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Hi All, Perhaps we need some light relief! Cape Town recently suffered a spate of power failures due to some technical problems at out local nuclear power station. A blonde says to her blonde friend, 'You know the other day I had a terrible experience. I was stuck in a lift for two hours.'...

Hi All, At the end of January, Tiff Needell , who heads op Channel Five’s Fifth Gear TV programme arrived in Cape Town with his camera crew to film the Superformance GT40 MK11 at the Killarney race track and along coastal scenic routes. I’ve just phoned the UK and they will let me know on...

Hi F1 fans, I'm sure that a few million viewers must have seen Michael Schumacher walking through the Toyota pit after he crashed his Ferrari in yesterday's Australian Grand Prix. I was wondering if he had popped in to ask for a job so that he could join his brother! He, he he, Andre 40

Hi all, I’ve been reading the many posts about the unfortunate Roaring Forties saga, sometimes with amazement and sometimes with amusement. The one issue that’s heart warming and highly admirable is the ‘rescue fund’ and the many contributions that were made by forum members. This is an...

In pristine new condistion

Hi All, That’s me with Gordon Murray at a dinner party during his and his wife, Stella’s, recent and last visit to Cape Town. I’m busy drawing a McLaren F1 on a paper napkin. ‘What’s that? It looks like an F1,’ he says. I say, ‘Supposed to be!’ ‘Ah, now I see’, says he. What a diplomat...

Hi all you high flyers (as opposed to low flyers), A visit by an old friend from the UK, a former RAF test pilot from the 1960s era, Keith Hawes, was a good excuse to re-visit Thunder City, which adjoins Cape Town International Airport, South Africa. Thunder City operates the world’s largest...

THE PRESSURERITE AUTOMATIC TIRE PRESSURE CONTROL SYSTEM. A UNIQUE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. My friend and neighbour, Pierre du Toit, has developed and patented worldwide the Pressurite Automatic Tyre Pressure Control System. For the development and testing of this device Pierre formed a company...

One Sunday morning Sir Percy Ponsonby-Smythe, WC and Chain, VD and Scar, headed off to the famous Wentworth golf course in his Rolls-Royce for a game of golf with some stockbroker friends. He drove into the car park, parked the car and headed towards the club house. The local car cleaner...

PROGRESS REPORT ROARING FORTIES, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA When Robert Logan took the monumental decision to ship the Roaring Forties production from Melbourne, Australia to distant Cape Town, South Africa it was inevitable that there would be some teething troubles, delays and communication...

Hi All, Ron Earp and I have been corresponding about the possibility of some, hopefully several forum members meeting up at next year’s Goodwood Revival Meeting in September. I’ve been there twice, in 2000 and 2003 and all I can say that IMHO it’s the most magic of all motor racing events...

CALCULATE YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE. It takes only a minute. Be sure you don’t read the bottom until you’ve worked it out. This is not one of those waste of time things , it’s fun! First of all pick the number of times you would like to have chocolate during the week – not less than 2 but not...

Hi Everybody, I'm sure that people involved in the building of fibreglass bodied are frequently asked 'How strong is fibreglass compared with pressed steel bodies.' Before I relate my first hand experience of just how strong fibreglass is I would like to share with you the rather bizarre and...

Hi Everybody, In early 2000 a friend gave me a cartoon drawing of a fellow who had just built a kayak. The rear end tapered up in the correct position but the front drooped downwards in the opposite direction, hence the head on the arm and the exasperated expression! This gave me the idea of...

In my post under ALL GT40 - CAR BUILDING IS A COMPLEX BUSINESS I suggest that when cars are built they must be built and planned like a military campaign. On the other side of the coin there's something that's often not well planned and organised in our lives and that's the filing of...

Thanks to Richard, a history teacher at St Paul's School, some New Year cheer. OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. The inhabitants of Egypt were called mummies. They lived in the Sarah desert and travelled by camelot. Certain areas of the Sarah desert are cultivated by irritation. The...

What\'s a pessimist? An optimist with experience!! Andre 40

As we move towards the end of yet another year I would like to share with you some thoughts and personal experiences about the complex business of building cars. My opening message is that the building of a car is a challenging, difficult, involved and time consuming process. Ain't no short...

A great big thank you www.GT40s.com A BIG THANK YOU www.GT40s.com I now have the story. This website was motivated by Robert Logan, owner of Roaring Forties in the land of the Kangaroo, Koala bear, not forgetting to mention Fosters. Also some rugby and cricket players. He put his idea to...

Read all about it on www.algp.com Andre 40