There was a Brooklands from a seller in Cornwall who had the below machine advertised on Facebook and eBay for the last 6 months. I think it has finally sold, but looked tidy for £500... I could not understand why it never went quicker. It never went quicker because I couldn't find a courier that w...

Speedy Weeny is a Raytheon Hot Dog vending machine. It used radar technolgy to heat the sausage from cold in twenty seconds.
Later domestic hot-dog warmers passed electric current lengthways through the sausage, a simpler means to the same end.

special when lit wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 1:41 pmLet me know if you find a source for sweet cigs, I can't find them anywhere.
A result of the PC world of today, probably.

Remarkably, the far-more-harmful ACTUAL cigarettes are still readily available, although kept discreetly out-of-sight.
Ask at the newsagent's, when nobody else is in earshot...

I have a couple of these.
You could possibly make a half-decent allwin out of one, with a backflash, a pair of hinges and some cabinet skill.
Might be worthwhile, now that the £400 allwin seems to have vanished.

arrgee wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 4:50 pm What a beautiful Merchantman clubconsoles - well done on the restoration.

I'll second that.
What's the crane next to it?

librae, solidi, and denarii. Pounds, Shillings and Pence. "Pounds, Shillings and Pence, The teachers have no Sense, We come to School to act the Fool, Pounds, Shillings and Pence." Larry Parnes, the hugely-successful over-paid pop music impresario was known as Mr. Parnes, Shillings and Pen...

I understood the joke; I just don't understand why so many people use a capital 'D' for 'Penny'.
You would often see it on signs, but it was always written 1d.

They had them at Butlin's.
Dead easy to ride; the action is intuitive.
I remember trying to work out a multi-speed version for road use, while waiting for the funfair to open...

john t peterson wrote: ↑Fri Jan 22, 2021 1:56 pm Oh, that poor, poor doppelganger.

J Peterson
Double Trouble, USA

So much for Americans not knowing the word 'Doppelganger'!

Does an original Postcard Vendor exist?
If not, one of these could form the basis of...