Tell us something really trivial about your life (vol 25)
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Fishtigua said:
stupid customers
One of the things about working in a boatyard I don't miss; impatient t
ts that want their boat launched yesterday.
Do you have an irritating bossman that comes and gets in the way when you're trying to lauch boats and insists on driving the hoist, despite him being utterly useless at it? In the year I worked there the hoist hit 3 parked boats, a shed and the tractor, none of which were in motion at the time; guess who was driving for all 5 prangs.Edited by hidetheelephants on Wednesday 15th April 07:32
The Aston Project cars: RARHS.
In practice for an early sixties Le Mans, the drivers of more conventional Astons were invited to ease up a bit as they were matching the Project cars. During the classic car boom in the eighties, a car restorer claimed to have found the remains of DP214-0195 - which crashed in practice for the Nurburgring, killing driver Brian Hetreed - in a scrap yard in Germany. He also claimed to have rebuilt it and was offering it for sale for £1gazillion. The AMOC were often asked to settle claims of this nature and at the Club's AGM the definitive answer was provided by the Club President, the Viscount Downe. He had been with the team at the Nurburgring and said the car was a total write off whose wreck had been brought back to the UK ditributed on all of the trasporters with the remaining racing cars being driven. Back in England, Brian Hetreed's widow asked for the car to be completely destroyed but agreed to the engine and gearbox being saved. There was the answer, from a knowledgeable eye witness with a seat in the House of Lords. He rounded off with an anecdote about the trip back from Germany to England. The racing cars were road legal and during the fifties had been driven to and fro circuits for races but in time this was thought to look a bit poverty striken and transporters were used. This time they had to be driven home because the transporters were all full of the wrecked Aston. The problem was, as the team never envisaged more than one car being on the road at one time, they all shared the same Trade Plate number which was painted on the cars. No one knew, and no one asked, whether word of the accident had been sent forward to the various border crossings but the team encountered no problems at all; the transporters and three racing cars bearing the same registration number being waved through at each checkpoint. If it was a mark of respect for the team and the dead driver it couldn't have better expressed. The car claiming to be 0195 made it as far as Coys Silverstone sale in 1995 as genuine before being pulled and reclassified as a replica.
In practice for an early sixties Le Mans, the drivers of more conventional Astons were invited to ease up a bit as they were matching the Project cars. During the classic car boom in the eighties, a car restorer claimed to have found the remains of DP214-0195 - which crashed in practice for the Nurburgring, killing driver Brian Hetreed - in a scrap yard in Germany. He also claimed to have rebuilt it and was offering it for sale for £1gazillion. The AMOC were often asked to settle claims of this nature and at the Club's AGM the definitive answer was provided by the Club President, the Viscount Downe. He had been with the team at the Nurburgring and said the car was a total write off whose wreck had been brought back to the UK ditributed on all of the trasporters with the remaining racing cars being driven. Back in England, Brian Hetreed's widow asked for the car to be completely destroyed but agreed to the engine and gearbox being saved. There was the answer, from a knowledgeable eye witness with a seat in the House of Lords. He rounded off with an anecdote about the trip back from Germany to England. The racing cars were road legal and during the fifties had been driven to and fro circuits for races but in time this was thought to look a bit poverty striken and transporters were used. This time they had to be driven home because the transporters were all full of the wrecked Aston. The problem was, as the team never envisaged more than one car being on the road at one time, they all shared the same Trade Plate number which was painted on the cars. No one knew, and no one asked, whether word of the accident had been sent forward to the various border crossings but the team encountered no problems at all; the transporters and three racing cars bearing the same registration number being waved through at each checkpoint. If it was a mark of respect for the team and the dead driver it couldn't have better expressed. The car claiming to be 0195 made it as far as Coys Silverstone sale in 1995 as genuine before being pulled and reclassified as a replica.
Adenauer said:
Morning. That's some kind of Zagato isn't it, iva?
No, but they were based on the DB4GT, same as the Zagato. Of 1200 or so DB4, around a hundred were GTs and nineteen were DB4GT Zagatos.
Interestingly, the nineteen Zagatos originally built were of a proposed production of 25. Richard Williams built four more DB4GT Zagatos in the 90s with factory blessing. These are known as the Sanction 2 cars. The remaining two were built as Sanction 3 around 2000. Based on DB4s, they are considered as genuine DB4GT Zagatos.
hidetheelephants said:
One of the things about working in a boatyard I don't miss; impatient tts that want their boat launched yesterday. Do you have an irritating bossman that comes and gets in the way when you're trying to launch boats?
Thank heavens, no. I am more on the tech/parts/problem solving side but am on the front of house/end of phone.ts that want their boat launched yesterday. Do you have an irritating bossman that comes and gets in the way when you're trying to launch boats?EvoDelta said:
Adenauer said:
EvoDelta said:
There's a 'new' one of those for sale here... a bargain at €59,500!
WTF??????????????????????Justayellowbadge said:
Mooching through town at lunchtime I passed a charity shop and spied a pair of cufflinks in the window.
Those look nice, thinks I, so in I jolly well pop.
They do, indeed, turn out to be passably nice.
Dunhill. Hallmarked 18ct gold.
They were £2.99.
Two pounds and ninety nine pence.
It should not surprise you to hear that I purchased them.
Pics? I rather like a nice pair of cufflinks me..Those look nice, thinks I, so in I jolly well pop.
They do, indeed, turn out to be passably nice.
Dunhill. Hallmarked 18ct gold.
They were £2.99.
Two pounds and ninety nine pence.
It should not surprise you to hear that I purchased them.
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