@GossiTheDog I'm pretty sure that engine is an Austin A-Series engine, which by some people's definition could be argued to be woke given its low capacity and power output.
I don't want to start a trend of woke and non-woke engines! But I'm just saying if there was such a thing an A-Series would definitely be a woke engine.
And sorry :( but he car nerd in me came out today.
@markmason @GossiTheDog great minds and all that. Also it is a near miracle I recognised a British engine :) but this is one I know.
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This reminds me. At the weekend I followed (yes FOLLOWED!) a Reliant Fox for half a mile. That must surely be the wokiest of wokemobiles. Magnificent.
May even have been the very car in this photo.
@robpomeroy @markmason @GossiTheDog gloriously basic and practical. I love it!
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This is the Twingo. A french car from the 90s. Here in blue. It has recently came back into fashion for it's design. It's been reinterpreted many times in the last years. And I can assure you by my personal experience that it's the wokest car I know.
@subrealz @gpowerf @markmason @GossiTheDog Now THERE'S a car that needs to be beige.
@subrealz @robpomeroy @markmason @GossiTheDog I used to see them in France and the occasional one in the UK that had been brought over. I like them 😄 it probably falls short or the levels of safety, comfort, and practicality for it to be called a car, but it looks like a great scooter+
I did recognize that valve cover. Spent many a weekend under the bonnet of Austin-Heaney Sprites! (My later Spridget hat the Triumph lump)
@scrummy @GossiTheDog that’s how I feel about LB9 and L98 small block Chevy engines. Years of exposure make me immediately familiar with even a glimpse of one.
@gpowerf @GossiTheDog Back in the days when I didn’t have much cash to keep things running I got very familiar with the Toyota 3E-E and the BMW M42. Sometimes I miss those cars, they were good cars!
@gpowerf @GossiTheDog I came here to say this. I had a Wolseley 16/60 like this one and can confirm.