Reply With Quotethey are made of pith oddly enough!Originally Posted by Landy Smurf
Swaggie
Do any of you remember "Pike Bros. Gentleman's Outfitters" in Queen St. Brisbane?
Pikes offered "solar topees" same appearance as a pith helmet but made from 1" cork covered in a sturdy khaki light canvas with leather chinstrap and brim band. Made to measure.
Pikes were a quite upmarket store. They kept regular customer details on file so one could write or telegram them for a suit, shoes, hats, have them made to your recorded size and sent out. They also had a tobacconist counter and would keep your preferred cigars or tobacco in your personal humidor and send them out as required.
This was a time of gentlemen in business not businessmen. John Pike favoured sports roadsters and would park his in Queen St. right outside the shop. One of them was a custom bodied Bugatti. His mate, Fred Tritton of Trittons Furniture and Coupon Furniture had Downings of Wooloongabba build him a special to race at the Australian Grand Prix at Leyburn. He engaged Bill Kelly who did most of the work as his riding mechanic for the event. The last riding mechanic to be entered in an AGP.
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they are made of pith oddly enough!
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SubscriberBrian - sounds like a GREAT shop. I wish there were more like that around today.
Modern retailers don't generally have any REAL concept of customer service.
I wonder if that was the same Bugatti that was at the RACQ Motorfest?
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Really or are you just taking the pith?
Swaggie
correcting an error in post #31 above. It was Cyril Tritton, not Frank, who had a special built for the AGP. Based on one of those late thirties big Wolseley gentleman's cars. Downing's built a new chassis for it based on the design of the Riley 9 raced by Peter Downing. Didn't start in the AGP following ignition problems in practice. Later got road registered and driven around Brisbane by Cyril.
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Hey! Digger!
I've found a pith helmet for you.
You might think it's a little expensive but it does come with a free Series 1.
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SubscriberIs that Hebe?Hey! Digger!
I've found a pith helmet for you.
You might think it's a little expensive but it does come with a free Series 1.
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Yep! Wouldn't I like to buy it.
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Dropped into Dubbo Zoo the other day for lunch and the gift shop has some Pith Helmets , guess they go with the Safari Theme ,( but no Safari Jackets )
OldBushie
I really want to get the full safari outfit including the big boots, one day I will.....just like one day I will finish my series one
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