DonW

Don't apologise, this is a good thread!

It so needs a hood, in my humble opinion. But its not my build!

I'd give it space on my shelf!

Looks like a chilled neighbourhood. Is the BM a manual or a slushbox? Guards Red is up there with Viper Green!

Yep! Check out 'Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters' by Bob Calvert, with Lemmy on bass. Back in the sixties I was in a German village on a family holiday. Two Starfighters flew overhead, fast and low and silent. Two or three seconds later there was thunder, the trees shook and some leaves drifted down.

Some would cite the F104G Starfighter as 'developed' by Lockheed for the Luftwaffe, but 'just look at the shape of this beauty': So in terms of aesthetics and recorded death rate per mile, easily the worst aircraft ever built (you can't really call it an aeroplane!) - the Flying Flea: '... the original HM.14 revealed design flaws that could lead to an unrecoverable and often fatal dive under certain conditions; when the front wing was put in a high attack angle for climbing, the high-speed flow of air deflected by the front wing went to the rear wing upper surface, greatly increasing the rear wing's lift, and putting the nose down, the instinctive reaction of pilot being pulling even more the stick, this worsened the situation, as the way to go out of this 'vicious circle' was reducing the front wing incidence, as to command a nose down descent. Also some homebuilders attempted to simplify construction by modifying components such as the wings tips curving up, resulting in extremely dangerous airplanes and deadly accidents that forced the air authorities to ban building more of them'

My dad the fighter and test pilot always turned the dashboard instrument lighting off when driving fast at night. Trust your ears and the seat of your pants and use your eyes for the road ahead (and behind)! Unless you really want to know your exact speed and rpm, maybe the oil pressure too at the moment of impact with the motorbike / schoolkid / tree you failed to notice in time!?

I think your search is too generic. There is no Alfa called 'Alfa Romeo Spider Touring Gran Sport'. They were mostly known by engine capacity / number of cylinders then body style, e.g. Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Grand Sport. Jonelle's selection looks like it might be what you're after. Cheers, -Don

Where I used to live in West Wales, the council decided to put in 8 or 10 speed bumps on a stretch of road. A year or so later, they removed them after various complaints. Try getting an injured, pregnant or sick person to hospital in a hurry - you don't need speed bumps. A local building firm was they only winner - they got paid a lot to install them and then they were given the contract to remove them.

I agree. And the 30 didn't have the later pointier fins.

Grace, space and pace... Not really.

Why this 'them' and 'us'? And in the end we're only ordinary men...

I need a set of these to combat the nazi stormtroopers - er 'Parking Wardens' that are killing local trade in my town.

All trimming does is tend the prop towards a stall. It never gives reverse thrust. So your Bug would only ever be able to go backwards unless the prop is reversed - twist each blade 180 degrees'll do it. Like Snake said... Totally worth it 'cos it looks great. I like the scoops. -Don.

Be watchful and keep it in a low gear...

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It would make a neat gasser...

Would Harry have questioned the lack of mirrors?

bertone Lamborghini Genesis

It was chronically underpowered too - had a 1.5 litre (90 cubic inch) Austin engine. Although not even a Hemi could have redeemed the poor thing.

I got this with a mix of intelligence, knowledge and dumb luck! Oh, and Google.

Looks good. I guess it's a J, Not sure about the orange chassis and running gear! Cheers, -Don.

I'm all for free speech but this forum is where I go to escape politics... Like Mike says:

Sweet!