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Post by Stewart Wilkie on May 20, 2016 11:10:02 GMT
Put a post on the forum in regard to ERA's and someone has taken it off without the courtesy of letting me know. Also the Brooke - Riley ERA has been taken off the list so assume this is linked and someone is trying to hide something. Very odd situation considering so few people post in this forum. Can this be explained Thank you.
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Post by Harris on May 30, 2016 23:23:35 GMT
What is an ERA?
I am the only one who deletes / moves posts and your posts don't ring any bells with me.
Sure you have the right forum???
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Post by noddy on May 31, 2016 13:42:59 GMT
Harris,
ERA stands for English Racing Automobiles. Built mainly before WW2 they were 1500cc or 2000cc racing 'voiturettes' - quick, but not good enough to beat the larger Mercedez-Benz and Auto Unions. Formed by Raymond Mays, Peter Berthon and Humphrey Cook in 1933 they built a handful of their own chassis and dropped in a highly modified Riley 1500cc engine (hence the Riley connection!). Then raced by themselves and a handful of 'chosen' customers - the most famous being Prince Bira and Dick Seaman. They did re-start after the war - but with very little success.
1937 E.R.A chassis - 12C
Although not strictly a Riley - there is a lot of Riley heritage in there - and certainly worthy of an honourable mention on this forum!
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Post by Harris on May 31, 2016 21:24:57 GMT
Very cool! I like it!
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Post by Harris on May 31, 2016 21:28:33 GMT
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Post by Roger Holman on Feb 15, 2020 21:30:12 GMT
It is sad and unfortunate that the very definate link between Riley and English Racing Automobiles is not better recognised. The fact that Riley provided the basis for the power of many cars other than 'Riley's pure and simple' should not, indeed, must not be forgotten. It is laudable that badge engineered BMC products are still being raced competitively, but it MUST not be forgotten that the heritage of the marque, not only dates back, but was widely spread amongst the racing fraternity.
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Post by Roger Holman on Feb 17, 2020 13:29:06 GMT
Just to demonstrate the point about wide use of Riley engines, look at e-bay Item No.164071389825.
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Post by calum on Feb 23, 2020 8:32:23 GMT
Nothing comes up under that number,have you copied it correctly?
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Post by Roger Holman on Feb 24, 2020 17:58:11 GMT
OK, dont know what happened there. I have just checked and the number now reads 164090086259. The car in question is a Healey Silverstone, which, of course, runs a Riley 2narf motor, a bit tweaked!
So nice to find a thread on this forum which actually prompts people to answer. If we aren't careful, we might get a conversation going!
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Post by noddy on Feb 25, 2020 9:27:36 GMT
Ooh,
Nice car - a bit pricey though. I rather like the look of it - great fun for blasting around in the summer - but not really that practical. Eligible for a lot of these classic retro events - 1000 miles around Italy would be fun!
Blimey - a conversation - whats that?
Roger
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Post by Roger Holman on Feb 25, 2020 13:44:34 GMT
'Conversation (n) The interchange through speech of information, ideas etc.; spoken communication.' (C.E.D. Millenium Edition.)
Perhaps the 'speech' bit is a little 'old fashioned' in this day and age, I think the written word would be acceptable today.
I think it's what the Romans did in the Forum
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Post by calum on Feb 27, 2020 16:55:09 GMT
And there was me thinking they planned to knock off Caesar in the Forum! As the owner of 3 of the Pre war 2 1/2's I can point out that not much tweaking was required to make them shift. I have witnessed 3 figures on the M6 with the Adelphi (AX1309) en route to a SRE Rally some 20 years ago. I have had an indicated 95 on the previous Kestrels(KX1058) speedo and been admonished on more than one occasion for misbehaving with it. I used to do Cambridge to Faslane in 6 1/2 hours driving time in the Kestrel, Ex Colin and Christine Draper. Now I have AX1139,KX1172 and AX1309 again! All in need of serious work but then the play will resume.  |
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