Ferrari Symbol

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Posted by John Stevenson on 30/11/2016 10:53:09:

Posted by Carl Wilson 4 on 30/11/2016 10:43:05:
It was Lamborghini that made tractors.

And Hardly Dangerous

No that was Laverda. (Really.)

Harley Ferguson made bowling alley machinery and golf carts!

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

The one that amazes me is AC

They made beauties like the Ace and Aceca, but the big production run was the Invacar.

… I wonder what Caroll Shelby would have made of that

MichaelG.

[robjon44Participant @robjon44]

Dear sirs, according to the interweb thingy the ferrari emblem originally adorned the aircraft of an italian WW1 fighter ace, who knew ? With regard to the rampant horse of Aveling & Porter I think I am on firmer ground, it is the emblem of the county of Kent, Invicta was the steed of a saxon warlord, the horses name is Olde English for Unconquered, I am assuming that in those days they didn't give them the sort of dopey names used in modern times. There is a fine example of such a brass emblem on the wall behind my computer as I type, being a stallion the original version had a willy, which was deleted in the more 'enlightened times' we live in, during the many years I worked for Aveling Barford I watched him deteriorate from his original form to aluminium casting, alloy pressing, & the final ignominy, a ( pick your own expletive ) vinyl sticker, how are the mighty fallen, a parallel to what was happening to our industrial heritage over the same time period.

robjon44, engineering worker, NBG & Bar, retired after too long.

[robjon44Participant @robjon44]

Michael G, in the late 50s a young man lived down our street who worked in a large main dealers garage, he campaigned an AC & a Vincent Black Shadow this was obviously in the days before we where "all in it together", I did get to ride in it & when he flicked the switch for the electric supercharger is the moment when my own Adrenalin Poisoning began, I therefore believe that the answer with regard to that nice Mr. Shelby is an Invacar that would hold the World Land Speed record in perpetuity.

robjon44

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

The car badge that amused me when I first saw it was the tortoise adorning the badge of the Gordon Keeble, a British supercar of the 1960s which boasted the fastest 0 to 100 mph time of any production car. More than 90 out of the production of 100 still exist.

Russell

[MikeParticipant @mike89748]

Another maker of invalid cars, as they were known in the era, was Derry Preston-Cobb, who also built the Greeves motorcycle. Derry was disabled, and his invalid car had a special, hot engine. The rumour was, when I worked for Motorcycle News in the mid 1960s, that he got ticked off by the law for tailgating a police car at 80mph on the London-Southend dual carriageway. It was never my good fortune to meet him, but he was said to be a wonderful character

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Ferraris' main business is building tractors, ranging from walk behind two wheel rotary hoes, ride on lawn mowers, to large four wheel agricultural types, they build a few cars on the side.

Ian S C

[MikeParticipant @mike89748]

Before you all shout at me, it was Bert Greeves who built the bike and founded the company. Derry was a relative who was also an executive of the company.

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Didn't David Brown build some F1 cars?

Ian S C

[MikeParticipant @mike89748]

Ian, I seem to remember there was an Aston Martin F1 car back in the days of the 2.5 litre Formula, but I think it only competed for a couple of seasons. It was a rather heavy, front-engined car, when the trend was towards the lightweight mid-engined Cooper. I also seem to remember there was a Ferguson 4WD F1 car in the era. My memory is a bit rusty after around 60 years!

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Starting 1950, after David Brown(Sir), bought the company, all Aston Martin cars had/have DB-***. David Brown did race a car 1959/60 without much success.

Didn't some one about this time try a three axle car on the track?

Ian S C

[clogsParticipant @clogs]

Hi Ian SC

my rusty brain thinks it was a Lotus that had the 3 axle car for Indianapolis……..?????

Clogs

[davidkParticipant @davidk]

Hi Ian SC

There was the Tyrell P34 6 wheeler from the mid-seventies:

**LINK**

Regards

David

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