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Pistolero
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Bugatti was a Frenchman. That color is French Racing Blue.....also known in the USA, as Petty Blue
. In the early
days of racing in the world, cars had to be painted in the assigned "national colors".....USA was white with a
lengthwise blue stripe. Ever hear of "British Racing Green"...yeah, that's where it came from. And guess
what color the Italians had.......pretty easy one. And Germany - Silver. People rooted for their country's
racing team in those days. How novel.
The engine on the Bugatti Type 35 cars is a purely (as much as possible) flat sided, rectangular slab on the outside,
every corner machined square, and all surfaces engine turned. And those wheels are aluminum, very light, as is the body.
And those cars, while looking pretty clunky and old fashioned on the outside are amazingly fast.
Bugatti was an artist and an engineer. He had really good, sound designs. but they HAD TO look really
good, too. For example - the engine bay of a typical Type 35: Note the routing of lines, etc.
OCD much? Show AND go.
Bill
. In the earlydays of racing in the world, cars had to be painted in the assigned "national colors".....USA was white with a
lengthwise blue stripe. Ever hear of "British Racing Green"...yeah, that's where it came from. And guess
what color the Italians had.......pretty easy one. And Germany - Silver. People rooted for their country's
racing team in those days. How novel.
The engine on the Bugatti Type 35 cars is a purely (as much as possible) flat sided, rectangular slab on the outside,
every corner machined square, and all surfaces engine turned. And those wheels are aluminum, very light, as is the body.
And those cars, while looking pretty clunky and old fashioned on the outside are amazingly fast.
Bugatti was an artist and an engineer. He had really good, sound designs. but they HAD TO look really
good, too. For example - the engine bay of a typical Type 35: Note the routing of lines, etc.
OCD much? Show AND go.
Bill
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Ettore's bodywork had visual flow. With the exception of his designs, the French, including modern-day Bugattis, built the world's most ugly cars.
Ferraris are supposed to be blood red, and it hurts my eyes to see one that is not.
Little known factoid: the only reason there was ever a street-model Ferrari was to subsidize Enzo's racing team.
I can remember being 12-years old and seeing my first E-Type Jaguar. E-Types and British racing green remain favorites. (I see an elderly lady's Toyota Camry two or three times a week and its British racing green-like color always grabs my eye.)
Ferraris are supposed to be blood red, and it hurts my eyes to see one that is not.
Little known factoid: the only reason there was ever a street-model Ferrari was to subsidize Enzo's racing team.
I can remember being 12-years old and seeing my first E-Type Jaguar. E-Types and British racing green remain favorites. (I see an elderly lady's Toyota Camry two or three times a week and its British racing green-like color always grabs my eye.)
Pistolero
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Close, Al, but even better.....Three valve, overhead cam straight eight. 2 liters (122 cubic inches) and would rev to 6000 rpms when
most cars did maybe 3500 rpms. Two intake, one exhaust per cyl. Some were supercharged with a Rootes blower.
Normally aspirated on the 60ish octane natural gasoline fuel of the day was 90 hp and the cars wieighed under
1700 lbs in the day. Those aluminum "mags" were far, far stiffer than the wire wheels of the period, and much
lighter than the pressed steel wheels of the era. Smart engineer, and an artist. Typical vintage car by Etorre Bugatti:
Miller was the only US engine designer who was close to Bugatti at that time. But Miller mostly built racing boat
engines, so is relatively little known and one of his students, a certain Mr. Offenhauser, took Miller's designs to Indianapolis
and THAT motor ran things for many decades there.
Bill
most cars did maybe 3500 rpms. Two intake, one exhaust per cyl. Some were supercharged with a Rootes blower.
Normally aspirated on the 60ish octane natural gasoline fuel of the day was 90 hp and the cars wieighed under
1700 lbs in the day. Those aluminum "mags" were far, far stiffer than the wire wheels of the period, and much
lighter than the pressed steel wheels of the era. Smart engineer, and an artist. Typical vintage car by Etorre Bugatti:
Miller was the only US engine designer who was close to Bugatti at that time. But Miller mostly built racing boat
engines, so is relatively little known and one of his students, a certain Mr. Offenhauser, took Miller's designs to Indianapolis
and THAT motor ran things for many decades there.
Bill
Pistolero
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I moved the car talk over to another thread.
Back on topic......back home, safe and sound, got a good night's sleep, feeling OK, but the knee took a beating with
3 -6 miles of walking every day on vacation and is a bit sore. Still functioning all through it, though.
Bill
Back on topic......back home, safe and sound, got a good night's sleep, feeling OK, but the knee took a beating with
3 -6 miles of walking every day on vacation and is a bit sore. Still functioning all through it, though.
Bill
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Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I thought Bugatti was Italian! Now I learn he was French?! Huh!
Gotta agree on the French building The Worlds Ugliest Cars. Even Soviet Russia (remember the USSR?) built cars that had more appeal. Now you want pretty, take a look at some of the Italian Navys ships pre-WW2. Absolutely gorgeous!
Gotta agree on the French building The Worlds Ugliest Cars. Even Soviet Russia (remember the USSR?) built cars that had more appeal. Now you want pretty, take a look at some of the Italian Navys ships pre-WW2. Absolutely gorgeous!
Ian
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Yeah, been working on that. Got hit with a mother of a capital gains tax for actually showing a profit for the year due to massive December 2015 gains. Never get a credit for loss. Rigged system, everyone makes money playing with the "investor's" money except the investor.
JWFilips
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Last Evening I picked a bunch of Quinces from my Japanese quince tree which I bonsai'd over the past 30 years!
A major yield this year! Processed them in a food processor and set them up to slow cook over night!
I had to go for a flu shot this morning so I also went to my office to check on things but left soon after to work on clients files at home!
However got side tracked and finished off the quince jam! Man it took a long time! After straining the pulp I put in on with the sugar to make the last boil at 1 pm!
Didn't get it to the jelly phase until 4 pm! It has natural pectin in it. Then put it in jars! A lot of work for only 4 jars of jam! but it is exceptional in taste!
If You are wondering the "Jami McPhillips brand is me! I used to market Hot Thai Sauce locally under the Jami Mc Phillips Kilt Lift'en Hot Thai Sauce brand name!
I have an original bottle & label here some where if you are interested
A major yield this year! Processed them in a food processor and set them up to slow cook over night!
I had to go for a flu shot this morning so I also went to my office to check on things but left soon after to work on clients files at home!
However got side tracked and finished off the quince jam! Man it took a long time! After straining the pulp I put in on with the sugar to make the last boil at 1 pm!
Didn't get it to the jelly phase until 4 pm! It has natural pectin in it. Then put it in jars! A lot of work for only 4 jars of jam! but it is exceptional in taste!
If You are wondering the "Jami McPhillips brand is me! I used to market Hot Thai Sauce locally under the Jami Mc Phillips Kilt Lift'en Hot Thai Sauce brand name!
I have an original bottle & label here some where if you are interested
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Miller motors were built up and machined head/block. Offy changed to matching displacement by adjusting the cyliner depth. Most Italian and German engines (early) used splined crank and rod journals in the built up block. Saw an early German (AU) front suspension - tube axle with the coil spring in the tube and just a lower arm. You didn't want to race behind the german cars as they were devloping and using aircraft fuel. Many drivers almost konked out from the fumes.
fiver
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my stuff just has illegible permanent marker written on the lid.
I like the color of that quince jam.
noo idea on the flavor, but it seems like the more sour the fruit is, and the harder it is to make, the better it turns out.
messed around the house a bit then went up grouse hunting this afternoon.
I'm guessing everyone else is tired of the competition during the rifle season.
I have never seen so many people up this canyon before [pretty much all locals] which put a damper on the bird hunting for sure.
I did knock one down [more like poofed it I forgot how tight the chokes are in this gun] and had another flush too far out for the little Chinese made SXS I had today.
I come down early to try another spot and maybe do a little deer watching in the area I got that nice 4x5 out of 2 years back.
seen a 2 point and either a doe with small antlers or a little buck and a fawn [about weird if it was either way] out in one field.
I also found a part of an airplane [thought it was off a truck or tractor] up one canyon.
I did a little research just out of curiosity and found out a B-17 had crashed up there in 1942, killing 10 people on board,, guess I should have looked around a little more.
anyway, the deer are all moving over into their safe areas on private property already, a couple of areas looked like the winter migration.
I like the color of that quince jam.
noo idea on the flavor, but it seems like the more sour the fruit is, and the harder it is to make, the better it turns out.
messed around the house a bit then went up grouse hunting this afternoon.
I'm guessing everyone else is tired of the competition during the rifle season.
I have never seen so many people up this canyon before [pretty much all locals] which put a damper on the bird hunting for sure.
I did knock one down [more like poofed it I forgot how tight the chokes are in this gun] and had another flush too far out for the little Chinese made SXS I had today.
I come down early to try another spot and maybe do a little deer watching in the area I got that nice 4x5 out of 2 years back.
seen a 2 point and either a doe with small antlers or a little buck and a fawn [about weird if it was either way] out in one field.
I also found a part of an airplane [thought it was off a truck or tractor] up one canyon.
I did a little research just out of curiosity and found out a B-17 had crashed up there in 1942, killing 10 people on board,, guess I should have looked around a little more.
anyway, the deer are all moving over into their safe areas on private property already, a couple of areas looked like the winter migration.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Made hay yesterday. Some may recall the trials and tribulations I've been going through with my ancient square baler. Well, I need more squares, so I made some. There's an old saying about how just when you think you got a problem licked, something new shows up. Proved true here! For some really weird reason the arm that trips the knotters to tie the bale is "sticking". To look at it you'd swer there is absolutely no way under God's green earth it could "stick". A big star wheel in contact with the bale drives a rod that has a grooved (like a rack and pinion) wheel of it's own. The arm, also grooved, rides on that and as the bale proceeds through the chute it turns the works until the arm gets to the end of the grooves and then it SHOULD simply be pulled forward by a spring causing the knotters to trip. It's shaking and getting bounced around and there's so much clearance on things you could pretty much throw a Rabbi, a Priest and a Baptist Minister in the works and it would still have room enough for a bag of monkey wrenches to slide in there too! The result is I ended up with a lot of bales weighing 120-150 pounds and 6-8 feet long!!! Can't possibly get them in the barn. I'm going to have to figure this one out ASAP, this weather won't hold much longer.
One of the guys I used to work with stopped by yesterday. Hadn't seen him in 10 plus years. He was doing some investigation in the area, dealing with some locals I'm familiar with. Kind of nice to be treated like you actually have value again and talk shop for a while.
One of the guys I used to work with stopped by yesterday. Hadn't seen him in 10 plus years. He was doing some investigation in the area, dealing with some locals I'm familiar with. Kind of nice to be treated like you actually have value again and talk shop for a while.
L Ross
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Nice work on the jelly JW. On our way out of the range Sunday morning up in Northern Minnesota, we picked a couple of quarts of the biggest rose hips I'd ever seen. We spotted them when we first pulled in Thursday and since they were still there I thought we'd grab them for jelly. That was enough for 6 half pint jars. A new flavor for us and it is good.
fiver
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okay out with that recipe.
rose hips are nickel and dime size here but it would take me 10 minutes to fill a 5 gallon bucket with them.
I have to avoid the wild rose patches or wade through the smaller ones to get the huckleberry's.
someone remind me not to stop over to Bret's place to help him throw hay.
75-90lb 4' bales are enough, I'm not even dragging a 6' one over to the trailer.
Bret maybe try adding a helper spring to diagnose the problem.
rose hips are nickel and dime size here but it would take me 10 minutes to fill a 5 gallon bucket with them.
I have to avoid the wild rose patches or wade through the smaller ones to get the huckleberry's.
someone remind me not to stop over to Bret's place to help him throw hay.
75-90lb 4' bales are enough, I'm not even dragging a 6' one over to the trailer.
Bret maybe try adding a helper spring to diagnose the problem.
Pistolero
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Taking it easy, my knee go overworked and started complaining. Had a doc appt yesterday. He said,
"you were just showing off"....walking 3 to 5+ miles every day for 2 weeks. Not actually, but I thought I could
do it, and it worked but at the end the new knee was not so happy. So, a few days rest should get things back
on track. If something is worth doing, it is worth overdoing..... sometimes.
120-150 lb bales.....the word "unhandy" comes to mind. Hope you get it figured out, Bret.
Bill
"you were just showing off"....walking 3 to 5+ miles every day for 2 weeks. Not actually, but I thought I could
do it, and it worked but at the end the new knee was not so happy. So, a few days rest should get things back
on track. If something is worth doing, it is worth overdoing..... sometimes.
120-150 lb bales.....the word "unhandy" comes to mind. Hope you get it figured out, Bret.
Bill
Up at 6 to take her auto for the 3rd engine recall notice (7:30 appt. out by 9 but did get free oil change & car wash. They wanted to do brakes and FI cleaner too - for 450$). My fob, dead battery, dig in the purse to find hers -NO not going to wake her to find it. Poured several (5?) pounds of harder BO cast in an hour with the neat sprue cutter. One noticeable reject. Sore shoulder so went to Freddies for burger with friends. Nap time.
Easy Bill, don't want to get a 'recall' notice!
Easy Bill, don't want to get a 'recall' notice!