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Could be, the birds red--------fire engines are red-------fire Chiefs face is red--------
we're getting close !!!!!!!
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Could be, the birds red--------fire engines are red-------fire Chiefs face is red--------
we're getting close !!!!!!!
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Last one ------I promise !
Answer: They are all driven by a fireman and at a high rate of speed. :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Great Job Jackie!!! Where did all the years go???Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
This picture IS almost 60 years old!!!
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Gasoline engines, open cabs and riding tailboard when you are a rookie! Those were the days. Seemed perfectly reasonable at the time.
-and seatbelts hadn't even been invented---Quote:
Originally Posted by 2us70
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Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
Those were the days my friend-------we thought would never end------bloody good name for a song methinks Gene ?
Where did they go, all the good times,-------the flowers and the wine,-----the young girls who loved me,------the kisses that were mine --------something like that, .???? Forgot the rest.
Cor blimey just listen to it!!!!!!Yer still livin' it..........Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Swimming pool..check
Blonde on yer arm...check
Trusty Lexus ....check
Lovely garden full of flowers...check
Offy down the road fer yer £3.99 bottle of plonk...check
Young girls?? mm best off giving that one a miss
Kisses?...... yea well who could blame em' lol:):)
Anyway back to serious things.....a virtual bottle of Bushmills to the 1st one to put a make & model to the 3 chariots depicted
on Jackies valuable china plates,Phill.
Those were the days,Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
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We're still living it!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by ron54
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Looks like surround and drown to me. I have a few pictures from my Fire Department days but I look so silly in a fire helmet I will never post them.Quote:
Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
Downtown--initial response empties Station 1 and 2--including four 1250/1500 pumpers--need water??Quote:
Originally Posted by 2us70
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Don't you boys "foot" the ladder over there to prevent slipping or was the guy on the top not too well liked??Quote:
Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
If the ladder is properly set it is not likely to kick out.
And the answer is ____________________________________????Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
says the message is too short------that's what my sainted mother used to say !Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob V
Took the COSWORTH apart ready for the final assembly -----wanted to paint the block RED, with the rest of the bits cleaned and the bright work polished-------bloody hundreds of bits and pieces to make this concept. Worked on the exhaust system all day Friday----coming together nicely. What more can a man ask for?
Haven't fathomed out the mount for it yet-------has to be a bit special-----it's taken me two weeks , on and off and I've been more careful than I usually am with a "concept".
Saturday morning and our summers in full swing-----wall to wall sunshine------a forage in the scrapyard-----then a day in the shop------a good friends 50th birthday party tonight with an 80's theme! Got the sleeves on my jacket rolled up already !
Low 80/s this morning, but we have a light breeze keeping the temperature liveable.
Gave the block another coat of red------Hammerite smooth-------looks the biz on the bench------most of it gets covered in add ons anyway-------why would you bother anyway?
Very successful forage this morning at the "FACILITY"
Yeah....that is exactly what I thought the three pictures had in common :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
dont we live to the full.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob V
Anyway back to serious things.....a virtual bottle of Bushmills to the 1st one to put a make & model to the 3 chariots depicted
on Jackies valuable china plates.[/QUOTE]
Don't want to labour the point fellers but any takers on this?? and no I don't the answers already....Phill
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Originally Posted by ron54
Mack; Diamond 'T'; Peter Pirsch???
Jackie--I just celebrated that Big Number--Tonight--nearly 35 years living at 8000 feet in the Rockies--I realized--after my second 12 year old Single Malt--Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
After 85--'YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING YOU SAY OR DO'---!!!
Gene, I sent you an email-----sank a couple of large single malts in your honour last night-------when I reach your age, I might have a party !
Looks like Gene won the Bushmills Phill------make it the single malt------not the cooking Bushmills!Quote:
Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
Ladiees and Gents we have a winner!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
Well done Sir, a bottle of virtual 12 month (sorry year) old single malt is winging it's way to you as I write....enjoy!!
Spent the whole of today making two manifolds and two sets of pipes-----two silencers-----somewhere near the original.
You have never seen as many thrice and twice bent lengths of stainless steel rod------I discarded a dozen or more------single bend is easy------two angles takes thought and planning-----curves and angles, twisting and shaping exhaust pipes takes pure genius---------which I am not.
In the end I settled for just two angles on each of the eight pipes, with a twist to the left on one bank, ------a twist to the right on the other.
Learned a very valuable lesson today--------don't mess with pipes until your old enough to smoke!
So Hamilton won in Austria today--------so what, who gives a toss any more, just a bunch of overpaid self opinionated spoiled brats making Bernie and Murdoch Trillions.
Weather set fair for another week-------pool up to 80 degrees and still nobody got their bum damp, let alone wet. Definitely making it into a water cress pond year-------bloody hours of pains and aches preparing the damn thing-------all for nothing. Well sod that for a game of soldiers, I got better things to do with my life than being a a blasted "Pool Boy".
Schools out------kids are on holiday----for the next month I shall try and steer clear of hyper markets, roads that lead to anywhere and beaches.
Home is where the heart, wife and workshop are, why would I go out?
Got a new concept to try out-------if it looks good in the next couple of days, I'll post a progress piccie or three!
Monday, Monday -----really must get out there and make a name for myself ?
Roger, need about twenty of those props you sent me, that's just for the concepts already in the shed. Could you tell me where you got them-------RC props are rather expensive to put it mildly !
12mm/25mm with 4/5mm shafts------in colonial measurements that's a half inch to one inch with an eighth bore.
Been up to my fetlocks in projects and concepts -------have a rake of gear for Tavares , plus some customer objects!
Last time I sent a bunch of stuff to Tavares, it cost $1200------- have found out how to send the same size package for $250.
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Barn find------needs a lot of TLC-------or none at all !
Might just fiddle fart about with it for a couple of days--------see how things pan out !
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Nearly ready for the shed------waiting for some clear rubber injection tubing.
Dont blow 'em up Dave-----it'll show up the flaws!
Jackie, I got those props from Terry Topjun who used to do the AlterScale diecast motor models. Those were the last of the ones he had and I don't think he will be doing any more models or ordering or parts. My only suggestion is to check out the radio controlled modelers and see if they have a source.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Tried those Roger-------seems to me I have to look in China------Hong Kong has quite a few alloy , bronze, brass, and black and clear plastic. None of them have any sort of "Class"-----they all look to be low quality and high price.Quote:
Originally Posted by RogerH
Have to find the actual maker------the company that does the castings------buy fifty, or maybe a hundred and finish them myself.
Nobody takes pride in what they make any more-------where have all the flowers gone ? Turned to crap dear-----every one !
Summers continuing, no rain forecast for today------had to water the garden with the hose pipe this last week-----won't last long-------this is England ------home of the drizzle-----land of the rain ?
May try and get up to Kirdford today and see my old friend Bill Mouland, one of the finest wood turners in the world, he hardly ever goes out into his shop these days--------93 and chair bound and ailing fast, -----he was a real feisty old git until his wife Barbara passed away last year, then the life went out of him. Must make the effort while there's still time.
Enjoying farting about with the old "Roller" ------made in Rising Sun Land-----incredible detail both inside and out, think something quite nice may come out of this one. Picked it up at the car boot sale for a fiver, sometime last year-----stuck it on a shelf and forgot about it. Then I had a bright idea, more I think of it, the more I like it.
Now I've shot my mouth off, I have to make it "Desireable"-------sie la vie!
Watched the U Tube vid last night of Sirois and Odell doing the "Bahamas 500"-----that's when men wuz men----and women were glad of it !!!
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Originally Posted by jackiewilson
:iagree:
I was the new guy at Holman Moody for that race, and went to Nassau with Bill Sundman to refuel and fix what we could. I knew most of the Merc guys from racing for Merc in the old days of OPC. Next year I was in a 28 Donzi.
Wasn't that interested in "Offshore" in my younger days, way out of my league.Quote:
Originally Posted by lilabner
Wasn't until I met Pruett in Dez Embiers in '66, then Sirois in Lugano that I got even interested in the other side of boat racing.
Then when I started visiting Molinari in Como, (long before he acquired Torrigia) that I met offshore drivers like Wayne Vickers, Richie Powers, saw the factory boats and worked on some of the 32' triple outboard powered cigarette rigs . Most of the guys were circuit racers and offshore.
Closest I got to racing offshore was through reading the comics and the exploits of Doc Magoon and Rick La Mort.
Knew a number of English offshore racers through Mike Bellamy-----he was one of those people that knew "EVERYTHING" and "EVERYBODY" -----he even introduced me to Phil Rolla-----
Mike was and still is an innovator -----he could put a rig together for any occasion-----circuit or offshore.
Proof of this was winning the London ---Monte Carlo with Eddie Chater and Jim ??? Ralph Hilton put up the cash for H.T.S. All these guys were circuit racers long before they went offshore.
Just as an aside------second in the London --Monte race was Pascoe Watson and Timo Mackinon in an Avenger.
You'll have to forgive my early morning ramblings-----it's a habit I have!
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Latest "OFF" golf trophy------reputed to be part of King Tuts golden hoard------the fabled single mast "Dhow" in solid gold, lost for nearly a hundred years.
You have to be in it to win it------more legendary trophies in the 2016 OFF Tourney than in the Ryder Cup!