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« on: February 26, 2006, 12:12:14 PM » |
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Flap & I spent yesterday afternoon freezing our socks off at my brother's workshop on a farm outside Marlborough, pulling the engine out of a Jag. Big brother Steve was toasty warm inside, TIG welding his new drag car chassis. Very impressive stuff. Very expensive stuff. A thousand quid's worth of tubing has gone into this so far. Amazingly lightweight though, which is obviously what he's after in a race car. Very strict race regulations mean the welds can't be dressed in any way but Steve's made a beautiful job of them. So that's where all the talent in the family went. A little dispiriting when Flap tells me he's picked the wrong brother to be mates with!  Hope I'm not revealing any secrets, but the body will be similar to the previous "Black Pig" but based around a Moggy Minor shell. Wonder what the owners' club will make of that?! This is the first time Steve's taken it out of the jig & propped the wheels in place to see what it looks like. |
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« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2006, 12:13:52 PM » |
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I'm with Flap. Oi, Flap - let's go and be friends with that nice Steve!
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« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2006, 12:18:17 PM » |
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You DID want the boot struts I spent so long taking off the Jag didn't you?
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« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2006, 12:23:27 PM » |
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Steve tries the cockpit for size. His mate John holds the roll cage top tube in place to check for headroom. It's claustrophobically tight in there.
The upright board halfway down the chassis marks the rear of the engine.
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« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2006, 12:25:11 PM » |
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Quick Wizzkitt, lets go and leave the Manky world of the Monkey  |
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Did you know I won a Trophy and lost my Cartman hat.
Then I won another Trophy. I miss my hat.
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« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2006, 12:31:49 PM » |
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You pack the cakes, I'll start the engine... Don't look back!
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« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2006, 12:55:27 PM » |
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You'll be sorry -both of you. Don't leave me. We can work it out. I can change. I love you...Flap.
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« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2006, 01:14:57 PM » |
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I love you...Flap.
We already know that. Wizz *Wandering off ... sniffing ... unloved... * |
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« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2006, 01:17:30 PM » |
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I'm a magnanimous Monkey. I love everyone -in a manly, ruffty tuffty kinda way.  |
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« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2006, 01:20:45 PM » |
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I love everyone -in a manly, ruffty tuffty kinda way. Been to see 'Brokeback Mountain' have you?  Wizz Running Away |
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« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2006, 01:24:39 PM » |
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No, I don't like chaps in chaps. More a Wallice & Grommit type myself. Written that Duel review yet missus? Sent the fastest Indian piece off to Yodles?
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« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2006, 01:54:07 PM » |
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Neat swerve of subject there, Mankster. No and no. I'll email Yoda the copy of the Fastest Indian when I'm back in the office, and will write Duel up. Coincidentally, turned on BBC Radio 7 when I went to bed last night and the sort story of Duel was being read on the radio. Very good, it was.
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« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2006, 09:28:28 PM » |
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Matt black is the best, f**k the rest!!
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« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2006, 10:49:38 PM » |
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I liked The Manksters. Herman was my favourite. "Car 59 where are you", now that was a classic series. Spooky coincidence wasn't it Wizz? How on earth do you tell that story on the radio? Can't imagine it somehow.
Yes indeedy U.T, the frame DOES bend in the middle! I asked Steve the same thing. He said the height at either end is fixed by the wheel diameter, the regulations give a minimum frame height of 4 inches & keeping things as low as possible makes for a more stable machine. So the mid-mounted motor sits down tight to the tarmac. It's a scary looking beast even before the engine goes in. I'd love to say I'd piloted one of these things but would never have the guts. Big bro's either very brave, stoopid or crazy -or all three.
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« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2006, 10:51:29 PM » |
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I liked The Manksters. Herman was my favourite. "Car 59 where are you", now that was a classic series. Spooky coincidence wasn't it Wizz? How on earth do you tell that story on the radio? Can't imagine it somehow.
I've read the short story, but this reading of it was surprisingly good, although it helped if you'd seen the film (which was faithful to the story). |
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