Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

[jackiewilson]

Mark still stuck in Beijing ------ETA Sunday morning, that will be one unhappy if he misses his boat show! He leaves for Key West Tuesday, still chasing those elusive hours.
Blowing harder and raining heavier------might just take the afternoon off.
Coated the "Maliwang"----- funny how me and epoxy fail to get along, might try molasses next time, sure as hell cant be any worse than this two pack treacle I've been using-------had a feeling all along I would have to dip into the paint pot for the NAM.
Was a bit damp as I was foraging at the scrap yard-----got me a whole parcel of goodies including a few hundred tungsten tips for my lathe tooling. Enough angle, tube and plate to keep in never never land for the next few years.
Can tell you for certain ,there will be no piccies of anything this weekend.

[GENE LANHAM]

Can tell you for certain ,there will be no piccies of anything this weekend.

I can help with only a boring pic and an exciting story, Jackie.

The MALIBU took to the air yesterday!!!

First time in over three years!!

Common sense and the insurance company insisted that I take a REAL pilot along, Tom has flown everything from an FA 18 to the new Gulfstream--and was an instuctor at the 'Top Gun' School

Was I happy!!!

[lilabner]

with a smile like that, Tavares should be no problem then.

[jackiewilson]

I can help with only a boring pic and an exciting story, Jackie.

The MALIBU took to the air yesterday!!!

First time in over three years!!

Common sense and the insurance company insisted that I take a REAL pilot along, Tom has flown everything from an FA 18 to the new Gulfstream--and was an instuctor at the 'Top Gun' School

Was I happy!!!

Gene, there is nothing boring about the story or the guy who wrote it ------you and me are living the dream, you who are much older than me are trying to cram more into the NOVEMBER of our lives than me! At least I don't have to tell you how to wring every minute out of every day-----they're much too precious to waste.

Did you know that the Miles Aircraft company made what the world called the Bell X7. Churchill closed them down and gave Barnes Wallis the funding and all the drawings and the prototypes to the USA. They were light years ahead of anyone else in turbines, jets and rockets -------but they weren't in favour with the hierarchy. They made Barnes Wallis a "SIR" for his bouncing bomb efforts-----he never did anything else of note !

Churchill was a great wartime leader, but he had more faults than the San Adrea!
He ordered the bombing of Dresden, but hung Bomber Harris out to dry, put all the blame on him !
Refused to recognise the Polish, French, Indian and Czech spitfire pilots,
He gave out the British aircraft industries secrets like he was throwing confetti

Stayed in the shop until four----cracked on with the COSWORTH trailer, heavyweight alloy -----just a single axle, a pair of wheels take two days to finish------trying to clear up all the odds and ends before I have a purge in the shop. Winters approaching fast----it's a bloody cold place to be in Jan/Feb I can tell you, so I will spend a minimum of time in there and a lot more time annoying all the old farts out there on S&F.

[powerabout]

I see your buddy Hamilton has said he won his championships with clean driving skills rather than how Schumacher won his...that upset a few fans but its true

[powerabout]

Gene, there is nothing boring about the story or the guy who wrote it ------you and me are living the dream, you who are much older than me are trying to cram more into the NOVEMBER of our lives than me! At least I don't have to tell you how to wring every minute out of every day-----they're much too precious to waste.

Did you know that the Miles Aircraft company made what the world called the Bell X7. Churchill closed them down and gave Barnes Wallis the funding and all the drawings and the prototypes to the USA. They were light years ahead of anyone else in turbines, jets and rockets -------but they weren't in favour with the hierarchy. They made Barnes Wallis a "SIR" for his bouncing bomb efforts-----he never did anything else of note !

Churchill was a great wartime leader, but he had more faults than the San Adrea!
He ordered the bombing of Dresden, but hung Bomber Harris out to dry, put all the blame on him !
Refused to recognise the Polish, French, Indian and Czech spitfire pilots,
He gave out the British aircraft industries secrets like he was throwing confetti

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Gov also gave away the secret to the flying tail to the USA which was the secret to breaking the sound barrier

[jackiewilson]

I see your buddy Hamilton has said he won his championships with clean driving skills rather than how Schumacher won his...that upset a few fans but its true

Lewis is not my buddy, I don't know him and have never met him Pilgrim but I do think he is the best driver on the scene today and if he keeps his mouth tight shut and simply uses his driving ability he could become one of-----if not the greatest driver in history.
Its a mistake to compare himself with Schumacher and he will have to have a decent set of wheels in the coming years.
Ferrari will come knocking soon enough-----just hope his head doesn't get too big for the crown.

[jackiewilson]

Gov also gave away the secret to the flying tail to the USA which was the secret to breaking the sound barrier

I think Chuck Yeager was the greatest test pilot of all time and he sincerely believed the Bell was "All American". The fins can be seen on the Miles before it was shipped to the USA.

[jackiewilson]

One of of my grandkids hit the nail on the head----"Where ya get the barn find grandad" out of the mouth of babes and infants comes pure truth!

One last shot at getting it to look something like, have to use the spray can.!

[jackiewilson]

Forgot to tell you, I bought this at the car boot sale on Thursday, cost me a tenner. Want to try and slow the motor down so I can cut metal without breaking the bank. I use the Startrite for too many other jobs, but the blade travels far too fast for metal cutting------five minutes cutting alloy and its buggered..
Thought about putting a variable speed motor on it similar to the one on my lathe. Cheapest way is to reduce the size of the toothed belt pulley.
Don't seem able to find one on the dot-dot, suppose I'll have to spin one up myself and cut the teeth freehand!
Struggling with the jockey wheel on the posh trailer for the COSWORTH -----thought it would be a simple hours job, but one thing leads to another, in the end I decided -----posh trailers need posh jockey wheels.
Glued up the second tyre and fixed it to the wheel, bearings work fine, stuck the green baize on the runners and a front "Bump post", halfway through the mudguards .
Wonder how many old racers remember the 12"X2" runners and the shag pile carpet we would stitch on to the tunnel boat trailers?
Rossi lost out on the Moto GP title by five points, while it makes exciting biting to watch, 'twould appear there's a wee bit of friction and more than a tad of jiggery pokey goes on.

Tavares almost here----this time next week it will all be over and I shall have missed it!
Will try and get some of you on FaceTime over the weekend, you can tell me what I'm missing.

[jackiewilson]

Bloody "LANGHAM SPINNERS" ---------they're everywhere I look!!!

[jackiewilson]

Think everyone went to the moon for the weekend, nobody came out to play------ami the only one excited by Tavares ? And I'm not even going !
Monday Monday------just love that day----and Mama Cass-----second week in November and five until Christmas . Four weeks to the shortest day, another five and I shall be damn near as old as Gene, where did they go, all the good times, the racing and the wine ???? Wonder if anyone out there remembers "BLUE MINK"
In a nostalgic mood this morning, but can't stay here for long, just a short while to reminisce before "the cares of the day" !!!
Suppose the trek to Tavares and the pilgrimage to Key West kicks off today depending on your religion. Me myself will be keeping the little grey cells active and the arthritis at bay either cleaning the shop up (which is like a pig sty) or creating more useless concepts which no doubt will be demoted to the patio table.
Have a good week people, I'll be thinking of you!

[FUJIMO]

MerCruiser M8 drive. Propnut cover, anti-theft cover available now. They are both great parts.

[jackiewilson]

MerCruiser M8 drive. Propnut cover, anti-theft cover available now. They are both great parts.

Call it what you want-------fact is-----to me it will always be "THE LANGHAM SPINNER" !!!!!

[FUJIMO]

Call it what you want-------fact is-----to me it will always be "THE LANGHAM SPINNER" !!!!!

LOL...yup.