Trivia Investigation Team

[mickthemaverick]

This post is relevant to the one after it!!

https://glenfarclas.com/landing-page/

[NewcastleFalcon]

Of all the Whiskys in all the world Mick chose this one as a proxy for guaging the value of the BB Clio, originally bought for 6 bottles of Wine, but now appreciated in value up to a case or two of whisky!

Do we know anything about it

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

What was the thinking behind selecting that particular brand Mick

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

My father was not a drinker of any sort and he only ever had a tipple on family birthdays, Easter and Christmas. Glenfarclas was his chosen drink and one bottle would last him 3 or 4 years!! He introduced me to it on my 17th Birthday and I have only had it a few times since but I can say without doubt that it is the smoothest, mellowest and warmest drink I have ever had. He originally discovered it when on a walking holiday in Scotland just after the war and as far as I know never drank a different brand from then on. You can get 35 year old if you have a bottomless bank account!!

Edit: My niggly brain tells me he had a more regular supply of Glenlivet in the house for guests and he may have had the odd tipple on a Sunday but I'm not sure!!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185772080177 ... R76DvIzpYQ

[NewcastleFalcon]

Well this says it's a complete history of Glenfarclas Distillery, it's covered in 10 minutes and its moving pictures



Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Having watched that video I think I may have over valued the car!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

Two interesting items in the video.

The Tasting room at Glenfarclas came from the Empress of Australia Liner which has its own story told here

http://thegreatoceanliners.com/articles ... stralia-i/

and the odd title for the whisky selected to commemorate 150 years of Glenfarclas
£511.19s0d

Spoiler: show

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

An interesting story and a crop of "whether you like them or not is irrelevant" head turning interesting vehicles, open-tops and estates.

The recently explored Ford Fiesta Fly over on the Open Top Motoring thread, if the flyer is right, looked to be an "option" through Ford Dealers.

ebay sales item

Here's one of their lesser known Estate offerings

Austin 3-Litre Crayford Estate Advert 1970 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

Neil

[CitroJim]

The Fiesta Fly looks a million times better with the roof and windows down

And that 3-litre Austin estate... I'm just thinking of how many bikes I could put in there A cargo area the size of a small lorry!

[NewcastleFalcon]

While we are on Crayford trail, I spotted the Cavalier Centaur on my virtual travels.

Montage e-bay sale

and they made a few

351 Vauxhall Cavalier Mk.1 Coupe Centaur Convertible (1979) by Robert Knight, on Flickr

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

This really is an excellent resource for a paddle through for all things Crayford.

https://www.crayfordconvertibleclub.com ... yford.html

I liked the snippet as to why they were called Crayford, with no premises in the company's story in Crayford itself.

All stemmed from a flat owned by David McMullen one of the founders ( the other was Jeff Smith). In 1959 both David and Jeff were working at Lambretta-Trojan in Croydon. One of the projects they were both closely involved in was the development of the Elva Courier sportscar, a fairly recent FCF appearer.

David had a flat at Bexleyheath. The flat telephone was on the Crayford exchange, and answering the phone with the word 'Crayford', the name soon stuck and so Crayford became the name of their as yet unborn Company.

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

I have seen a few Crayford Corsairs appear at auctions, but the search for Crayford in the title hasn't produced any from this Glenmarch Search. Many Cortina Mk II, the odd mini, the famous Wolseley Hornet Heinz 57 Competition conversions.

Glenmarch "Crayford" sales at auction

https://www.glenmarch.com/cars/results? ... old_cars=1#

nice image of the rear of a Cortina Mk III

Neil

[CitroJim]

Loving the yellow both the Crayford Cavalier and Cortina

The Cavalier looks good but then again, the Series 1 Cavalier was a very good looking car - possibly the best looker of the series...,

[NewcastleFalcon]

burn find

What is it
Its made out of concrete, pretty heavy, with a pretty small diameter of "hole" through the middle.
A simple "roller"

What are the full "words" likely to be
We have "IRON" in plain sight and "ETE" and probably the start of another "I" or an "N" then another "E"

Is there a similar image on the World Wide Web

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Burn find

What is it
Its made out of concrete, pretty heavy, with a pretty small diameter of "hole" through the middle.
A simple "roller"

What are the full "words" likely to be
We have "IRON" in plain sight and "ETE" and probably the start of another "I" or an "N" then another "E"

Is there a similar image on the World Wide Web

Neil

Believe me the internet has much to find but maybe the first step is the stumbling block so I will take us over that hurdle.

The letters simply read "Ironcrete" and it is a garden roller probably from the 1930's.

Go on have a simple duck duck go enquiry, or some other search engine of your choice, or have a dip into graces guide and bring back some more related "Ironcrete" trivia to the thread. Much more interesting taking an active part.

Neil