ams2>,
>>>> Ken Ward  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>KW (ex Reliant owner, Mk 5, Regal and Robins)
>>>>
>>>> Andy (ex Reliant owner: SE5a and SE5)
>>>
>>>I still say that the best car Reliant ever built was the (Ford) RS200.. at
>>>Shenston.
>>>http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=103&i=7138
>>
>> But where do you put the bags of firewood?
>
>Are they still burning cottages over your way?

Must be close on 25 years since the last of that campaign ended.
Presumably the agents provocoteurs were re-assigned to more
pressing duties.
That said, we have the highest ratio of house prices to
wages in .uk, so it's no less than a miracle that things
are so peaceful. Amazing, really.

-- 
Andy Breen, not speaking on behalf of the University of Wales
	"The internet, that wonderful tool for bringing us into contact 
	 with things that make us wish we could scrub our brains out with 
	 dental floss.." (Charlie Stross)

"Tony Polson"  wrote
>
> An ex-girlfriend of mine rolled a Volvo three complete turns on the
> dual carriageway A1 in Yorkshire (near the Dishforth roundabout). Does
> that mean it must have had only three wheels?
>
Presumably at one point during the accident only three wheels will have been
transferring weight to the road. Of course, road accidents  are rarely
investigated, at least in much detail. If a train derails it is likely that
the investigation will determine which wheel unloaded first, and the exact
point at which it climbed the railhead.

Peter

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:10:29 +0100, Tony Polson wrote
(in article ):

> nik.morgan  wrote:
>> 
>> Some years ago my ex girlfriend rolled one three complete turns on the dual 
>> carriagway A1 in Yorkshire, there were no other vehicles involved or from 
>> what I can gather even in sight. They had a reputation for instability.
> 
> 
> An ex-girlfriend of mine rolled a Volvo three complete turns on the
> dual carriageway A1 in Yorkshire (near the Dishforth roundabout). Does
> that mean it must have had only three wheels? 
> 

Maybe, more likely to be something to do with Yorkshire and women in their 
own in cars. anyway volvo's don't have many wheels do they ar'n't they half 
tracks.
NM

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"nik.morgan"  wrote in message 
news:0001HW.C48F07D70052A71FF02845B0@free.teranews.com...
> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:19:12 +0100, Tony Polson wrote
> (in article ):
>
>> Stimpy  wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:46:40 +0100, Tony Polson wrote
>>>>
>>>>> Write out 100 times, "it's called a Reliant Robin not a Robin 
>>>>> Reliant"!
>>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>>> Shan't.  ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I know it should be "Reliant Robin".
>>>
>>> yeah yeah yeah... sez you now we've TOLD you :-P
>>>
>>> I always wanted a Bond Bug in the 1970's.  Here we are in 2008 and I
>>> *still*
>>> want one
>>
>>
>> I know someone who has one.  And no, he isn't selling.
>>
>> It was a masterpiece of design, making a Reliant chassis appear cool
>> to a surprisingly large number of people.  ;-)
>>
>> And the dynamics are far better than I could have believed.
>
> Some years ago my ex girlfriend rolled one three complete turns on the 
> dual
> carriagway A1 in Yorkshire, there were no other vehicles involved or from
> what I can gather even in sight. They had a reputation for instability.

Apart from mechanical breakage, you did have to abuse a 3 wheeler to get it 
up on 2 wheels, especially after the Regal with 13" wheels changed to the 
Robin with 10" (Mini) wheels.

KW

"Andrew Robert Breen"  wrote in message 
news:at4oj5x42u.ln2@news.aber.ac.uk...
> In article <Y4bak.141193$8k.107534@newsfe18.ams2>,
> Ken Ward  wrote:
>>
>>"Andrew Robert Breen"  wrote in message
>>news:qvelj5x128.ln2@news.aber.ac.uk...
>>> In article <bbR9k.176984$1B6.18179@newsfe21.ams2>,
>>> Ken Ward  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>"Andrew Robert Breen"  wrote in message
>>>>news:r3kkj5xbgj.ln2@news.aber.ac.uk...
>>>>> In article <3dL9k.135819$aE7.42117@newsfe16.ams2>,
>>>>> Ken Ward  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>KW (ex Reliant owner, Mk 5, Regal and Robins)
>>>>>
>>>>> Andy (ex Reliant owner: SE5a and SE5)
>>>>
>>>>I still say that the best car Reliant ever built was the (Ford) RS200.. 
>>>>at
>>>>Shenston.
>>>>http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=103&i=7138
>>>
>>> But where do you put the bags of firewood?
>>
>>Are they still burning cottages over your way?
>
> Must be close on 25 years since the last of that campaign ended.
> Presumably the agents provocoteurs were re-assigned to more
> pressing duties.
> That said, we have the highest ratio of house prices to
> wages in .uk, so it's no less than a miracle that things
> are so peaceful. Amazing, really.

I do remember a court case of a group from Dolgellau being convicted of 
"Freedom Fighting with Firelighters". The surprising thing being the leader 
of the group was English!

KW

On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 08:18:56 +0100, Ken Ward wrote
(in article <ATkak.59284$ft1.54743@newsfe14.ams2>):

> 
> "nik.morgan"  wrote in message 
> news:0001HW.C48F07D70052A71FF02845B0@free.teranews.com...
>> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:19:12 +0100, Tony Polson wrote
>> (in article ):
>> 
>>> Stimpy  wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:46:40 +0100, Tony Polson wrote
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Write out 100 times, "it's called a Reliant Robin not a Robin 
>>>>>> Reliant"!
>>>>>>> -)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Shan't.  ;-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes, I know it should be "Reliant Robin".
>>>> 
>>>> yeah yeah yeah... sez you now we've TOLD you :-P
>>>> 
>>>> I always wanted a Bond Bug in the 1970's.  Here we are in 2008 and I
>>>> *still*
>>>> want one
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I know someone who has one.  And no, he isn't selling.
>>> 
>>> It was a masterpiece of design, making a Reliant chassis appear cool
>>> to a surprisingly large number of people.  ;-)
>>> 
>>> And the dynamics are far better than I could have believed.
>> 
>> Some years ago my ex girlfriend rolled one three complete turns on the 
>> dual
>> carriagway A1 in Yorkshire, there were no other vehicles involved or from
>> what I can gather even in sight. They had a reputation for instability.
> 
> Apart from mechanical breakage, you did have to abuse a 3 wheeler to get it 
> up on 2 wheels, especially after the Regal with 13" wheels changed to the 
> Robin with 10" (Mini) wheels.
> 
> KW
> 
> 

Was it Mr Bean that rolled one out of a car park backwards and it went on two 
wheels?
NM

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On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:56:10 +0100, Andrew Robert Breen wrote
>> 
>> Are they still burning cottages over your way?
> 
> Must be close on 25 years since the last of that campaign ended.
> Presumably the agents provocoteurs were re-assigned to more
> pressing duties.

They're all Assembly Members now ;-)