Off Topic.......Alan Rickman Dies!!!
What the fuck is happening?????
Film buffs with deep pockets and a really big garage should consider moseying on down to the forthcoming Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction, where the 1992 Peterbilt 379 Optimus Prime tractor will go under the hammer. The Optimus Prime Peterbilt tractor The custom rig appeared in three Transformers movies playing the …
How does this compare in size with the Thornycroft Antar, MkIII, of yore. Now that was a BIG machine, and far handsomer than this.. I think the only chrome on the Antar was the large 'T' on the radiator. It sounded nice, too. A cut down version of the Merlin aircraft engine.. If it had only had the howl of the original supercharger.
"How does this compare in size with the Thornycroft Antar, MkIII"
Have a word with the Great Dorset Steam Fair people, Antars are always there (despite not being steam), Peterbilts etc have been there too, maybe they can put the two side by side (or even back to back).
GDSF: about as many attendees as Glastonbury Festival (not far off two hundred thousand in a good year), around half the ground area, and almost zero media coverage (why?)
www.gdsf.org.uk
That's the one with the walkway round the back of the cab and the engine sat between the two seats, right?
An ex-tanker once told me a tale of these. They were equipped with a hand throttle that could be locked in place, a bit like a primitive cruise control. Standard drill on long-haul jobs was lock the throttle, one goes over the engine and the other out the door, round the back and in the other. Crews would settle between themselves who did which, but usually it became a well-oiled routine.
One day, two lads from different crews were paired and were disconcerted to meet behind the cab.........(!)
Apparently it's a really big job recovering one of those from upside-down in a ditch at the bottom of an embankment and with a Chieftan Tank still securely chained to it.
Actually, that's a mistake on the author's part. It would just be a tractor (Actually the term is 'Tractor Unit' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractor_unit.) A tractor trailer is the whole shebang with, well, a trailer attached.
Edit: Eddy beat me to it
such as a 1965 Shelby Cobra Roadster, 1968 Chevrolet Camaro convertible, 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Custom Coupe, 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 fastback and, perhaps the most beautiful of them all, a 1961 Jaguar XKE. Any of these would be infinitely more preferable (to me, at least) than a giant truck/tractor/whatthefuckever or something with Michael Bay's autograph...
"Again, there's no reserve, so it's anyone's guess how much the successful bidder will have to stump to secure the vehicle"
Well, yeah, that's the very definition of a "no reserve" auction item. It means there's no LOWER limit on the sale price. If no one else bids you could buy it for 10p. A reserve is when the seller places a MINIMUM sale price, not usually disclosed to the bidders, and if the bidding ends before reaching the reserve then it doesn't get sold, but the upper price is still unlimited except by the bidders willingness to keep bidding upwards.
The article wording seem to imply that "no reserve" is an upper limit and not having one means the possible sale price is unlimited. Unless it's a "dutch" auction or other "non-standard" bidding system that I've nor come across yet.