User talk:Malcolma

New template image: {{Brass-auto-stub}}

Thanks. Looks alot better now! Bjelleklang - talk 22:53, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the new classicprw image as well! Bjelleklang - talk 13:28, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

A Shot In the Dark - Movies with Minis in them

I saw you added 'A Shot in the Dark' to the list of movies with minis in them - good catch! I'd forgotten about that one. One of the members of my local Mini club read it and said:

 "BTW, did you know the Mini Peter Sellers drove belonged to director Blake 
  Edwards?  The car still exists and was the subject of a feature article
  in MiniWorld (or Mini Magazine?) some years ago.   Apparently driving 
  the Mini in the film was what got Sellers hooked on Minis in his 
  personal life."

Are you sure about the detail you added about the car belonging to Sellers or could your memory be off a bit?

It's possible you are both right - and this guy is thinking of an earlier Pink Panther movie...but I kinda think he's right. I didn't want to RV you because you may have more solid evidence. SteveBaker 03:06, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm - well the car is a Radford Mini De'Ville...but the story is *way* confusing:

 http://members.aol.com/cotsmm/cots3_7.html

 "Few cars achieved as much fame in the 60's as Peter Sellers
  wicker painted Mini Cooper used in the Pink Panther film
  "A Shot in the Dark". Sellers commissioned this car from
  the Radford company in 1964, specifying every conceivable
  extra and built to a standard usually reserved for Rolls
  Royce motor cars. Sellers used the car as his personal
  transport for a number of years then he sent it to film
  director Blake Edwards as a gift."

OK - so the car was owned by Sellers when the filming was going on - but then given to Edwards later? That doesn't sound like Edwards was the one who hooked Sellers on Minis?

...but then this web site:

http://www.radfordmini.free-online.co.uk/films.htm

 "The film sees Sellers play the bungling Inspector Jacques Clouseau
  and driving A Radford Mini de Ville with wicker-work sides. There
  are quite a few good shots of the car although it seems that three
  differant cars were used all being L.H.D.

  The Radford Mini de Ville that was used for the majority
  of the filming still exists. it was shipped back from America
  in 1994 and now resides in the 'Car of the Stars Museum' Cumbria,
  England."

So now there are three cars? One of which was Seller's personal car with all the extras? Seems kinda unlikely. Urgh! I hate facts! SteveBaker 04:02, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

To clarify all of the above, I imported this car to the UK from California in 1993 and thoroughly researched it's history at that time before carrying out a restoration to original specification. Peter Sellers had been hooked on coachbuilt Mini conversions a couple of years before the film was shot. He suggested to director Blake Edwards that Clouseau should have one in the film and the production company ordered a left drive French specification Mini Cooper from Radford. This car was used for the majority of the British studio scenes.

A second unit went on location to France to shoot a short sequence, containing a naked Clouseau and Maria (employing doubles), showing the Mini driving from the nudist camp to the traffic jam in Paris, using a similar looking Mini 850 in black with wicker side panels. However, from memory, it did not feature the fog/spot lamps, sunroof or roof aerial which the Radford sported. I believe that this car was one of a special batch ordered by a Paris dealer from BMC. The traffic jam in the Paris square was filmed in the UK and utilised the first car again.

The scenes with dialogue inside the car and filmed through the Mini's windscreen appear to involve the use of a third car, as the just visible rear seat is a totally different pattern to the first car and this could well be Peter's own Radford. Being a right drive car I assume the film was reversed to rectify this anomaly and the occupants' hair styles do seem slightly altered to dilute the mirroring effect.

When shooting finished, the company was quickly wound up and Blake Edwards shipped the first car to Los Angeles and used it for a few months before passing it to director Billy Wilder who, with Blake, was working for the Mirisch Corporation. Over the next three years, various members of the Mirisch family had use of the car before finally being part-exchanged for a Jaguar at Hollywood Sportscars. The new buyer owned it until just before I acquired it. In a letter in my possession, Blake Edwards recalls crossing a street in LA some years later, seeing the Radford and flagging down the driver saying " Hey, that's my car from "Shot in the Dark"!. The owner remembered this occasion too.

As correctly stated the car was bought from me by the "Cars of the Stars" Museum but their website misdescribes the car as being one of Peter Seller's Radfords. Its use in the film was inspired by him and he certainly drove it but it was whisked away to the US as soon as the film was completed.

The film car appears to have been a rush job conversion by Radford as the donor car was finished in Fiesta Yellow and the black repaint covered only the external panels. In the final scene when Herbert Lom is seen planting a bomb under the bonnet (hood), this is apparent as the inner wings are clearly visible in pale yellow. I am sure Peter's cars would have been detailed to a better standard and to a higher specification.

John Adair 21/04/2006

Morris Minor 1928

Nice to see your article on the 1928 Morris Minor. It looks good. I see from your user page that you're interested in old cars. Do you know anything about Hotchkiss? Adrian Robson 12:00, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

You're doing well with Hotchkiss! There are some nice pictures of an early car here http://www.dragoneclassics.com/CarPages/1912_hotchkiss_55_h.htm . The engine is marked "Moteur Type AD". Some months ago, I tried to get the owner to allow use of a picture but I don't think I ever got any reply. Adrian Robson 11:30, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Triumph 1800 Roadster + British Cars Task Force

Hello,

Browsing recent automotive articles I have come across your great article on the Triumph, and I thought it would be a very good candidate for being featured in Template:DYK. What is important is that it contains a really nice picture of the vehicle. A small problem is that there is a fair amount of background surrounding the car, so when resized to the tiny 100x100 DYK format, the car gets lost. As this is your photo, I did not want to do any changes to it, but perhaps you might consider uploading a cropped version for the purpose of DYK (if you'd like to keep the original one in the article)?

I would also like to ask whether you would be interested in joining the proposed British Cars Task Force - for details, see WikiProject Automobiles talk page.

Regards,

Bravada, talk - 20:20, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello again!

Thanks for everything! The new pic (really nice!) has been added to the DYK nomination and I have (hopefully) fixed the TF descriptions. I hope you will find it OK to join now :D

Regards,

Bravada, talk - 10:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On 15 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Triumph 1800 Roadster, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

veteran 1900 => 1905

Per the change in various places that veteran includes cars produced until 1905, could you make sure that the autos previously in Category:Brass auto stubs and which were made from 1900-1905 get sorted to {{Veteran-auto-stub}}? (I don't really have an opinion on the matter, it'd just be nice to have things consistent) (I went ahead and made all the text in the other templates and categories consistent, but there's the 181 brass articles to sort through...) --Interiot 10:05, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks very much! I was actually going to help once I got to my faster internet connection at home, but you've cleared them up already. Thanks. :). --Interiot 12:46, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Ford SAF

Malcolma, thanks a lot for taking care of the Ford SAF article. I will be grateful if you could state what sources you were using when expanding this article. If you speak German, you might also want to take a look at this page - it provides some more information on the commercial vehicle side of the business. Regards, Bravada, talk - 14:46, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello again and thanks for your work on the Ford SAF article! I have added the reference tags to the Beaulieu tags by default to all paragraphs, as well as done some copyediting stuff. As concerns references, it would be good if you could use Wikipedia:Citation templates - you can find examples in the Talbot Tagora article, which is relatively well-referenced as it underwent scrutinized reviews by "citation specialists" before it got featured. The other part of the trick are the <ref> tags, but I think you won't have problems with using those.

I am bothering you with all that as it is important to mark which parts of the article come from where. Even when you create an article from scratch and only use one source, some other people might later add another things and then if you all just list your sources at the bottom of the page (which would be marvellous anyway, as most people don't even bother), one does not know what information comes from where and therefore it is hard to check the references. I generally mark entire paragraphs when most of the information can be found in the sources I cite or when it would be hard to point to specific bits without corrupting the integrity of the text, and to some specific fragments when just one bit of info comes from another source.

As concerns my edits unrelated to referening, I have altered the style a bit to read more "encyclopedic", and also to make it in line with other articles. I would like to kindly ask you to check for factual accuracy (whether I haven't mixed something up), as well as whether the information contained in the paragraphs can really be found in the book you cited. If not, please strike the bits (use the <s>....</s> tags) that cannot be referenced from the book and we will try to find a source for that. I also still have the German article which gives more perspective on the commercial vehicle side of business - if you read German, you caqn find it here. Thanks again! Bravada, talk - 21:03, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

More Simca stuff

Hi Malcolma! I just wanted to tell you that I have started a section on talk:Simca to discuss and coordinate efforts regarding all Simca-related articles! Do take a look, and also continue to contribute your great stuff to all those articles that need them so desperately. You might also consider helping to procure free pictures for the articles that need them. Thanks! Bravada, talk - 06:03, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello again! I am writing in the hope of talking you into yet another venture. I know I owe you the German Ford thing, but somehow I can't get away from the Simca fixation. I thought it would be good to improve the Simca article itself, and even found a nice writeup on histomobile.com (see the article's reference section), but I am not that well-versed in pre-war and 40s cars, so I was wondering whether you would consider contributing another great automotive history piece. Backed by your extensive knowledge (and the Bealieu book) you would probably have a better understanding of how it all places in the general automobile history (I can barely tell early Fiat models from each other). I can pick it up from the late 1950s onwards. Thanks for considering that! Bravada, talk - 15:21, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

PS. I just saw you have created an article on the Lux-Sport! Now I am embarassed not to have started it myself :( I guess I can only make up for that by dropping a few lines myself...

Thanks! By Lux-Sport I meant the car you can find under the PZInz L-S title (quite wrong, actually, as it should be PZInż) - but now I see you have little to do with the article :D I looked at the Rover P3 - I wanted to make a DYK out of it, but I can't find a catchy factoid to build upon :( Anyway, looking forward to your Simca contributions. Bravada, talk - 20:04, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

PS. Of course there would be a redirect - when moving an article, it is automatically created. It's just that article names in general should refer to some actual beings/entities.

DYK

On 31 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Trojan (automobile), which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

-- Grue  14:52, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 346 transmission

Hi Malcoma, I was pleased to find the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire page on the wiki. The article brought back wonderful memories from when my father ownned two long-wheelbase limousine variants for wedding-car hire. I spent countless hours polishing and valeting them to earn pocket money, so I am familiar with almost every square inch of them, and that's a lot of square inches! The reason that I am contacting you is that I noticed that you made an edit concerning the transmission options of the 346. One of our cars had the "Wilson" pre-select gearbox whereas the other had a 4-speed manual collumn-change gearbox, an option not mentioned in the article. I shall make an edit to that effect, but as my memory is a bit sketchy regarding details, I would be grateful if you could verify my changes.

Many thanks=Red Sunset 19:29, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

The wording of the paragraph relating to the limousine gave me the impression that the only transmission option available to the limousine was the "Wilson" gearbox. I had noticed the prior mention of a manual gearbox but that didn't seem to apply to the later limousine paragraph. Hope I don't appear to be nit-picking. Please revert the edit if you think best.

Red Sunset 20:40, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

== copied collective barnstar ==

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		Thank you for participating in the lightning-fast clearing of the backlog of uncategorized articles from October 2006. Pascal.Tesson 17:56, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Mini in The Italian Job (2003)

Re: The edit summary for your revert in Mini. Actually, there was a red and white classic Mini in the 2003 remake of The Italian Job - Charlize Theron drives it in the early part of the movie and there is an implication that her evident love of the car is the inspiration for using modern MINI's to recover the gold later on. But I agree with your revert for other reasons. SteveBaker 11:16, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Morris Ten

Hi Malcolma. You are off to such a great start on the article Morris Ten that it may qualify to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page under the Did you know... section. Appearing on the Main Page would help bring publicity and assistance to the article. However, there is a five day from article creation window for Did you know... nominations. Before five days pass from the date the article was created, please consider nominating the article to appear on the Main Page by posting a nomination at Did you know suggestions. Again, great job on the article. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 20:52, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Morris Major

Hello, Malcolm A. I gave the Morris Major a mention in the Morris Minor article a few months ago hoping someone might be prompted to give the thing an article of its own. The Morris Major was an Australian built Wolseley 1500 / Rile 1.5 sort of a car in the early 1960s with fins and a squared off front, and employing the 1622 cc engine which in Europe fetched up in the A60/Oxford and siblings. Which is roughly what I know, courtesy of a half forgotten page in the Observers' Book of Cars from round about 1961. But you looked as though you just might be the one to have the combination of knowledge and access to sources and wiki-curiosity to ... um ... do the thing properly. Well, a person can ask. Success. Charles01 16:17, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Standard Pennant

Thank you, Malcolm. Best. Charles01 20:29, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Tax Horse power and the Morris Ten

Thank you, Malcolm. That one had been gnawing at me... Best Charles01 (talk) 13:00, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

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Sunbeam Alpine

22/2/08 Hello Malcolm, sorry mate but your recent editions of the Sunbeam Alpine page are incorrect. You are right in saying that the Alpines were derived from the Saloon MK11A and MK111 models but Sunbeam Talbot named them as the Alpine MK1 and the Alpine MK3. Don't ask me why but that's how it was. This anomoly was previously in the text that you have taken out. The car shown is an Alpine MK1, I know because it is my actual car. It is definately NOT a MK3 as there are subtle differences to the exterior and interior, as well as the engine being different. Please check this out at the official STAR website if you wish, the link is on the same page.

Thought I'd do it this way as you're email isn't registered. But feel free to email me back if you want to discuss it further. I won't "undo" the edits, I'll let you re-edit them back. Cheers Bill —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nqtraderman (talk • contribs) 15:11, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Looks fine now Malcolm. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nqtraderman (talk • contribs) 17:48, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Triumph Renown

Good to see the Renown finally getting a page of its own - it was a glaring omission from the Triumph car pages. Are you going to expand this page to include details of the 1800 T&C saloon that the Renown developed from ? There seems little point in giving it a separate page and without it the Renown story is incomplete. RGCorris (talk) 14:09, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Re your reply - I don't have any particular knowledge of the 1800 T&C and don't have my reference books to hand, so wouldn't be able to add anything for a few weeks. RGCorris (talk) 08:12, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:MG_1300_1970.jpg

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Toyota 7M-GE and 3S-GE

Hi Malcolm,

I am against having these two engines in the Toyota engines category. As your edit summary pointed out, they are indeed Toyota engines. But if you look at the other articles in the category you can see that they are all engine families rather than individual engines. We have three choices:

• mention every engine variant (eg M, 2M, 3M, 4M-, 4M-E, ... 7M-GE, 7M-GTE, 1S-E, 1S-U, 1S-C, 2S, 2S-C, 2S-E, 3S-FE, 3S-GE, 3S-GTE, 18R, 22R, 1ZZ, 2ZZ, 1UZ, 2UZ, 3UZ, etc)
• mention every article about Toyota engines, ie a mix of mostly families and a scattering of individual engines
• mention only families and leave it up to the family article to point to extra articles on individual families.

Considering that there are only a few articles on individual engines, option 3 is much more consistent to a new reader. This is similar to what I did when I broke the Corolla article up into generational articles - The main Toyota Corolla article is in the Toyota vehicles category but individual generations like Toyota Corolla E10 are not. Cheers. Stepho-wrs (talk) 00:07, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

You are missing the main point. The articles have to go into a category or they will forever be being flagged up as uncategorised. If they don't go into Toyota engines where do they go? Malcolma (talk) 13:18, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I see that. But what I'm struggling with is a bureaucratic rule that says an article must be in a category versus what is good for the reader. I see the category page as an aid to navigation rather than a glorified list of pages. What I really want is a way for the 7M-GE and 3S-GE pages to somehow be treated as those sidebar boxes you see in paper encyclopaedias. The main article gets listed in the index but the sidebar boxes don't need an index listing. I'd be happy if the 7M-GE and 3S-GE articles had no category at all if it wasn't for people trying to put them into one. I'm open to suggestions. Stepho-wrs (talk) 13:57, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

It might be a bureaucratic rule but I am afraid that is the way things are done and I think you will struggle if you try to change it at this stage.

What I would suggest is that when the Toyota engine category gets confusingly full, and I don't think it is there yet, it will need subcategories. These could be for engine families that have articles about members of that family. A lot will depend on what articles get written (or even deleted/merged). So, if several worthwhile entries appear for say the M engines, then they would go in the Toyota M engine subcategory. This is what is done elsewhere but not yet as far as I can see in any of the engine categories. Do you want to do this now? The same argument would apply to the Nissan engine category where the MA series should probably be a sub cat and there could well be others. Malcolma (talk) 09:24, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Cat

Thanks for all your work categorizing articles. Clerks. (talk) 16:12, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

(false tax hp conversions reverted)

Thanks for that - you're quicker than I am. That Lightbot is driving me scatty 8-( Andy Dingley (talk) 13:49, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I've left him a message. He hadn't heard of tax hp. Malcolma (talk) 16:57, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Nice work

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	You work pretty hard on some of the less glamorous tasks of Wikipedia. Keep it up! Martin 14:09, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Length of Jaguar 1½ & 2½ litres: conflict of evidence

I’m sorry to bother you with this, Malcolm, but … you might be able to access the answer.

I’ve been rummaging in the loft , and come across the April 1960 edition of Practical Motorist which includes a little section on second hand (second hand in 1960) cars. They have an entry for the Jaguar 1½-litre. The length is given as 14 ft 5 in. ie 173 inches. They also include the statement “This was the smallest of the Jaguars made, though merely in engine size as the body dimensions were the same as on the two higher powered cars.”

I confess that’s how I remember it. I thought they all ‘looked the same’ but some had bigger engines than others. Though I freely admit that taken in isolation, how I remember stuff is a pretty dodgy source.

The wiki entry at Jaguar Mark IV gives a longer length for the 2½ litre than for the 1½ litre, however. It gives the the 2½ litre a 186 inch length whereas the 1½ litre, according to the wiki entry, is only 173 inches long. This comes from Culshaw and Horribin which is usually fairly reliable, tho he sometimes seems to be too short of space to explain what he means where things get a little complicated. That’s my feeling anyhow.

In other words, there is no conflict of evidence between the two sources I’ve looked at concerning the length of the 1½ litre. But there is an implicit conflict concerning that of the 2½ litre. A conflict exceeding 12 inches of car length.

There MAY be complications arising from changes to both cars (saloon/sedan versions) between 1935 and 1948.

I don’t think even your archive goes back to the glory days of these Jaguars, but Jaguars are the sort of car that get written about in retrospect more than some… Do you by any chance have access to anything on whether or not these two cars shared the same body (and therefore the same body dimensions) either (1) at any time or (2) regarding the way they came out after 1945.

Thank you if you will have any thoughts to share on this. Best wishes. Charles01 (talk) 07:28, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

According to Graham Robson in "A-Z of British Cars 1945-1980" the 1.5 had an overall length of 173 inches and the 2.5/3.5 a length of 186 inches. He states that the 2.5/3.5 shared the same cabin dimensions with the 1.5 but had more space ahead of the cabin to accommodate the longer six cylinder engines. The six cylinder cars also had a slightly wider track.

I guess that Practical motorist must have only been thinking of the passenger accomodation. Hope that helpsMalcolma (talk) 08:07, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Well, that's logical. Many thanks. Regards Charles01 (talk) 11:25, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Albany (English) replica of early automobile built in 1970's

I have one, can you tell me more about it. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Renaissance7760 (talk • contribs) 23:40, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

There was an Albany company based in Christchurch, Dorset from 1971 to 1981 who made a veteran replica based loosely on a 1908 Buick. It used a Morris Minor engine at first and later one from a Triumph Spitfire. Is this the car you are asking about? Malcolma (talk) 08:08, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I have one that is a 1974 and believe it has the Triump parts to build it. How can I find out more about it so I can identify the parts? Do you know the brothers names mentioned on Wikipedia? Thanks for your help. Billy Renaissance7760 (talk) 13:55, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

I have added what i can to the article. I have found some more info a book on specialist cars published in 1977 but the two brothers are not named. When the book was published Albany were still very much a going concern. Just found another ref and it says the car was designed by a Brian Shepherd. Hope this helps. Malcolma (talk) 20:40, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

The definition of the Albany has been updated. Did you do this? Is there anything else you can help me with? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Renaissance7760 (talk • contribs) 17:20, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it was me who did the updates Malcolma (talk) 08:26, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

He was one of the brothers. I am copying you on what else I know. These are some of the people I have contacted and I am currently contacting the local news paper in England.

Thanks,

Billy Renaissance7760 (talk) 17:28, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

The Albany was an English automobile, manufactured by the Albany Motor Carriage Company in Christchurch, Dorset from 1971[1]. It was designed as a classic car, in the Edwardian style, but is not a replica of any particular marque although with some resemblance to a 1908 Buick. Early models used the engine and suspension from the Morris Minor in a specially built tubular steel chassis. The engine was governed to allow a maximum speed of 40mph[1]. The car was hand built and quite expensive at £1987 before a long list of extras was added.[2] From 1974 a Triumph Spitfire 1300cc engine was used and a longer wheelbase five seat option came in 1976. The motor car was designed and produced by two brothers who also made a replica 1910 AEC open air bus that is now on display in the Beaulieu motor museum in Dorset. In 1973 about a car every two weeks was being produced [2] and exports to the United States started. However, after about 12 cars were shipped the importing company failed. The price in 1974, now with a 1500cc Triumph engine had risen to £2487. By 1977 110 cars had been built[2]. As of 1992, the open-top Albany, featuring a 1500cc Triumph Spitfire engine, was being built for export only. The company closed in 1997.

Mr Fuller,

We do remember the above company which we think operated from premises in Groveley Road, Christchurch. It is now occupied by a plumbers merchants. They made replica vintage vehicles including vans for the commercial trade and also for export. They ceased manufacture some years ago - there is some information on the company in Wikipedia - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_(automobile).

The Christchurch Local History Society might also be able to help. Their website is http://www.communigate.co.uk/dorset/clhs/

Regards and Good Luck!

Sean Hawkins

Customer Services Manager Christchurch Borough Council

Tel: 01202 495153 Fax: Email: s.hawkins@christchurch.gov.uk Web: http://www.dorsetforyou.com

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<<Email Cost Letter.rtf>> Dear Mr Fuller,

Thank you for your recent E-mail.

I'm afraid that I can tell you very little about the Albany Motor Carriage Company other than that they were in business at 25 Grovely Road in Christchurch, Dorset from 1971 until the 1980s. The company was run by Bryan and David Shepherd but I'm afraid that I have no contact details for them.

It occurred to us that you could contact the local newspaper in that area 'The Bournemouth Echo' as they may be able to print an appeal on your behalf to contact any former employees still in living locally. The website is www.bournemouthecho.co.uk

I know little of the history of the replica bus that operates in our grounds. It is based on a Ford D Series lorry chassis and dates, I think, from 1974. It appeard in the 1970s remake of the film 'The 39 Steps' starring Robert Powell.

Our reference Library has a small amount of information about the cars. Attached is a short list of references from motoring magazines. We also have two examples of Albany sales literature:

A 1974 brochure of some six pages. A 1977 brochure of four pages together with a further three pages of specifications and dimensions.

Copies of the above may be obtained at the rates shown in the accompanying cost letter. Charges will include the enquiry fee, copying, post/packing etc. Please complete and return the attached payment slip if you would like us to proceed.

Yours sincerely.

Patrick Collins Enquiries Officer National Motor Museum Trust Beaulieu Hampshire SO42 7ZN

I have found some magazine articles about the Albany I could share with you to update the information on Wikipedia. Please let me know where to send them. There were three bothers and I have there last name. Could you copy me the articles from your sources and email them to me? bngf@peoplepc.com Thanks, Billy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.12.216.194 (talk) 20:16, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

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		For actually doing something with all those articles I place an {{uncat}} on. Thanks! PDCook (talk) 18:46, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Autoreviewer

Hi Malcolm, I just read one of your articles at newpage patrol, and was surprised to see that an editor who has been contributing articles since 2005 hadn't already been approved as an wp:Autoreviewer. So I've taken the liberty of rectifying that. ϢereSpielChequers 16:24, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I didn't know that such a thing existed. Malcolma (talk) 17:44, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Cats

Thanks for all your help with cats. ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:44, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

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Austin 12 (1939)

I photographed a 1946 Austin 12 at the weekend (it had 12 written on the grill) but I couldn't find more than a passing reference to it on wikipedia. However, there is an entry on the model which, in 1939, it replaced. You wrote it.

I've attempted the same for the 1939 - 1947 Austin 12 with a little bit of help from Culshaw and Horrobin, but there doesn't seem to be too much information around - at least not on the web and not in my office. So I padded it out a bit with some waffle about The War.

But if you can think of anything else to write about The Car, please feel free...

There's something on the Austin 10 entry about a designer with an Italian name who had been born either in Italy or in Argentina (presumably in the Italian speaking community) who had worked for Lancia and then came to England to work for Austin after displeasing Il Duce. If he designed the 1939 Austin 10 he must surely have designed the 1939 Austin 12 as well, because they so clearly come from the same hand. At least that's how it looks to me. The same gentleman appears to have been responsible for the way Austins looked through the 1950s up to the moment when they discovered Pininfarina. He gets lots of hits if you google him, but all that I can find about him seems to come from the same one or two sources, and it doesn't appear very consistent. I don't know enough of the background to begin to assess which bits might be true. But if there is a source for his having designed the Austin 12 that appeared in August 1939, that would be something one could add. The fellows name is Ricardo "Dick" Burzi. It would, indeed, be interesting to read an entry on the man himself if anyone had access to appropriate dependable information... OK, so now I'm getting carried away. Don't, please, let me get in the way of the day jobs!

Thanks for thinking about it and regards Charles01 (talk) 18:41, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

I have added a few bits and pieces but can't immediately find much. I must look for something on Dick Burzi. I think the successor car was more the A70 than the A40 but there was no true replacement in the 1500cc class. Malcolma (talk) 20:09, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you much.

I think there's a more general problem trying to identify successors in the later 1940s to models introduced in the late 1930s. The earlier period - at least in England and Germany - was one of rapidly rising prosperity and cars were getting bigger and more flamboyant and in many respects better. In the 1940s the economic climate across western Europe was utterly transformed, but the makers had learned a whole lot of new stuff about bending pieces of metal, and all the Americans cars driving round in the UK and, after 1945, also in Germany, by attractively prosperous military high-ups, had given the people a completely new "language" on the subject of how cars should look. Hmmm. Charles01 (talk) 06:23, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

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Cats

Thanks very much for adding those cats. Meow. Freakshownerd (talk) 14:57, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Media Category

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