Goodwood Revival 2017 - "Over the Road" Old Car Show - American LaFrance - Simplex 9.5l 4cyl - 1912 - Touring car - Old Green Simplex LaFrance - The Old Motor - Antique Cars - Vintage Car - Grænn eðalvagn - Antík bíll - Gamlir bílar - Töff, toff á teinahjólum - Bílasýning í Englandi - Fornbílasýning - The romance and glamour of motor racing as it used to be. The Revival is the only historic race meeting to be staged entirely in period dress and is a return to the halcyon days of Goodwood as the spiritual home of British motor racing. See more: https://www.goodwood.com/flagship-eve...
American LaFrance (ALF) was an American vehicle manufacturer which focused primarily on the production of fire engines, fire aerials, and emergency apparatus such as ambulance and rescue vehicles. The company was located in Summerville, South Carolina. See more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_LaFrance
The Mercedes Simplex was designed by Wilhelm Maybach in Stuttgart, Germany. This design was copied by many manufacturers including the Smith and Mabley Manufacturing Co. of New York City, Later Crane-Simplex Automobile company. They began building their own using Mercedes parts as the import duty for a Mercedes was at 40%. American Lafrance bought in 2 Crane-Simplex rolling chassis which were converted to Fire appliances. After this they copied the chassis and engine design from Crane-simplex. See more: http://www.stourbridgeprewarcc.com/american-lafrance.html
In 1871, Truckson LaFrance, whose family trade was iron working, started building rotary steam engines and in 1903, built approximately 25 chain drive cars with tube coil radiators mounted below the front of the frame, 'rear-entrance tonneau' seating, all righthand drive. In 1910 Simplex contracted LaFrance to design for them a 50hp, four cylinder engine and later the following year, an American LaFrance four cylinder, 50hp Roadster was entered in the one mile dirt track race at the Syracuse New York State Fair. This resulted in Type 75-12-10 & 38 model vehicles being manufactured with approximately 5,000 built until around 1925. These were all in the style that we see this vehicle in today, albeit with an assortment of configurations. Mercedes-Benz, through their subsidiary Freightliner Corp, purchased the American LaFrance Company in its entirety from the Figgie International Company. With it came the oldest surviving LaFrance car, a 1911 four cylinder, 50hp Roadster and 14 fully restored American LaFrance Fire Trucks which are all now housed in the new LaFrance Museum in Cleveland, North Carolina. See more: https://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2013-06-01/car/american-lafrance/
Fornbíla formúla á bresku óðalssetri - Fyrir áhugafólk um eldri kappakstursbíla er hin árlega þriggja daga aksturskeppni mikill viðburður. Fólk hefur dustað rykið af gömlu kappakstursbílunum sínum allt frá 1998 og mætt prúðbúið til leiks. Í ár seldust um 100.000 miðar og fólk streymdi að, þúsundum saman. Um 300 hundruð gamlir sportbílar, kappakstursbílar, herbílar, mótorhjól og flugvélar voru til sýnis ásamt fatnaði og höttum frá 1940-66 í stíl Grace Kelly með öllum þeim glamúr og sjarma sem fylgir. Reynt var að ná fram stemmningu fyrri ára með einstaklega góðum árangri og göldrum líkast að ferðast svona aftur í tímann. Lesa meira: http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/631313/?item_num=13&searchid=74f56edad2294d5403a79f856c5335dd664b3c4e
Öldum saman hefur Goodwood-herragarðurinn haldist innan sömu ættarinnar og ber áhugamálum eigendanna fagurt vitni. Sem stendur er þar að finna fjölda valla, keppnisvelli, reiðvelli, pólóvelli, kappakstursbraut, flugbraut, þyrluvöll og 18 holu golfvöll. Allt er þetta í eigu afkomanda 3. jarlsins af Richmond sem tók við búi árið 1991, það er Charles hertoga af March. Hann er maðurinn sem endurlífgaði keppni eldri kappakstursbíla, sem hafði fyrir löngu liðið undir lok og vikið fyrir nýjum tryllitækjum sem þenja vélarnar í Formúlu 1. Langafi hans Freddie, 9. lávarðurinn af Richmond og Gordon, hafði sérstakan áhuga á kappakstri og opnaði keppnishringinn 1948. Hringurinn var eins og áður sagði þjónustuvegur sem lá utan um herflugvöll af vatnsmýrarsortinni. Var hann heimavöllur Spitfire-flugsveitar sem barðist í orustunni um England. Á brautinni voru haldnar kappaksturskeppnir allt til 1966 en þá missti lordinn áhugann og sneri sér að öðrum hugðarefnum. Charles núverandi hertogi lét endurgera brautina og hélt þar fyrstu kappaksturskeppnina í júní 1993. Það var fyrsti kappaksturinn í Goodwood í 26 ár og mættu 15.000 manns. Hertoginn sá að mikill áhugi var fyrir antíkbílum og skipulagði því umrædda fornbílaformúlu 1998. Hún er haldin í september og eykst að vöxtum með ári hverju. Lesa meira: http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/631311/?item_num=12&searchid=74f56edad2294d5403a79f856c5335dd664b3c4e
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