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"The Porsche 911 R is a special lightweight homologation version of the original Porsche 911. Designed to take the then newly released 911 to its limits, the 911 R featured numerous weight saving measures, such as fibreglass bodyshell and panels fabricated by Karl Baur, lightweight windows and removal of numerous interior features. The car used the 2.0 901/22 flat-6 from the 906 and can be distinguished from other 911's by its flared wheel arches. Produced from 1967 to 1968 just 24 were produced".
A casting only launched last year as a premium release but now becomes a lot more accessible thanks to being in the new and less expensive National Icons series. This is its standard red colour though there is a spectraflame red Chase alternative which stupidly I didn't bother searching for it despite finding pegs full of this assortment at my nearest Smyths Toys.
Its a rather stunning little thing, not full on premium but detailed and finished well enough to just about justify its 4.00 price point.
Mint and boxed.
there's a abandoned car repair yard & garage about a mile from my house, i had some spare time this morning so i thought id go & have a look round, in the bushes down the side of the garage are two reliant robin bodyshells this one appears to have had part of the roof cut away
Jaguar C-Type replica (handbuilt!)
A company out of Edmonton, Alberta, is planning to market these C-Type replica's, they built this one using a Heritage bodyshell and chassis, and then did the rest of the build in their shop... Anyway, the long and short of it, this is a spectacular car!
More information about these cars at www.sportscarcentre.ca/index.php?p=8
Finished bodyshell with headlight and fog light visors made from clear plastic (from plastic packaging for a set of pens!!). Rally plaques and number plates printed with a laser jet on to white decal paper. These were laid on to clear lexan, sealed with Klear and cut out prior to being glued on. It helps to use fine sand paper to rough up the lexan to assist the glue adhesion. (Front number plate has an L-shaped nickel bracket to support it on the bumper). Number decals from Bruce at Pattos Place ( www.pattosplace.com/ ). Exhaust tail pipe added, made from alloy tubing. Spare wheel from my spares box, glued on and straps made from black electrical insulation tape (hand-painted buckles). Whole bodyshell painted with 3 coats of Klear acrylic polish prior to fitting windows.
1/32 resin slot car Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS 1961 race car. Resin bodyshell, Slot Classic chassis, ali rims and resin inserts (from www.rsslotracing.com/ ).
1/32 resin slot car Austin A35 1960. CSCC & BRSCC livery. GTM resin bodyshell (lowered) and composite chassis with Mabuchi motor.
1/32 slot car Jaguar C-type c.1953 Le Mans winner. Driven by Duncan Hamilton and Tony Rolt. Resin bodyshell and PCS32 chassis.
1/32 resin slot car Ferrari 250 GT SWB Le Mans 1961. Driven by Lucien Bianchi and George Berger. OCAR resin bodyshell and PCS32 chassis with PSR running gear.
A series of photographs documenting the release of GB Railfreight's Class 92, 92 044 "Couperin" from the Wabtec Brush works at Loughborough. 044 had spent exactly 14 months there for overhaul, reliability mods and new wheelsets. The assisting locomotive was a fellow Brush Traction machine, Class 60, 60 002 "Graham Farish 50th Anniversary 1970-2020".
The 60 had also been out of traffic for more than a year after a turbo fire. The Covid-19 pandemic had delayed repairs and then some additional mods were done as well as its immaculate repaint - the first GBRf loco repainted at DB Cargo's Toton depot.
This was the 60's first working for GBRf after its long spell in Toton and also its first run on the main line sporting its recently received new name commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Graham Farish.
This was also the first time two of GB Railfreight's Brush "cousins" - the Class 60 and Class 92 - had been together. The locos share a common bodyshell design, built by Procor in Wakefield, and have other similar components.
Potentially most historically of all, though - with the subsequent announcement the Brush Traction works are due to close by the end of the year - there's a good chance this was the last time a Class 60 will visit the place where the 100-strong class were built in 1989-1993.
GB's sole active grey 92 had lost its tunnel rings and Crewe Electric depot plaques whilst in Brush, but there are rumours of a new livery to come in due course. However, that won't be before it gets back to earning some coin for its owners (and DB!) with a brief visit to Crewe for a test run, before heading to Dollands Moor to resume tunnel duties.
60 002 ran from Toton as 0Z60 08:45 Toton TMD to Loughborough Brush, then moved 92 044 to Crewe ETD on 0Z61 09:58 Loughborough Brush to Crewe ETD, before the 60 then ran on solo to resume biomass duties on 0Z62 13:09 Crewe ETD to Tuebrook Sidings.
2014 "Chevrolet Camaro" in the paddocks of the 2014 CRAA classic race in Aarhus.
Driver: Jesper Kilstrup Egebart (DK)
Racing class: Auto-G DTC
Race number: 21
Race results in 2014 event:
Training (fri.): 6 (of 18)
Qualifying (sat.): 4 (of 19)
Heat 1 (sat): 13 (of 19)
Heat 2 (sun.): 9 (of 18)
Heat 3, final (sun.): 13 (of 18)
Photo taken after heat 1.
DTC stands for Danish Thundersport Championship. The cars follow the CCR MkI and MkII regulations. They consist of a chassis built by Performance AutoMotive Scandinavian AB (PASAB) fitted with a clip-on bodyshell. The engines are 5,7 litre V8s, delivering 445 hp. The available bodyshells change a little from year to year, but in 2014 there were 3 options: Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger.
Each race weekend consists of a free practice, qualifying and 3 heats, of which the last one is considered the "final"
After heat one, the top 8 will normally get reversed for the heat 2 starting grid, which often causes interesting results and is a guarantee for highly entertaining racing.
Races take place mostly in Denmark, but with occasional visits abroad. 2 races per year take place on street circuits: this one in Aarhus at the CRAA and one in Copenhagen during the Historic Grand Prix there.
Most drivers are danish, but there's always a few norwegians in the pack as well.
The driver line-up is incredibly mixed and features star drivers (past and present) like Jan Magnussen, "Super John" Nielsen, Ronnie Bremer and Casper Elgaard alongside some of Denmark's finest young racing talents with full backing from big teams, as well as a bunch of privateers, who primarily take part for the fun of racing.
At the end of each season, a driver's 3 worst results get discarded to get the final overall result.
The DTC class is widely regarded as the pinnacle of racing on danish soil and is followed intensely by media as well as spectators.
There have been some voices against the DTC being included in the CRAA, saying that this class is anything but "classic racing", which is, of course, true, but no class causes the stands to be as packed as DTC, so it certainly helps attract people (and media interest)
DTC may not be "classic racing", but it plays a major part in making the annual CRAA event so successful.
1/32 slot car Volvo PV544 1960 Monte Carlo rally. Driven by Arve Andersen & Ulrich Moller-Halvorsen to 60th place. OCAR resin bodyshell, PCS32 chassis, MRRC wheel inserts & MRRC figures.
In a hurry to get back home - Network Rail Track Assessment unit 950001 passes Water Orton a full 2 hours early working 2Q08 08.30 Oxford Down Carriage Sidings to Derby RTC. 950001 had worked a series of runs in the Reading & Westbury areas.
950001 was purpose-built by BREL at York in 1987, using the same bodyshell as the Class 150/1 "Sprinter" units that were built from 1985-1986. It was originally classified as a Class 180 test unit, but since this designation is used by the GWR "Adelante" units, it has been reclassified into the departmental series. The unit is formed of two driving motor vehicles. Individual carriages numbered as 999600 & 999601
The unit is currently painted in a plain overall yellow livery with Network Rail branding. It mostly works on lines also used by Sprinters and Pacers where the track quality is not good enough for larger and heavier track assessment stock. It is able to operate over most railway lines around Great Britain. The unit is based at Derby RTC.
Brush's Hudswell Clarke 0-4-0DH works shunter D1341 (11079) "Sprite" shunts 92044 "Couperin" into position to be hooked up to the tow loco.
A series of photographs documenting the release of GB Railfreight's Class 92, 92 044 "Couperin" from the Wabtec Brush works at Loughborough. 044 had spent exactly 14 months there for overhaul, reliability mods and new wheelsets. The assisting locomotive was a fellow Brush Traction machine, Class 60, 60 002 "Graham Farish 50th Anniversary 1970-2020".
The 60 had also been out of traffic for more than a year after a turbo fire. The Covid-19 pandemic had delayed repairs and then some additional mods were done as well as its immaculate repaint - the first GBRf loco repainted at DB Cargo's Toton depot.
This was the 60's first working for GBRf after its long spell in Toton and also its first run on the main line sporting its recently received new name commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Graham Farish.
This was also the first time two of GB Railfreight's Brush "cousins" - the Class 60 and Class 92 - had been together. The locos share a common bodyshell design, built by Procor in Wakefield, and have other similar components.
Potentially most historically of all, though - with the subsequent announcement the Brush Traction works are due to close by the end of the year - there's a good chance this was the last time a Class 60 will visit the place where the 100-strong class were built in 1989-1993.
GB's sole active grey 92 had lost its tunnel rings and Crewe Electric depot plaques whilst in Brush, but there are rumours of a new livery to come in due course. However, that won't be before it gets back to earning some coin for its owners (and DB!) with a brief visit to Crewe for a test run, before heading to Dollands Moor to resume tunnel duties.
60 002 ran from Toton as 0Z60 08:45 Toton TMD to Loughborough Brush, then moved 92 044 to Crewe ETD on 0Z61 09:58 Loughborough Brush to Crewe ETD, before the 60 then ran on solo to resume biomass duties on 0Z62 13:09 Crewe ETD to Tuebrook Sidings.
Monday 11th June 2012.
950001 approaches Wakefield Kirkgate with test train working 2Q08, the 05:12 Derby R.T.C. - Doncaster West Yard.
The Class 950 (950001 - 999600 + 999601) is a purpose-built diesel multiple unit for departmental use as a track assessment unit. Built in 1987 using the same bodyshell as the Class 150/1 "Sprinter" units that were built between 1985 and 1986.
A series of photographs documenting the release of GB Railfreight's Class 92, 92 044 "Couperin" from the Wabtec Brush works at Loughborough. 044 had spent exactly 14 months there for overhaul, reliability mods and new wheelsets. The assisting locomotive was a fellow Brush Traction machine, Class 60, 60 002 "Graham Farish 50th Anniversary 1970-2020".
The 60 had also been out of traffic for more than a year after a turbo fire. The Covid-19 pandemic had delayed repairs and then some additional mods were done as well as its immaculate repaint - the first GBRf loco repainted at DB Cargo's Toton depot.
This was the 60's first working for GBRf after its long spell in Toton and also its first run on the main line sporting its recently received new name commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Graham Farish.
This was also the first time two of GB Railfreight's Brush "cousins" - the Class 60 and Class 92 - had been together. The locos share a common bodyshell design, built by Procor in Wakefield, and have other similar components.
Potentially most historically of all, though - with the subsequent announcement the Brush Traction works are due to close by the end of the year - there's a good chance this was the last time a Class 60 will visit the place where the 100-strong class were built in 1989-1993.
GB's sole active grey 92 had lost its tunnel rings and Crewe Electric depot plaques whilst in Brush, but there are rumours of a new livery to come in due course. However, that won't be before it gets back to earning some coin for its owners (and DB!) with a brief visit to Crewe for a test run, before heading to Dollands Moor to resume tunnel duties.
60 002 ran from Toton as 0Z60 08:45 Toton TMD to Loughborough Brush, then moved 92 044 to Crewe ETD on 0Z61 09:58 Loughborough Brush to Crewe ETD, before the 60 then ran on solo to resume biomass duties on 0Z62 13:09 Crewe ETD to Tuebrook Sidings.
D1705 built as a Class 47 with a difference. A 47 bodyshell and a Sulzer 12LVA24-type engine, resulted in a Class 48 classification. Refitted with a standard engine in 1969, this turned her the loco into a 47.
Sparrowhawk is seen here on the GCR
D1705 built as a Class 47 with a difference. A 47 bodyshell and a Sulzer 12LVA24-type engine, resulted in a Class 48 classification. Refitted with a standard engine in 1969, this turned her the loco into a 47.
Sparrowhawk is seen here on the GCR
* The Ford Escort Mk I ~ (powered by a 1600cc engine )
Won the tough London-Mexico Rally in 1970 ..
To capitalise on this success, Ford brought out a performance model of the Mk I Ford Escort 'Mexico '
~ available to the general public
~ with a strengthened bodyshell, uprated suspension, 1,598cc Crossflow engine, sporty interior and Mexico decals.
Only 10,352 Mexico's produced..
Newlands Corner - Guildford
~ 7058
Two will shortly become one... the interior is now taking shape in a more permanent form, whilst the bodyshell sits behind.
Body shells for Virgin Pendolinos stand ready for assembly in the works yard at Alstom's Washwood Heath factory in Birmingham UK 2004
The body shell looks dirty from driving through a muddy puddle. Easy to clean off.
The paint has flaked off in quite a few places, almost as if it is not the correct type for polycarbonate.
The paint finish inside is very smooth and shiny, not flat like today's Tamiya PS paint.
This is the third of the four Champions at the collection. the bodyshell is interesting in it's construction and design. The symmetrical design meant that the whole body could be made fron five pressings..
1/32 slot car MGB Roadster c.1967 road car. Airfix bodyshell and modified Scalextric chassis with a Mabuchi motor.
A coachbuilt special using running gear from a 1973 Chevrolet and an M.G. Midget bodyshell.
South-East Classic Car Show
Bull Colosseum, Chelsham Common, Surrey
7th August 2016
2014 "Chevrolet Camaro" in the paddocks of the 2014 CRAA classic race in Aarhus.
Driver: Jesper Kilstrup Egebart (DK)
Racing class: Auto-G DTC
Race number: 21
Race results in 2014 event:
Training (fri.): 6 (of 18)
Qualifying (sat.): 4 (of 19)
Heat 1 (sat): 13 (of 19)
Heat 2 (sun.): 9 (of 18)
Heat 3, final (sun.): 13 (of 18)
Photo taken after heat 1.
DTC stands for Danish Thundersport Championship. The cars follow the CCR MkI and MkII regulations. They consist of a chassis built by Performance AutoMotive Scandinavian AB (PASAB) fitted with a clip-on bodyshell. The engines are 5,7 litre V8s, delivering 445 hp. The available bodyshells change a little from year to year, but in 2014 there were 3 options: Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger.
Each race weekend consists of a free practice, qualifying and 3 heats, of which the last one is considered the "final"
After heat one, the top 8 will normally get reversed for the heat 2 starting grid, which often causes interesting results and is a guarantee for highly entertaining racing.
Races take place mostly in Denmark, but with occasional visits abroad. 2 races per year take place on street circuits: this one in Aarhus at the CRAA and one in Copenhagen during the Historic Grand Prix there.
Most drivers are danish, but there's always a few norwegians in the pack as well.
The driver line-up is incredibly mixed and features star drivers (past and present) like Jan Magnussen, "Super John" Nielsen, Ronnie Bremer and Casper Elgaard alongside some of Denmark's finest young racing talents with full backing from big teams, as well as a bunch of privateers, who primarily take part for the fun of racing.
At the end of each season, a driver's 3 worst results get discarded to get the final overall result.
The DTC class is widely regarded as the pinnacle of racing on danish soil and is followed intensely by media as well as spectators.
There have been some voices against the DTC being included in the CRAA, saying that this class is anything but "classic racing", which is, of course, true, but no class causes the stands to be as packed as DTC, so it certainly helps attract people (and media interest)
DTC may not be "classic racing", but it plays a major part in making the annual CRAA event so successful.
Audi stellte den SUV Q5 2008 vor. Seine Stahlkarosserie besteht aus etwa 1/3 Tiefziehstählen und 2/3 hoch-, höher- und höchstfesten Stählen. Gefügt wird die Karosserie mit gut 5000 Widerstandsschweißpunkten und mehr als 80 m 2-Komponenten Klebstoffnähten. Auch Laserschweißen und Löten kommen als Fügetechniken zum Einsatz.
In par with close rivals, Veolia operates the Sprinters on thin (and tortuous) routes usually running over long distances
A series of photographs documenting the release of GB Railfreight's Class 92, 92 044 "Couperin" from the Wabtec Brush works at Loughborough. 044 had spent exactly 14 months there for overhaul, reliability mods and new wheelsets. The assisting locomotive was a fellow Brush Traction machine, Class 60, 60 002 "Graham Farish 50th Anniversary 1970-2020".
The 60 had also been out of traffic for more than a year after a turbo fire. The Covid-19 pandemic had delayed repairs and then some additional mods were done as well as its immaculate repaint - the first GBRf loco repainted at DB Cargo's Toton depot.
This was the 60's first working for GBRf after its long spell in Toton and also its first run on the main line sporting its recently received new name commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Graham Farish.
This was also the first time two of GB Railfreight's Brush "cousins" - the Class 60 and Class 92 - had been together. The locos share a common bodyshell design, built by Procor in Wakefield, and have other similar components.
Potentially most historically of all, though - with the subsequent announcement the Brush Traction works are due to close by the end of the year - there's a good chance this was the last time a Class 60 will visit the place where the 100-strong class were built in 1989-1993.
GB's sole active grey 92 had lost its tunnel rings and Crewe Electric depot plaques whilst in Brush, but there are rumours of a new livery to come in due course. However, that won't be before it gets back to earning some coin for its owners (and DB!) with a brief visit to Crewe for a test run, before heading to Dollands Moor to resume tunnel duties.
60 002 ran from Toton as 0Z60 08:45 Toton TMD to Loughborough Brush, then moved 92 044 to Crewe ETD on 0Z61 09:58 Loughborough Brush to Crewe ETD, before the 60 then ran on solo to resume biomass duties on 0Z62 13:09 Crewe ETD to Tuebrook Sidings.
Nbrs, l-r just visible bodyshell of Lima D6700 in BR green, Tri-ang D6830 in BR green, 37130 in BR Blue, 37063 in Railfreight Large Logo, 37185 in Railfreight Distribution, and Lima 37674 St Blaize Church 1445–1995 in Transrail, 37408 Loch Rannoch in BR Large Logo, and in front 37207 William Cookworthy in BR Blue with Cornish embellishments. .
GBTG Pool 60 047 'SCAFELL PIKE' and DCRO Pool 56 103 head north through Huntingdon, working 0Z60 from Willesden to Colwick, on Saturday September 7th 2024.
60 047 was built by Brush (with her bodyshell assembled by Procor), entering service in February 1991. She is now operated by GBRf.
56 103 was built at Doncaster, entering service in December 1981. She worked in France between November 3rd 2005 - November 17th 2006, when she was withdrawn. She is now operated by DC Rail.
TOPS info:-
60047 GBTG RS GKM 0 AA
56103 DCRO HQ GKM 0 AA.
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Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.
DRS.
Direct Rail Services.
Class 37, 37087.
English Electric.
Remains of the bodyshell was taken to Booth's of Rotherham for scrapping on 11th February 2013. The name plate had already been removed.
Taken on the 15th June 2010.
This was from the period when Mazda fitted their rotary engine into almost all their bodyshells.
The road test report oddly uses a picture of a different can than the one actually tested.
No record of FKN170L, which was a Kent registration of August 1972.
Amazing Car - no camera - but Mob 'phone!
'Ford announced an additional model to its Escort range in 1970, the Ford Escort Mexico. The Mexico was intended to cash-in on Ford's success during the London-to-Mexico rally, which had been won by a works Escort. The Mexico had a specially strengthened two door saloon bodyshell as well as RS (Rally Sport) suspension and brakes.
Externally the Mexico often came with special alloy wheels, four sport lamps and invariably sported wide body stripes in a contrasting colour to the rest of the paintwork. Despite having only a modest 86bhp the Mexico gained quite a following and has become very collectable since production ended in 1974.' Practical Classics February 2005
Audi stellte den SUV Q5 2008 vor. Seine Stahlkarosserie besteht aus etwa 1/3 Tiefziehstählen und 2/3 hoch-, höher- und höchstfesten Stählen. Gefügt wird die Karosserie mit gut 5000 Widerstandsschweißpunkten und mehr als 80 m 2-Komponenten Klebstoffnähten. Auch Laserschweißen und Löten kommen als Fügetechniken zum Einsatz.
1/32 resin slot car Stanguellini 750 Sport Bialbero Le Mans 1959. Driven by Joseph Dieu & René-Louis Revillon. GMC resin kit with Slot Classic chassis, ali rims and P-E inserts.
Estimated : € 6.000 - 10.000
Sold for € 44.548
The Renault Icons
Auction - Artcurial
Renault Manufacture
Flins-sur-Seine
Aubergenville - France
December 2025
- Replica inspired by the runner-up in the 1989 Supertouring Championship
- Displayed at the 1991 Bangkok Motor Show
Started in 1976, the Production, then Superproduction and Supertouring Championship quickly became very popular as the saloons competing looked similar to the standard production versions. In 1987, Renault decided to enter it with its newly introduced 21 Turbo. Totally modified, the car received a partly tubular chassis, a lighter body, four-wheel drive and an engine prepared by Sodemo, taking its power from 175 to 430 bhp. Driven by Jean Ragnotti and Jean-Louis Bousquet, the R21 brazenly dominated the 1988 season, Ragnotti winning the title and the two drivers together notching up six wins over the ten rounds that year.
The following year, changes to the regulations led to the engine being installed longitudinally rather than transversely. The car was no longer in Renault’s colours but those of Philips Car Stereo, and despite a difficult start to the season, it finished as the runner-up with 11 pole positions out of 14.
The car offered today is a display model inspired by car number 21 from the 1988 season, with a stripped-out steel bodyshell, roll cage, bucket seat and the running gear from a standard R21. It was displayed at the 1991 Bangkok Motor Show before joining the collection at a very early stage. With no engine, it represents an absolutely spectacular show car for any Supertouring fan.
A series of photographs documenting the release of GB Railfreight's Class 92, 92 044 "Couperin" from the Wabtec Brush works at Loughborough. 044 had spent exactly 14 months there for overhaul, reliability mods and new wheelsets. The assisting locomotive was a fellow Brush Traction machine, Class 60, 60 002 "Graham Farish 50th Anniversary 1970-2020".
The 60 had also been out of traffic for more than a year after a turbo fire. The Covid-19 pandemic had delayed repairs and then some additional mods were done as well as its immaculate repaint - the first GBRf loco repainted at DB Cargo's Toton depot.
This was the 60's first working for GBRf after its long spell in Toton and also its first run on the main line sporting its recently received new name commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Graham Farish.
This was also the first time two of GB Railfreight's Brush "cousins" - the Class 60 and Class 92 - had been together. The locos share a common bodyshell design, built by Procor in Wakefield, and have other similar components.
Potentially most historically of all, though - with the subsequent announcement the Brush Traction works are due to close by the end of the year - there's a good chance this was the last time a Class 60 will visit the place where the 100-strong class were built in 1989-1993.
GB's sole active grey 92 had lost its tunnel rings and Crewe Electric depot plaques whilst in Brush, but there are rumours of a new livery to come in due course. However, that won't be before it gets back to earning some coin for its owners (and DB!) with a brief visit to Crewe for a test run, before heading to Dollands Moor to resume tunnel duties.
60 002 ran from Toton as 0Z60 08:45 Toton TMD to Loughborough Brush, then moved 92 044 to Crewe ETD on 0Z61 09:58 Loughborough Brush to Crewe ETD, before the 60 then ran on solo to resume biomass duties on 0Z62 13:09 Crewe ETD to Tuebrook Sidings.
In the early 1970s, Ford produced the Escort RS1600, the Mexico and the RS2000, all based on the Mk I bodyshell. Whereas the RS1600's engine was a 120bhp DOHC unit, the Mexico had an 86bhp pushrod OHV unit from the Cortina GT. The RS2000 used the German made Pinto engine - about 100bhp in stock form.
Audi stellte den SUV Q5 2008 vor. Seine Stahlkarosserie besteht aus etwa 1/3 Tiefziehstählen und 2/3 hoch-, höher- und höchstfesten Stählen. Gefügt wird die Karosserie mit gut 5000 Widerstandsschweißpunkten und mehr als 80 m 2-Komponenten Klebstoffnähten. Auch Laserschweißen und Löten kommen als Fügetechniken zum Einsatz.
The obligatory Default outfit photoset with Aqua.
I actually dont like her as a character, and mainly got the doll because the faceup was the first tolerable from volks in a while, and as a minor surprise bonus the new DD F3 V2.0 body.
All poses are done without supports, and none of the poses are anything new that I havent done before, even with a DD2.
The V2.0 is still mostly the same style F3 frame underneath, with its irritations in a tweaked bodyshell, and the only real improvement has come from the neck notch, which has been a known retrofit for previous bodies since the DD2.
In 1963, Jaguar decided to introduce a new variant of its popular Mk II model (1959-1967), the luxurious S-type saloon. The S-type came with either a 3.4 or 3.8 litre XK engine, however Jaguar decided not to offer a 2.4 version (as in the Mk II range) as it did not really fit the new car's image profile.
The S-type featured a modified version of the Mk II bodyshell with unique front and rear ends added. The front had its own distinctive grille, shrouded headlamps and a slim line bumper. The rear of the S-type looked very similar to the large Mk X saloon and had a similar independent suspension design which gave a class leading ride.
Most buyers opted for the more powerful 3.8 version, although the 3.4 was by no means under-powered. The 3.4 could set quite a fast pace and although not as quick as the Mk II 3.4, the car handled extremely well thanks to its new suspension layout.
KUO 135E, seen at the 2010 POPS Rally at Wedgwood, Barlaston. Staffs.
A series of photographs documenting the release of GB Railfreight's Class 92, 92 044 "Couperin" from the Wabtec Brush works at Loughborough. 044 had spent exactly 14 months there for overhaul, reliability mods and new wheelsets. The assisting locomotive was a fellow Brush Traction machine, Class 60, 60 002 "Graham Farish 50th Anniversary 1970-2020".
The 60 had also been out of traffic for more than a year after a turbo fire. The Covid-19 pandemic had delayed repairs and then some additional mods were done as well as its immaculate repaint - the first GBRf loco repainted at DB Cargo's Toton depot.
This was the 60's first working for GBRf after its long spell in Toton and also its first run on the main line sporting its recently received new name commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Graham Farish.
This was also the first time two of GB Railfreight's Brush "cousins" - the Class 60 and Class 92 - had been together. The locos share a common bodyshell design, built by Procor in Wakefield, and have other similar components.
Potentially most historically of all, though - with the subsequent announcement the Brush Traction works are due to close by the end of the year - there's a good chance this was the last time a Class 60 will visit the place where the 100-strong class were built in 1989-1993.
GB's sole active grey 92 had lost its tunnel rings and Crewe Electric depot plaques whilst in Brush, but there are rumours of a new livery to come in due course. However, that won't be before it gets back to earning some coin for its owners (and DB!) with a brief visit to Crewe for a test run, before heading to Dollands Moor to resume tunnel duties.
60 002 ran from Toton as 0Z60 08:45 Toton TMD to Loughborough Brush, then moved 92 044 to Crewe ETD on 0Z61 09:58 Loughborough Brush to Crewe ETD, before the 60 then ran on solo to resume biomass duties on 0Z62 13:09 Crewe ETD to Tuebrook Sidings.