DonW

Epic! The front end is very well resolved and I can't fault your choice of engine!

That's lovely, well done!

Lovely green, it matches the lower half of the walls of my study! Do you plan to build the Peace Arch? It would be 2.68 feet high by my reckoning.... Cheers, -Don.

No mystery - the Aurora kit was released in 1965, two years after the 1:1 ceased production, as young Snake points out.?

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There are so many different manufacturers of them, I was very surprised to find that as I was searching. One of the most challenging quizzes for me! I like this particular one a lot.

Well I thought this would be easy, but not so. An inspired choice, Michael!

Oddly this quaint piece reminds me of advice given in a pre-WW1 motorists manual - 'To ascertain which cylinder is missing, place a hand on the exhaust pipe next to each cylinder in turn. You will receive a bad burn from all except the one which is misfiring.'

Thanks for this Steve. So the CHP couldn't catch me! ? Not that they are likely to come to Wales...

Mine does 0-60 in 6.4 seconds (if I have traction!) and is limited to 155 at the top end. What can yours do? I'm interested to know.

Not seen much on this topic for a while, maybe 'cos there isn't much opportunity to drive for a lot of people these days! I recently retired my old (1995) BMW 530i touring - one of the few with manual gearbox - and did a deal where my old racing friend will give it a good overhaul and his sons have bought a manual 330i for me in exchange for the old 2002 turbo I used to race but which has been languishing in his yard for years due to lack of funds. So now I drive this when I can. 3 litres, 230 bhp, six speed 'box. Black leather interior. Pictures taken on a cold day in the Brecon Beacons near my home. We have some great driving roads, no cameras, no safety barriers, just watch out for the sheep and the occasional horse. The wheels and tyres could be wider, as on my old 328i, but the current set up gives more responsive handling if not quite so much grip.

Hmmm. They were doing this sort of thing in the sixties and it didn't work then either!

The GT70 rally car had a very different shaped bodyshell from the Ghia version of which only one was built. None of the GT70s ever rallied in anger because the handling was rubbish. Coincidentally the Ghia version appears in an article on prototype Fords in the latest Classic and Sportscar magazine along with a brief summary of the GT70.

So glad there is no chocolate Alain Prost to go with it! The real live one is sickly enough!

Thanks Shay, I hadn't spotted the different wheelnut placings on other cars that use these wheels. Interesting. Cheers, -Don.

Don't bank on it - these wheels were used by lots of manufactures and stylists of all sizes from garden shed to multi nationals. And Michael gives the clues, not us mere mortals... ☺️

Amazing! It beats a chocolate teapot!

Oh yes it is certainly real. ?

And the Spitfire looks like it's been sprayed all over with dirty paraffin... they were never that shabby looking!

I'm not that keen on the looks - it's a bit stodgy imo - but it would do over 100 mph. Raymond Mays is an interesting character, a successful racing driver of his day.

No dingos or wallabies in South Wales! Aberdare is between the Brecon Beacons and Cardiff, not in New South Wales at all.??

I must be honest that although I knew what it was I had always thought it came from a different country and it wasn't until I did some digging to get the dates that I found out the where. Still. I was that one response and I'll take that!

Meatloaf would say it wasn't bad but hopefully Michael is more strict!?

My miss-spent youth pays off again! But I learned something that surprised me when I checked up on the details. Cheers, Michael

Yeah - I'm not a builder but I wonder if there is a way to beef up the joists in the room you're working in - maybe a great idea in theory...! Good luck with whatever solution you come up with. Do 1:1 cannonballers have these problems? ?