Any petrolheads?

[Gordy]

Jun 16, 2012 17:54:54 GMT Batdragon (AKA Batty) said:

So Gordy you know the car make is a Gordon Keeble but do you know the story behind the Badge?

yeah thats it... i think the badge logo was because he liked tortoises and had them as pets

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

Jun 16, 2012 21:57:14 GMT Gordy said:

yeah thats it... i think the badge logo was because he liked tortoises and had them as pets

Apparently at the unveiling of it whith all the press there the car did not have a logo, the press were about to head off to have a test drive of it, but a tortoise strolled infront of the car, so in jest Mr Gordon and Mr Keeble, decided to have the Tortoise as their embelum. The funny bit is that they picked up the tortoise and put it on the bonnet of the car, where it duly peed over the car damaging the paint work lol

[womble]

I thought it was ironic, because the tortoise was so slow and the car was so fast.

Where does a tortoise "just" stroll in front of a car? LOL

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

I think it was spain that the launch was, but I could be wrong about that.

Now this is funny

“Don’t start up a cold engine and then leave it idling while you rush indoors to pay a belated farewell to your wife.In the interests of minimum engine wear, skip the farewell and drive away. When facing the music on your return in the evening, make a mental note henceforth to adopt a definite sequence of events prior to your morning departure. You will achieve substantially diminished wear from your engine and deserve greater affection from your wife”.

From the Gordon Keeble Handbook, 1964

#icon_rofl#

[womble]

Obviously GK has a wicked SOH #icon_rofl#



I'm amazed at the performance figures. They must have been amongst the very fastest in the world at that time. Although with a Chevy small block it would have had terrible MPG, but they had decent handling apparently as well.

I'm reminded of the Detomaso GT5S, which must have been a later version of the same sort of car. I really loved the GT5S and if I ever come into an extraordinary amount of cash, I'm going to have one

PERFORMANCE: Gordon Keeble
0 - 30 m.p.h. ... 3.00 seconds
0 - 60 m.p.h. ... 5.90 seconds
0 - 100 m.p.h ... 15.00 seconds
Standing quarter mile 14.00 seconds

[con]

Jun 16, 2012 23:32:01 GMT womble said:

Obviously GK has a wicked SOH



I'm amazed at the performance figures. They must have been amongst the very fastest in the world at that time. Although with a Chevy small block it would have had terrible MPG, but they had decent handling apparently as well.

I'm reminded of the Detomaso GT5S, which must have been a later version of the same sort of car. I really loved the GT5S and if I ever come into an extraordinary amount of cash, I'm going to have one

PERFORMANCE: Gordon Keeble
0 - 30 m.p.h. ... 3.00 seconds
0 - 60 m.p.h. ... 5.90 seconds
0 - 100 m.p.h ... 15.00 seconds
Standing quarter mile 14.00 seconds

that's quite fast for a modern car never mind a car from the 60's . in fact the last time i was at Santa pod most stock road going cars were in the low 15 to high 14's .. ok a few lambos got into the 11's but it was like 11.8 at best and they had silly bhp's and god knows how many computers n gadgets to make them go fast

[womble]

Jun 17, 2012 0:09:25 GMT con said:

that's quite fast for a modern car never mind a car from the 60's . in fact the last time i was at Santa pod most stock road going cars were in the low 15 to high 14's .. ok a few lambos got into the 11's but it was like 11.8 at best and they had silly bhp's and god knows how many computers n gadgets to make them go fast

I know, I was a Santa Pod aficionado for a long time during the early 90's, it's really an incredible time for a 60's car.

I suppose we have to take into account that these were the very best figures they could come up with at the time, although that takes nothing away from the GK I hope.

I keep saying I'm going to take my kids to Santa Pod, so they can experience the acceleration and experience, it's only just down the road. I should just do it.

[Anne (fuzzy)]

Jun 16, 2012 23:06:37 GMT Batdragon (AKA Batty) said:

Now this is funny

“Don’t start up a cold engine and then leave it idling while you rush indoors to pay a belated farewell to your wife.In the interests of minimum engine wear, skip the farewell and drive away. When facing the music on your return in the evening, make a mental note henceforth to adopt a definite sequence of events prior to your morning departure. You will achieve substantially diminished wear from your engine and deserve greater affection from your wife”.

From the Gordon Keeble Handbook, 1964

[Malibu]

Yes I don't like the shape of the mr2 mk1, too many sharp angles, though I hear it drives and handles great. The mk3 (roadster) is a bit too much the same as other modern cars.
Think I just liked the shape of the mk2.

Also the gen 6 Celica is nice.

[Globalbloke (Tim)]

Jun 17, 2012 10:25:36 GMT Malibu said:

Yes I don't like the shape of the mr2 mk1, too many sharp angles, though I hear it drives and handles great. The mk3 (roadster) is a bit too much the same as other modern cars.
Think I just liked the shape of the mk2.

Also the gen 6 Celica is nice.

Yeah we had a Gen 6 and a Gen 7 Celica, both really nice, the Gen 6 ticked a few more boxes for me though. As for Supra's, I really miss mine, it's the only car you get into and the dashboard curves around the driver and everything is just there, it's more like a cockpit than a car dash, the passenger doesn't get to see much though, which is probably a good thing if you have gone single turbo

Just for memories sake, my Supra back in the day:





I truely loved that car

[Malibu]

Very nice looking car, these shapes look so good in black.

[Globalbloke (Tim)]

Jun 17, 2012 17:29:28 GMT Malibu said:

Very nice looking car, these shapes look so good in black.

PITA to keep clean though