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That is true. There is an under head radius where the head meets the shank of the bolt. This is a feature of all aerospace or military bolts. Hardware store bolts omit this feature and I avoid them on this basis. That radius is a key point in extending the fatigue life of a fastener.

I recommend using Gates Power Grip shrink bands on silicone hose It grips tight without cutting the hose like a metal clamp.

I was cleaning out my shop prior to moving into town and I found three bolts that I did not use, so I thought that perhaps someone else could use them- probably in the suspension mounting. These are extremely high quality 1/2- 20 UNF tension bolts that bear a Boeing Aircraft part number. The...

It won't help if you are anywhere near ground zero but if you are further away it would prevent flash burns and getting a face full of glass shards.

Your mention of VIR reminded me of going there with John Sable back in about 1968,. There was a great surplus store outside of South Boston. The owner operated a little convenience store there. He bought surplus stuff mainly from the Navy and trucked it to his place and simply dumped the stuff...

If it is on the internet, it has to be true....right? :D

Green must have been a very intelligent fellow to have gotten away with his activities there. I remember seeing the movie "The Colditz Story" many years ago. If I remember correctly, the POWs built a glider in the attic and Douglas Bader was a famous prisoner there.

D-Day 2024 has passed but this is a tribute that I created and posted on YouTube earlier this month. -Neil

Bergen-Belson was a unique situation among concentration camps. Close to the end of the war, an epidemic of typhus broke out in the camp among the prisoners and they were dying by the hundreds every day. The Germans tried to deal with the epidemic but by that time close to the end of WW II there...

I was going through some files and I found some notes that John Horsman had given me some time ago. They may be of some interest to the forum members so I scanned them and I will post them here. Note the tire expansion vs speed curves ! This just adds a bit to the GT40 provenance.

Back in the Can-Am days we painted the inside of our magnesium wheels with GE "Glyptal" to seal their porosity.

Sorry, the wheels were sold.

Sad news.

Get used to all the attention your car generates, it never ends. A fellow almost fell out of the passenger-side window of a van while it was driving down the road. He was taking a picture of my car. :oops:

To go along with my story...

Thanks for posting this- very helpful.

Allen Grant and the Lola Mk 6GT when Joline and I visited his shop a couple of years ago.

Deburring sheet metal piece edges is a sign of good craftsmanship.

I used Suspension Analyzer 2.4 by Performance Trends for my race car front & rear suspension design. The program is fairly intuitive and easy to use.

A little further down that page was my reply: Jun 6, 2011