Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

[jackiewilson]

My chin is getting heavier and heavier! But I think there is a very faint dot of light appearing at the end of a very long tunnel. I'll give it another good plug before I call it a day -- as you say, a little help for Kay and Mick.

I was thinking of something similar to the 'concept'. Maybe with slightly 'space age' look. Could it be on some sort of mirrored base? Not a tall sculpture -- more like the Duke of York or the Harmsworth -- so it looks like it's floating. Very much appreciated Jack. Thanks.

Get your in house artist to send an impression of the craft , ie, hydro, inboard , Tunnel. Junior, or a combo piece———- Harmsworthreally is dated and screams. 20/30s ——- Surely things can’t be that bad Roy ?

[powerabout]

Visited the Toyota factory in 78, they had just taken delivery of a DFV, disappeared off the face of the earth——- was never seen again. Read into it what you will.
Wouldnt be surprised if Honda didn’t put in a bid for Detroit any time soon and SONY bought the EVINRUDE name———- you see, in this day and age, money can buy respectability!

Yamaha got caught stealing data from the OMC/Volvo business, got a ban from selling USA and Australia, they sell as Toyota Stern drive in Japan, and I assume its a Yanmar sterndrive now?

[jackiewilson]

yam like toyota, nothing special just keeps plugging away...
Every-time the yanks drop the ball they gain market share and after 25years suddenly you notice your not No1 anymore

Visited the Toyota factory in 78, they had just taken delivery of a DFV, disappeared off the face of the earth——- was never seen again. Read into it what you will.
Wouldnt be surprised if Honda didn’t put in a bid for Detroit any time soon and SONY bought the EVINRUDE name———- you see, in this day and age, money can buy respectability!

[fastonwater]

I'm the in-house artist . I'll do a sketch. I didn't mean like the Harmsworth -- just wanted it to have a low profile, not tall. No! I'm feeling quite positive really -- honest!

[jackiewilson]

Yamaha got caught stealing data from the OMC/Volvo business, got a ban from selling USA and Australia, they sell as Toyota Stern drive in Japan, and I assume its a Yanmar sterndrive now?

Bigger you are——- the less likely you’re likely to get hurt when and if you should fall.
Take Microsoft——— Amazon——— Apple——— SKY—— Just as a facetious ferinstance————- me myself have probably paid more in taxes than the whole FECKIN slippery bunch of them put together.
Time to put a “Turnover” tax on the bloody lot of them !
For every dollar they pay a tax lawyer——- they should be made to pay the government the same amount——- trouble is, all the smart tax lawyers work for the tax dodgers.

[jackiewilson]

That damned white stuff been coming down all day long but hasn’t really settled any.
Had a couple of hours sprottling in the shop, but my nose was like a dripping tap and my nuts were freezing. Was glad when the child minder yelled “Lunch time”.
If it was June it would be 80 degrees——— but it’s not, it’s February in England and it’s zero degrees and bloody cold. How the hell people can live in Chicago and Minisota, let alone Alaska and Vancouver where this stuff is deemed “acceptable” beggars belief.

[jackiewilson]

Can tell you right now——if it’s like this tomorrow, I’m not getting out from under the sheets. I’ll settle for some lie in time——— , my body needs the rest .
Started getting the “dropsies “ late afternoon——— decided to call it a day around 4:30, heart was no longer in it, fingers gone dead, nose dripping, eyes watering, I’m done!
I-got a biggy lined up in front of me——— Jilly has taken Lizzie back home and the fires chucking out some serious therms———all set for a great evening at home.

[jackiewilson]

None of the damned white stuff settled, thank goodness, but right now it’s six below and it’s not going to reach above freezing at all today————- light flurries all day with the heavy falls forecast for Thursday. Craig’s due to fly in Thursday morning Crack-O-Sparrow arrives Gatwick. With this forecast and a tight schedule———- might be best to call the whole trip.
Only thing that’s really urgent is my six inch Velcro discs and Close Up toothpaste, nothing that can’t wait ! Plus he’s busy as buggery back at home in Florida——— Paris can wait !
Doctor needs to see me 9:00 am—— only for a check up, make sure the heart’s still beating and I got a pulse and blood pressures up to muster——— nothing of any consequence!

[powerabout]

they invented the South of France for a reason, Marseilles to Nice, stays warm ish in winter

[jackiewilson]

they invented the South of France for a reason, Marseilles to Nice, stays warm ish in winter

Dont you believe it Pilgrim——- lived in the South of France for Eleven Years———- five in Avignon and six in the fishing village of Bouzigues——- right on the waters of the Etang Du Thau which runs directly into the Mediterranean.
We had more snow and icy winds———— bloody MISTRALS that can last three, six, or even nine days, and cut through the valley like a scimitar than we ever had in the south of England————- but then again————I have had my Christmas dinner up on the terrace in shirtsleeves, so it wasn’t all bad !
Again, we were a tad west of Marseille——— only by a whisker. !MONTPELLIER.

[powerabout]

Marseille to Nice has a micro climate.
Always warmer.
Have been in shirt sleeves in Antibes whilst its snowing in portafino

[jackiewilson]

Heard it all before——- lived the dream—— been stuck in 8”” Of snow at the border in Ventamiglia with three Torriggia,s, one on the roof——— and a double decker trailer—— two tunnels and a V bottom. Snow lasted from Como to Calais——— sick to my tits with “ MICRO CLIMATES”——- it’s only in the minds of pundits and wannabe authors!
Palm trees grow in Bradford but they don’t claim micro climate——- you’ve heard the old adage “ one swallow don’t make a summer “ ——— just because they had a mild winter along the coast from Nice to Marseille in 1873 didn’t give it the right to MICRO CLIMATE status———- I can tell you after eleven years in that neck of the woods————-IT DOES NOT HAVE IT ANY MORE!

[powerabout]

Ventimiglia is the cold side of Nice
The first full winter I did there I kept looking at the temp gradient on the forecast and it just showed a large warm area from Nice to Marseille, hence the property prices I guess?
Shirts off on the boat yet we could see the snow where you could ski
Appealed to Mick Jagger...

[jackiewilson]

Once had a little tiny black sprint Molinari——- raced it at the idriscala in Milan ———- had a photo of it with the alps in the back ground covered in snow———- one of the nicest shots I ever saw ——— never told me how much a faberge egg was in St. Petersburg.

[jackiewilson]

Shoulda done like I said and stayed in bed——— Jesus wept, but we don’t get many days this cold in England. Q