[HereBeMonsters]

Flemke, is this your favourite card game? http://www.firebox.com/product/2742/Type-Trumps?it...

[Snoggledog]

Peloton25 said:

Autocar should be had under the trade descriptions act for mis-representation.

Peugeot 306 Cabrio

"Sexier than a sackful of E-types"

[should have gone to Specsavers]

[HereBeMonsters]

Snoggledog said:

Peloton25 said:

Autocar should be had under the trade descriptions act for mis-representation.

Peugeot 306 Cabrio

"Sexier than a sackful of E-types"

[should have gone to Specsavers]

I'd say that's right. Not because the 306 is an especially sexy car (they've chosen a particularly unflattering photo of it there, for a start), but because the E-Type is one of the most awkward looking cars ever made.

[DickyC]

HereBeMonsters said:

the E-Type is one of the most awkward looking cars ever made.

Speak... I... the... but... can't...

What..? Say that again.

[Libertine]

I can understand that some might think that the e-type coupe can look awkward...but the convertible doesn't suffer from the same affliction. Well, I don't think so.



And with a little bit of tweaking...

[HereBeMonsters]

DickyC said:

HereBeMonsters said:

the E-Type is one of the most awkward looking cars ever made.

Speak... I... the... but... can't...

What..? Say that again.

It's got daft proportions. The bonnet is too long, the cabin is too squashed up at the back,and too high with no boot to balance out the bonnet line. The wheels are far too inboard from the wings, and they ride too high. One of the ugliest motor cars ever produced, in my opinion, and I really can't see why people rave about them.

[Trommel]

HereBeMonsters said:

The wheels are far too inboard from the wings, and they ride too high

I think you need to remember when it was designed.

[HereBeMonsters]

Trommel said:

HereBeMonsters said:

The wheels are far too inboard from the wings, and they ride too high

I think you need to remember when it was designed.

Did all cars back then have wings which overhung the wheels by 4 inches on each side? It looks like a pigeon-toed schoolboy.

[mr bridger]

HereBeMonsters said:

Trommel said:

HereBeMonsters said:

The wheels are far too inboard from the wings, and they ride too high

I think you need to remember when it was designed.

Did all cars back then have wings which overhung the wheels by 4 inches on each side? It looks like a pigeon-toed schoolboy.

May I ask sir, are you on medication of some sort?
Please take into account what Mr & Mrs Average were tootalling up & down in, in the early 60's!
I can, from the profile picture quite clearly see the D Type in there, designed or at least helped by, correct me if i am wrong, Aircraft engineers? In front of its time I would say!
Mr B

[dinkel]

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In racing guise yes, but hands down one of the most pure looking 60s cars.

[RenesisEvo]

flemke said:

I'm sure that GM consciously went for that link. I believe it is fair to say that he and McLaren may have slightly different recollections of various elements of the F1's history, so it would not be surprising if he were seeking to tweak them a bit.

Thanks for your thoughts I find that often, IMO, it's the little odd, unpredictable things that don't follow a pattern, that actually makes the history of something far more interesting.

[hurstg01]

Libertine said:

[flemke]

dinkel said:

D


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In racing guise yes, but hands down one of the most pure looking 60s cars.

This is the baby you want:

[dinkel]

And preferably sideways . . . Jon Minshaws Spa6 winner: amazing piece of kit.

[chevronb37]

Have the Minshaws now sold TUF4? They were exercising a new Lightweight at Cholmondeley last weekend. Not sure if it's one of the originals though - maybe they're hunting Goodwood TT entry...

[dinkel]

I'll ask him and get back to you.

[flemke]

HereBeMonsters said:

Flemke, is this your favourite card game? http://www.firebox.com/product/2742/Type-Trumps?it...

website said:

Surely one of the geekiest games in the history of dorkdom, Type Trumps is a brilliant gift for anyone with even a passing interest in typography. And just in case you’re wondering, yes, this is Tahoma.

Yes, that does sound like my sort of thing.

[flemke]

RenesisEvo said:

flemke said:

I'm sure that GM consciously went for that link. I believe it is fair to say that he and McLaren may have slightly different recollections of various elements of the F1's history, so it would not be surprising if he were seeking to tweak them a bit.

Thanks for your thoughts I find that often, IMO, it's the little odd, unpredictable things that don't follow a pattern, that actually makes the history of something far more interesting.

It is interesting how someone may have wanted to make a point that had nothing to do with the rest of us, yet we all benefited from it. The Lamborghini motor car comes to mind!

[flemke]

marine boy said:

We had to cater for all sorts of strange cutomer requests such as structurally modifiying the chassis to fit houses for lucky buddist crystal elephants. Sort of like a spirtual rollcage when karma decides to turn on the driver at the exit of a high speed corner.

That particular car may have been a pain in the neck to make, but it was specified by a very decent guy and true petrolhead, so perhaps he deserves to be cut some slack, eh?

[Peloton25]

I heard that George Harrison was the one who had a thing for elephants. McLaren also apparently made a video to document the build of his car and capture some of those unique details hidden within.

marine boy - since Gordon let the cat out of the bag on the McLaren PGTB in his recent EVO magazine article is there anything you recall specifically about that car?



Surely that project must have been big news around the workshop.

>8^)
ER