Yes, congratulations Owen! My (our) first grandchild, Eve, arrived two weeks ago. Similar weight.
Just bought a new pushchair/car seat/carrycot for her. Seems very high-tech in comparison with the one her mother had. Richard. Spotmog. Silverstone tomorrow! On 10 Aug 2012, at 20:51, Colin Mackay wrote: > Congratulations on yet another grandchild Owen! Tell Elaine to stop her > worrying! > > Sorry to read of issues with 4 seater, but the silver lining is that you > now have to use the +8 > > > Best regards > > Colin > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Owen Jenkins [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 10 August 2012 20:36 > To: mogtalk2 > Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] Why? And GTM frolics & news from the Motor City > > Richard, > > Aluminium plate bolted to a steel chassis will rot and drop out, unless you > insulate it, in which case you can expect crevice corrosion. The marine ply > in my 24-year old 4 seater may be stained and discoloured, but it is not > rotten. Ally is also noisy and will dent and puncture, knowing the way you > treat cars. Tools needed for replacement with plywood: saw, screwdriver and > spanner. Conclusion - marine ply is superior. > > Fuel tank on planks: they are rigid, energy absorbing and offer some > cushioning effect and noise damping. The chassis flexes. If you fix the tank > to it rigidly, you'll get fatigue cracks in the tank. Tools needed for > replacement of planks: saw, hammer and spanner. Conclusion - wooden planks > are superior. > > In both my cars the battery is under the bonnet and always has been. Most > people who have struggled with batteries at the back seem to think that it's > a lousy place for a battery. It's probably a lousy place for a fuel pump > too. > > You may remember that the earliest +8s had a steel floor which rusted so > fast that they were replaced with plywood PDQ. > > Next? > > Meanwhile, news from the GTM. Yesterday was another eventful day. A Shelby > Cobra (a real one) suffered expensive gearbox problems > (clunk-graunch-clank-bang-bang-bang-bang-bang type). > > The starter motor on my 4/4 stuck in the engaged position. With so much > noise on the circuit, I could not figure out what this awful noise was. I > pulled off and into the paddock. When I turned off the engine, it kept on > making a lot of noise: battery reading 11 volts and dropping? Yes, the fan's > on as it's awfully hot (Ferrari screams past). Blimey! Timing belt cover is > vibrating. The engine's still turning over! Ah! I now have an eco-electric > car that won't stop. Disconnect battery. Let it cool down. Pray hard. > > Once cool, the Bendix did drop out, however, there's not enough juice in the > battery to get it going. Bump start boys! Didn't work - no spark. > > Jump start! So Bill drove up his 1930 Austin Seven, newly converted to 12 > volt electrics and we tried jump starting it. No joy. So we came home with > the aid of Morgan Rescue. The car's now in the local Ford garage here in > Aboyne. Prayers are being said by all. I shall be taking the +8 to the > Historic Wheels gathering on Sunday. Of course you need two Morgans. I've > just proved it. > > Further news: from the Motor City: my daughter gave birth to a 6lb. 13 oz. > daughter Olive Marie two hours ago. Mother and child doing OK, by the look > of the pictures. Dad has a silly grin on his face. Grandmother is now > worrying about daughter feeding child. > > Cheers, > Owen. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard L Smith" <[email protected]> > To: "mogtalk2" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 12:52 PM > Subject: [mogtalk2] Why? > > >> The more I get to know my Mog (by taking it to bits) the more I ask "why" >> >> Why are the floorboards wood, when they could be aluminium plate? ( >> Why is the fuel tank mounted on planks instead of direct to the chassis? >> Or onto another ali plate? >> Why is the fuel pump mounted on a bit of thin plate when it could be >> mounted on the same deck as the battery? >> >> OK, so the answer is 'because they have always been like that', but when >> others rebuild their cars, do they stick to tradition, or do they improve? > >> Assuming, of course, that replacing plywood with ali is an improvement. >> >> Or am I blaspheming? >> >> Richard S > > > > ------------------------------------------- > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] > > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > > ------------------------------------------- > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] > > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
