Wee Quiz

[3GGG]

Anyone know the significance of the initials OSHF ? - Weefossy should get this one;):)

[Sheilz]

nope, are you going to tell us?!
:D:D:D:D

[GAJ]

Nope, and neither does Google!;)
Something, something, something Foster?

[3GGG]

Nope, still cold GAJ.

[GAJ]

I'm stuck!

[sleepyrascal]

OSHF = obviously something hot and fluffy.

[3GGG]

A wee clue then: Something you would see on a dash.

WeeFossy where are you?

[Willie M]

Is it what you would yell to yourself when you find you've gone into a corner way tooooo.... fast?
'Oh Sh*t!!.... Holy f**k!!' ;):clown:
I'm sure I heard such language coming from Gaj's car yesterday when he was following me into some of the bends :)

[Duncan Stewart]

Off Side Headlight Flasher? ooh eeer missus :D

[GAJ]

quote:Originally posted by Willie M

Is it what you would yell to yourself when you find you've gone into a corner way tooooo.... fast?
'Oh Sh*t!!.... Holy f**k!!' ;):clown:
I'm sure I heard such language coming from Gaj's car yesterday when he was following me into some of the bends :)


I was just worried in case I ran up the back of you!;)

[3GGG]

quote:Originally posted by GAJ


quote:Originally posted by Willie M

Is it what you would yell to yourself when you find you've gone into a corner way tooooo.... fast?
'Oh Sh*t!!.... Holy f**k!!' ;):clown:
I'm sure I heard such language coming from Gaj's car yesterday when he was following me into some of the bends :)


I was just worried in case I ran up the back of you!;)


Someone call a moderator - this language is terrible. :eek:;)

[3GGG]

quote:Originally posted by Duncan Stewart

Off Side Headlight Flasher? ooh eeer missus :D


Getting closer :approve:

[GAJ]

Off, Sidelight, Headlight, Foglight?

[3GGG]

quote:Originally posted by GAJ

Off, Sidelight, Headlight, Foglight?


Correct - the Jaguar MK1/2 (and XKxxx series), which WeeFossy was referring to in another thread, had a rotary switch on the dashboard with an escutcheon plate engraved with OSHF on it, which as you have worked out meant Off, Side, Head, Fog lights.

Dip switch was on the floor to the left of the clutch as was common before putting them on stalks. This led to some hurried foot movements when changing down and trying to dip lights when you met a car at a corner.

Starter push button was also on the dash with a separate keyswitch for the ignition, again not mounted on the steering column as no column lock then.

I recall the 997 Cooper had a floor start button and we had one alarming incident when the exhaust bracket broke and the pipe shorted out the starter button while the car was running.

My other memory of the Jaguar was that on the rear bumper it had a red warning triangle with "DISC BRAKES" on it, just for the benefit of those whose drum brakes couldn't stop in time:eek::blackeye:

Cars have so many safety features now compared to those days of no seatbelts, bench seats in the front, cross-ply tyres....

[GAJ]

quote:Originally posted by 3GGG


quote:Originally posted by GAJ

Off, Sidelight, Headlight, Foglight?

Cars have so many safety features now compared to those days of no seatbelts, bench seats in the front, cross-ply tyres....


Hehe! What do I win?;)

Despite the safety features and the technological improvements the highway code still quotes the same stopping distances and speed limits remain the same!

[R7 ETH]

quote:Originally posted by 3GGG
My other memory of the Jaguar was that on the rear bumper it had a red warning triangle with "DISC BRAKES" on it, just for the benefit of those whose drum brakes couldn't stop in time:eek::blackeye:


I loved the position of the handbrake always scuffed my knuckles off the door:( And the little glass fuel filter!! The one i had even had the original spark plug in the tool kit.

[3GGG]

quote:Originally posted by R7 ETH

I loved the position of the handbrake always scuffed my knuckles off the door:( And the little glass fuel filter!! The one i had even had the original spark plug in the tool kit.


I'd forgotten that chrome handbrake on the RHS, of course that was how the bench seat could go all the way across.

As a kid I hated the Jaguar's leather seats, the smell made me carsick.:dead:

[3GGG]

quote:Originally posted by GAJ
Despite the safety features and the technological improvements the highway code still quotes the same stopping distances and speed limits remain the same!


But the number of cars on the road have also dramatically increased, so have the number of eejits driving on them.


quote:
Hehe! What do I win?;)


You win this fabulous Jaguar XK150:

http://homepage.mac.com/braeside/XK150.jpg

Photograph:)