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Speke factory photos
Posted: 04 Jul 2012 22:05
by Shauniedawn
Posted: 04 Jul 2012 22:25
by john 215
Hi Shaun,
Great picture's [8D] Thanks for sharing
Cheers John
LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!
1976 Speke FHC Beauty
1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)
1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!
Posted: 04 Jul 2012 22:51
by Cobber
<font size="2"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Hmmmmm looking at those pix, you'd have to wonder what that bloke on the bike actually did! It would seem he spent all day riding the damned thing.</font id="Comic Sans MS"></font id="size2">
80'Triumph TR7, , 73'Land Rover (Ford 351. V8),
'89 Ford Fairlane
'98 MG-F, 69'Ford F250.
76' Ford F100
Posted: 04 Jul 2012 23:48
by FI Spyder
He didn't do anything but they couldn't fire him because he was in the union. He just rode around and punched out at the whistle and collected his paycheque every fortnight.
[:)]
- - -TR7 Spider - - - 1978 Spitfire- - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - Yellow TCT
Posted: 05 Jul 2012 02:02
by silverseven
Posted: 05 Jul 2012 05:58
by Roy Hankins
Well done Shaun.
I've been looking and asking for pictures of the Speke factory
so you've made my day.[:)]
Great pictures.
Roy
Posted: 05 Jul 2012 06:49
by Beans
I love those period pictures, thx for sharing [;)]
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<font color="blue"><i>1980 TR7 DHC (my first car, now restored and back on the road)
1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)</font id="blue">
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Posted: 05 Jul 2012 17:05
by John Wood
You're correct. I do love those.
1975 TR7
1977 TR7 Sprint
Posted: 05 Jul 2012 19:53
by trickyx12000
the push bikes were common with in the group in the larger buildings, a foreman, manager etc would have his own personal one with his name painted on. different maintenance gangs would have few between them, ie pipe fitters, electricians, tip dressers etc, they were bloody terrible and of course there was lots of tyre deflating jokes.
but then the bikes became the victim of heatlh and safety,,,, i recall seeing the bike graveyard in the maintenance stores at longbridge in the late 1980's.
on the link there is a mention of cars being used off the line to ferry other ferry drivers about!!
well yeah it did happen, and the cars always had the keys in them too when parked on site.
the fuel was put in on the line just before the rolling road and it was only a gallon .
Posted: 21 Jul 2012 17:49
by seven
I remember when I worked at a Triumph garage in the mid to late '70's we used customers cars to collect other Triumphs[8)], sometimes up to 3 drivers in one car, weren't just Triumph workshops[:I], I've said enough......
The car is unable to handle my driving capabilities
Posted: 22 Jul 2012 03:52
by RUDDY
On the large nuclear site where I worked back in the 80's push bikes were used by all the maintenance teams, postal workers etc. Our workshops used quite a lot of lead shot and when someone left their bike whilst visiting we would remove the saddle and pour lead into the frame. They pedal'd away much slower ......!!
Cheers, Paul
Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:10
by Beans
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by RUDDY</i>
... we would remove the saddle and pour lead into the frame ...
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[:D]
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<font color="blue"><i>1980 TR7 DHC (my first car, now restored and back on the road)
1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)</font id="blue">
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Posted: 02 Aug 2012 10:36
by gingerstu
The pics are excellent. I wonder when the ones that have no people in shot were taken ? Perhaps when the factory was on strike ?? [:)]
Stu
TR7 Sprint still on-going after 6 years....
Posted: 02 Aug 2012 10:55
by tr7sprint1
[quote]<i>Originally posted by seven</i>
I remember when I worked at a Triumph garage in the mid to late '70's we used customers cars to collect other Triumphs[8)], sometimes up to 3 drivers in one car, weren't just Triumph workshops[:I], I've said enough......<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
That's the reason i fix my own automobles. Some mechanics/shops are like lawyers or politicians.
Nice pictures of the plant!!!
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Posted: 02 Aug 2012 11:59
by seven
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by tr7sprint1</i>
[quote]<i>Originally posted by seven</i>
I remember when I worked at a Triumph garage in the mid to late '70's we used customers cars to collect other Triumphs[8)], sometimes up to 3 drivers in one car, weren't just Triumph workshops[:I], I've said enough......<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
That's the reason i fix my own automobles. Some mechanics/shops are like lawyers or politicians.
Yes and it got worse, sometimes the boy would go to the store for the lunch orders, in what ever car was available...Tat tat
Nice pictures of the plan!!!
<b>"GETTING SPEED OUT OF A LOW POWERED CAR IS OFTEN MORE REWARDING, THAN WITH TIRE-SMOKING BRUTES" </b>
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The car is unable to handle my driving capabilities
