Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

[Bob V]

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CAN ANYONE OUT THERE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE HELL THIS HAPPENS ??????
I know the feckin Kodak does not TAKE upside down or sideways pictures, so its got to be a SCREAM AND FLY thing.
When Timmy and Billy came over for the Bristol Reunion i got to spend a couple of days with them , so we took a trip to GOODWOOD where they were preparing for the FESTIVAL OF SPEED .
One of the highlights of the show is always the iconic sculpture in front of the main house which usually has very exotic cars hanging from the sky.
Other piccie is on the start line of the famous Hillclimb run.

[FUJIMO]

[jackiewilson]

\Really have been working my nuts off this last week .Started off with a 30lb slab of 30 mm thick aluminium . Managed to fernagle two monohulls and a tunnel out of the one piece Working with solid is expensive . A hard slog. Time consuming and hard on machinery. Then there’s the small matter of 25 x 6“ abrasive discs .
Should have some sort of result by the end of next week.
Somewhere along the way, about six months ago, i lost one of the stubby exhausts from Gene‘s MALIBUSTANG— so i took time out to fabricate another one . Now its firing on all cylinders again.
DOING THAT DAMN SILLY THING I ALWAYS DO ———-MULTIPLE CONCEPTS -all at once .

[jackiewilson]

Actual MALIBUSTANG looks a hell of a lot better than the pictures suggest. Was one of the first concepts i ever made out of two inch square solid aluminium.
Stuff looks good in the end but its a messy and unkind material—with very little „“feeling“ until near the end when it kinda COMES TO LIFE.
Last monohull there I’m attempting something along the line of ROGER HOOKS —LUCAS OIL. Thats one of those instantly recognised water craft like 113 MISS GEICO. And BLUEBIRD. Get the basic shape right and we have us a concept.

[jackiewilson]

Been another one of those head down—arse up days !!!! Worked my cobs off with very little to show for it.
Have my lovely Dutch friends -Tini and Leo coming for a couple of days so there will not be much progress until the weekend . Still, time i let my hair down for a day or two.

[jackiewilson]

Old Farts Forever 2022 .pdf

Here is a flier on what is happening for the old farts meeting this year

[jackiewilson]

Long ago and far away, before PONTIOUS was a Pilate
i used to fabricate sculptures similar to this .
First one was Birth of a nation - SECOND —- CREATION. Third was a trophy for a great friend who after 84 years shot a hole in one . I called it hole in one hoover. Fourth is just some long forgotten nonsense Thats upstairs in the loft .
All I’m doing really is simply pointing out i CAN do lots more besides CARS-PLANES -BOATS AND TRAINS.

[jackiewilson]

Finally finished the first of the all metal tunnel boats for MILES JENNINGS . Was going to give it a matt finish, but it would always look crappy . So its highly polished and now totally acceptable . HAD A FULL SEVEN HOURS in the shop today . Thats how come i could finish the first effort.
Will post a bunch of stuff at close of play thursday. Totally knackered tonight, been a long day.

[Lake X Kid]

Here in a England we have a womens football tournament going on. . England have reached the final to be played this Sunday at Wembley stadium .
They have been given the nickname „“THE LIONESS‘S“ .
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This is the how the Winners dance.
The Lioness are champions.

[jackiewilson]

Was a great moment in sporting history when England beat Germany in the final.
First time in 56 years we have actually won a football world cup. They did it in style too, seeing as how Germany had won the trophy for eight out of the last ten times the World Cup was held .

[techteam]

Ironic England wins the EUROPEAN cup given we left europe. I bet the USA girls are out for you Jackie.

[jackiewilson]

Ironic England wins the EUROPEAN cup given we left europe. I bet the USA girls are out for you Jackie.

Well—they do get the chance on Sunday—ex world champs versus the current world champs !!!!!
should be a very interesting match . U.S. are nowhere as physical as the Germans, so there should be some interesting tussle’s.
Just as long as they dont come out with all that bloody knee bending nonsense , i can sit back and enjoy the game . [ which means the total expenditure of the game will be approximately one percent of the mens game]
MONEY fecked up the mens game of soccer —-same as it did with golf —— wont be long befor they have robots shooting. The mid fifties on a regular basis.
Hey tech - team. My grand daughter Kate is organising the 2022 OFF meeting——tells me she was unable to get on the old s and eff site ????? Maybe you could give her a hand Greg. [yes-i am going]

[FUJIMO]

[jackiewilson]

My family out on the town last night before they get down to the serious business of racing the HUSKI boats in Michigan this weekend.
But by Monday they will all be back in Stuart hard at work creating all sorts of wonderment and magic..
My grand daughter Kate is organising a couple of days fun for all the old farts before the HUSKI Team heads down to KEY WEST for the final offshore event of the year in early November.
Weird to think i am actually the PATRON of all this great crowd from the offshore racing fraternity, first time i ever looked at like that. They’re just all my kids who i love dearly [in spite of everything]

[jackiewilson]

Thats the ride of MILES JENNINGS this weekend in Michigan.
Again it’s quite strange to think that next Tuesday he will be right here in SUPERSHED rummaging around —seeing what he can find that suits him. It’s what they do —- come for one thing and wnd up with ten.