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Re: Can someone with limited mechanical skills live with a G Reading between the lines, I think Darren would prefer to have all the work performed by a professional (correct me if I am wrong Darren). If that is the case, then I don't think that you would have a problem. It may be a matter of...

[ QUOTE ] ..also cause in italy people dunno anything about the 40.. [/ QUOTE ] I guess that it’s a collectively repressed memory caused by the trauma of being beaten. No I'm not talking about Italians being beaten as children; I'm talking about the Ferraris being beaten by the GT40s.

Ross, I assume that you didn't just pick a picture of a rolling Porsche at random Was it an event you competed in? The track doesn't look familiar.

Re: Jensen Healey Race Car is \"Done\" - Where did my year go? Hi Ross, The GT40 is running better than ever. Just itching for the next track day. Incidentally, as a direct comparison between this model JH , I regularly raced against one in my TR6 in a class that was basically mildly...

Re: Jensen Healey Race Car is \"Done\" - Where did my year go? Ross, I believe that these JHs were powered by a Lotus twin-cam engine. I'm sure Ron will chime in and fill in the details

I know that the conventional wisdom is that the body will sag over time but has anyone actually tested the theory? I ask because I effectively ran a test myself and found it NOT to be the case at all. During the build I managed to line up all the panels except for the centre edge of the roof...

For mine, its the little details. Usually too many to mention and individually not valuable in themselves. The sort of things that I'm referring to are things like straight stitching, gauges that are properly spaced and aligned, colors that match correctly inside and out, the sound the door...

Veek, It is amazing how much we agree, especially the part about capitulation not working. Almost everything that you have said is spot on, so why don’t we agree that any solution that we undertake should not exacerbate the situation? It is correct to say that they have a core hatred. So much...

There are no justifiable reasons for what these animals did in London, and those individuals deserve no sympathy whatsoever when they are eventually brought to justice. However it should not be used as an excuse for us to escalate the situation by lashing out in all directions just because it...

Hersh, I came up with a very simliar solution to the carry space problem. My bag was a weatherproof (tested in light rain only) soft bag that sat across the entire length of the section under the nostils. I considered placing a small bag behind the radiator as you have, but was worried it might...

If I may make one further point about this matter. It is not enough for someone to say that they think that something is "dangerous" or "high-risk" or for that matter "frightening". Actual risk is mathematically calculated using statistics and has almost nothing to do with personal experiences...

In a forum such as this, I suspect that there are a good percentage of people who understand the true nature of motorsport and its benefits. I guess Ken's comment (please correct me if I am wrong Ken) is just a timely reality check for those who may have let their guard down momentarily, and on...

Dito Pete, If you are serious about your safety on the road, then you will spend as much time on the track as possible. There is NO substitute to understanding a car and its limitations. And it is much much better to find these limits with an open paddock in your windscreen than a fully laden...

Stoddard always the strategist. Reported in the local media today, Paul Stoddard suggested that as many as six teams may boycott the next meeting at Magny-Cors if a draconian penalty was applied. This may never happen, but it certainly has turned the tables on Mosely.

Mike, Well spotted. It is indeed an RV although I don't know the model designation. It is however the model with the side-by-side seating rather than the tandem seating. It belongs to a friend who built it in an ordinary suburban garage while I was building my GT40. I had the privaledge of...

... according to a half-page article that appeared in the Auto section of the local Herald-Sun newspaper today (Friday 25th June 2005). Lots of positives about the health of the company with a very interesting quote from Robert Logan… “We have three cars in the pipeline. They include the Porche...

[ QUOTE ] But how could this fiasco possibly be laid at FAI's feet? Michelin made defective tires. The teams opted not to test the tires at Indy. The teams opted not to bring backup (sturdier) tires. The teams had the option of racing and making a valid argument that they needed to pit and...

How extraordinary that the FAI should totally misunderstand their own sport. This sport is founded on leading edge technology and as such uses untried components (including tyres) by definition. If the FAI had a clear understanding of that principle and its implications, then they (and not the...

As I see it, the FIA was damned if they did and damned if they didn't. The choice at that point should have been relatively simple. Give the spectators and sponsors what they paid for and be damned regardless. However I suspect that there was an over-injection of self importance within the FIA's...

Re: Maximum driver height ?? And one or two other Newbie Qs Something that you might want to keep in mind is the option of fitting a seat that has a greater recline. This will have the effect of lowering your head to whatever height you want, even allowing for a helmet. The tradeoff of coarse...