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*** February 2026 Image & Video Thread ***

Little bit of French flair :) I was a tiny bit tempted to be honest

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And the British version of the peoples car

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Markuswelder said:
And the British version of the peoples car
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For me the Mini Cooper is the British peoples car. At least the 1959 original. A friend helped develop that car and he would talk about its virtues at the drop of a hat. He passed away not too long ago and I had the privilege to write his eulogy. He drove an original Mini to the very end.
 
CharlesH said:
For me the Mini Cooper is the British peoples car. At least the 1959 original.
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Yeah, the Austin 7 pre-dated it by nearly 40 years though. Growing up in NZ, we were exposed to a lot of the early British motor vehicles, Austin, Morris, British Leyland, Pommy Fords like the Prefect (my first car) Anglia, Escorts, Hillman, Triumph, Vauxhall and so on. My Dad & his Dad were always at odds over my Grandad's choice of vehicles, Grandad was a Morris & Austin fan, Dad liked his Vauxhalls :) I think I mentioned previously some of my very earliest memories were of being driven around in my Grannies little Austin A30, complete with its flip out B pillar indicators :)
 
Markuswelder said:
Little bit of French flair :) I was a tiny bit tempted to be honest
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I love the Citroens and have owned 4 over the past 20 years. All modern models, Xantia and C5 sedans and then two different C5 Tourers. My wife has driven two C4 Picassos and now drives a C5 Aircross. They are great cars to drive, really comfortable and absorb the road bumps well. Unfortunately the importer ditched the brand last year so you can't buy them new any more in Australia.
 
Pete_W said:
I love the Citroens and have owned 4 over the past 20 years. All modern models, Xantia and C5 sedans and then two different C5 Tourers. My wife has driven two C4 Picassos and now drives a C5 Aircross. They are great cars to drive, really comfortable and absorb the road bumps well. Unfortunately the importer ditched the brand last year so you can't buy them new any more in Australia.
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They have a bunch of older models at the Lane Motor Museum, going back to a coal gas-fueled Traction Avant from the WWII era.
www.lanemotormuseum.org

Citroën Berline 11 Gazogene- 1938 - Lane Motor Museum

During the German occupation of France in World War II, gasoline was scarce, expensive, and often unavailable. Several companies offered systems for a vehicle to be powered by alternative fuels such as wood, coal, or charcoal. This car has been converted by Fap Elgazo Tarbes to run on coal...
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Travis Butler said:
They have a bunch of older models at the Lane Motor Museum, going back to a coal gas-fueled Traction Avant from the WWII era.
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Wow, imagine having a coal powered car! :eek:
 
Pete_W said:
Wow, imagine having a coal powered car! :eek:
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There were some experiments done on using coal to power jet engines! The coal very finely powdered, so much so that It acted like a fluid. But abrasion to the fan blades was too much so it was abandoned.
 
pdk42 said:
There were some experiments done on using coal to power jet engines! The coal very finely powdered, so much so that It acted like a fluid. But abrasion to the fan blades was too much so it was abandoned.
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I built some prototype water cooled pipework & nozzles at work a few years back, for a portable continuous Iron Ore smelting process. Same technique, finely ground Coal mixed with the Iron Ore which was ignited, and blasted into a central Crucible. The molten Steel was drained off as the level rose, never did hear what happened to it. Probably sold off for peanuts to some overseas conglomerate. After putting in all the research and development expense and effort.
 
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Markuswelder said:
I built some prototype water cooled pipework & nozzles at work a few years back, for a portable continuous Iron Ore smelting process. Same technique, finely ground Coal mixed with the Iron Ore which was ignited, and blasted into a central Crucible. The molten Steel was drained off as the level rose, never did hear what happened to it. Probably sold off for peanuts to some overseas conglomerate. After putting in all the research and development expense and effort.
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Very cool!

Speaking of iron smelting: This is a topic I knew nothing about before doing volunteer work on our local HI-LO Trail project. Here's the web page "storymap" for one of the stops along the trail, describing the industrial history of iron ore mining and iron blast furnace smelting in Lake Oswego, Oregon, what is now a relatively ritzy, decidedly non-industrial town. The Iron Workers Museum there is a small gem.
 
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