Re: New Toys

[Alan C]

John, I was a poor school teacher with a VW Beetle at the time. A fellow 
teacher offered me the battered, clapped out, oil burning Van for a mere 
£25. I had a mate who raced Morris Minors who helped me do a ring job & 
fit a hot cam & manifold with twin SU's he had lying around. For the 
colour scheme I was inspired by the 1275 Mini Coopers which had started 
appearing. It was quite quick off the mark but the top speed was only 
about 75 mph - 4.50 diff). The road holding was terrible. With a growing 
family I needed something more practical so I sold it & bought a S/H 
Morris Oxford S/W.


Alan C

On 19-Apr-22 02:24 AM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:

Hi Alan - an A35? That was possibly the most uncool car of the era - but with 
that motor it would have shocked many a boy racer!  Mind you, that comes from 
one who had a bog standard 850 Mini.  At one time the speedo jammed at 80 
mph(!) and I got stopped by the police for driving too slowly (guessing I was 
doing roughly the 30mph speed limit): I was silently praying he wouldn't notice 
the speedo reading.

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Alan C  
Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 5:35 PM

To:pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: New Toys

Long ago, in Rhodesia, I had an  A35 van (1000cc BMC engine, hot cam, twin 
SU's) in BRG with a light grey roof. Then came the Mini's.

Alan C

On 18-Apr-22 09:07 AM,jco...@iinet.net.au  wrote:

Maybe - but British Racing Green is pretty cool!


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Alan C
Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:32 PM
To:pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: New Toys

Aren't sports cars supposed to be red?

Alan C

On 18-Apr-22 02:42 AM,jco...@iinet.net.au  wrote:

The latest version is getting great reviews in the motoring press in Australia. 
 Friend of mine has an older model (2005) and loves it.
Like the colour - I had my 1973 Escort resprayed in a very similar colour.


John in Brisbane



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From: Larry Colen
Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:53 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: New Toys




On Apr 17, 2022, at 5:25 AM, Alan C  wrote:

Looks good, Larry. Known at the MX-5 over here - a very popular ladies sports 
car, still in high demand.

This is actually my fourth Miata/Eunos/Mx-5, but my first NB, the others were 
all NAs.  They have a reputation here of being a “woman’s car”.  I’m fine with 
them being popular with women, particularly attractive women that I might want 
an opportunity to chat with.

In the motorsports community there is a saying “the answer is always miata”.  
They are fun to drive, get decent gas mileage and are just a little bit more 
reliable than an anvil.  The best racing I have ever seen is in a class called 
Spec Miata.  In the last race I did with the SCCA, I qualified mid grid, a 
friend was gridded directly in front of me with a qualifying time .030 seconds 
faster than mine, the guy next to me was .030 slower.  So, on a 3 mile (5km) 
track,  about .060 seconds which works out to about 10ft (3m) separated the 
qualifying times of four cars, or two rows of the grid.


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Re: New Toys

[John Francis]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 06:32:17AM +0200, Alan C wrote:
> Aren't sports cars supposed to be red?
> 
> Alan C

I know somebody who thinks so:



Of course he's not entirely convinced - this is the yellow car just visible at 
the top of the picture:



... and this is the third car (just visible in the top right corner):


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Re: New Toys

[John Francis]

My "uncool" car was extremely practical - a Morris Minor 1000 estate (with the 
1100cc engine).
When I left home after graduating from univerity my parents offered me a choice 
- I could buy
(for a token price) the Escort estate my father was driving, or take my 
mother's car for free.
After discussion with my brother I opted for the moggie, and my brother took 
the Escort.

That car was extremely practical, and almost indestructable - when the engine 
seized up after
a garage neglected to adequately tighten the lower radiator hose (so all the 
coolant leaked)
all I had to do was replace the hose, fill up with water, and wait until the 
block cooled.
Its only weakness was that it was pathologically afraid of water - if there was 
rain within
two counties it was prone to the dread "water on the points" (because, of 
course, it had a
distributor cap manufactured by Lucas Electrical).

I eventually had to get rid of that car when the main box girders of the 
chassis rusted out
and became more like U-girders.  But by then my brother was about to leave the 
country, and
sold me his Triumph Vitesse convertible: ~1800lbs dry weight - less than a 
modern F1 car -
and a straight six two-litre engine putting.out almost 100HP (also less than an 
F1 car :-)

Then I left the country, too, and ended up in the US some 40 years ago.  In the 
intervening
years since then I've owned a Fiat 132, a Mustang GT convertible, and a BMW Z4.



On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 10:24:50AM +1000, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> Hi Alan - an A35? That was possibly the most uncool car of the era - but with 
> that motor it would have shocked many a boy racer!  Mind you, that comes from 
> one who had a bog standard 850 Mini.  At one time the speedo jammed at 80 
> mph(!) and I got stopped by the police for driving too slowly (guessing I was 
> doing roughly the 30mph speed limit): I was silently praying he wouldn't 
> notice the speedo reading.
> 
> John in Brisbane
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Alan C  
> Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 5:35 PM
> To: pdml@pdml.net
> Subject: Re: New Toys
> 
> Long ago, in Rhodesia, I had an  A35 van (1000cc BMC engine, hot cam, twin 
> SU's) in BRG with a light grey roof. Then came the Mini's.
> 
> Alan C
> 
> On 18-Apr-22 09:07 AM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> > Maybe - but British Racing Green is pretty cool!
> >
> >
> > John in Brisbane
> >
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Alan C 
> > Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:32 PM
> > To: pdml@pdml.net
> > Subject: Re: New Toys
> >
> > Aren't sports cars supposed to be red?
> >
> > Alan C
> >
> > On 18-Apr-22 02:42 AM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> >> The latest version is getting great reviews in the motoring press in 
> >> Australia.  Friend of mine has an older model (2005) and loves it.
> >> Like the colour - I had my 1973 Escort resprayed in a very similar colour.
> >>
> >>
> >> John in Brisbane
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: Larry Colen 
> >> Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:53 AM
> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
> >> Subject: Re: New Toys
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Apr 17, 2022, at 5:25 AM, Alan C  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Looks good, Larry. Known at the MX-5 over here - a very popular ladies 
> >>> sports car, still in high demand.
> >> This is actually my fourth Miata/Eunos/Mx-5, but my first NB, the others 
> >> were all NAs.  They have a reputation here of being a ???woman???s car???. 
> >>  I???m fine with them being popular with women, particularly attractive 
> >> women that I might want an opportunity to chat with.
> >>
> >> In the motorsports community there is a saying ???the answer is always 
> >> miata???.  They are fun to drive, get decent gas mileage and are just a 
> >> little bit more reliable than an anvil.  The best racing I have ever seen 
> >> is in a class called Spec Miata.  In the last race I did with the SCCA, I 
> >> qualified mid grid, a friend was gridded directly in front of me with a 
> >> qualifying time .030 seconds faster than mine, the guy next to me was .030 
> >> slower.  So, on a 3 mile (5km) track,  about .060 seconds which works out 
> >> to about 10ft (3m) separated the qualifying times of four cars, or two 
> >> rows of the grid.
> >>
> >>
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RE: New Toys

[jcoyle]

Hi Alan - an A35? That was possibly the most uncool car of the era - but with 
that motor it would have shocked many a boy racer!  Mind you, that comes from 
one who had a bog standard 850 Mini.  At one time the speedo jammed at 80 
mph(!) and I got stopped by the police for driving too slowly (guessing I was 
doing roughly the 30mph speed limit): I was silently praying he wouldn't notice 
the speedo reading.

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Alan C  
Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 5:35 PM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: New Toys

Long ago, in Rhodesia, I had an  A35 van (1000cc BMC engine, hot cam, twin 
SU's) in BRG with a light grey roof. Then came the Mini's.

Alan C

On 18-Apr-22 09:07 AM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> Maybe - but British Racing Green is pretty cool!
>
>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Alan C 
> Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:32 PM
> To: pdml@pdml.net
> Subject: Re: New Toys
>
> Aren't sports cars supposed to be red?
>
> Alan C
>
> On 18-Apr-22 02:42 AM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>> The latest version is getting great reviews in the motoring press in 
>> Australia.  Friend of mine has an older model (2005) and loves it.
>> Like the colour - I had my 1973 Escort resprayed in a very similar colour.
>>
>>
>> John in Brisbane
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Larry Colen 
>> Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:53 AM
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
>> Subject: Re: New Toys
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Apr 17, 2022, at 5:25 AM, Alan C  wrote:
>>>
>>> Looks good, Larry. Known at the MX-5 over here - a very popular ladies 
>>> sports car, still in high demand.
>> This is actually my fourth Miata/Eunos/Mx-5, but my first NB, the others 
>> were all NAs.  They have a reputation here of being a “woman’s car”.  I’m 
>> fine with them being popular with women, particularly attractive women that 
>> I might want an opportunity to chat with.
>>
>> In the motorsports community there is a saying “the answer is always miata”. 
>>  They are fun to drive, get decent gas mileage and are just a little bit 
>> more reliable than an anvil.  The best racing I have ever seen is in a class 
>> called Spec Miata.  In the last race I did with the SCCA, I qualified mid 
>> grid, a friend was gridded directly in front of me with a qualifying time 
>> .030 seconds faster than mine, the guy next to me was .030 slower.  So, on a 
>> 3 mile (5km) track,  about .060 seconds which works out to about 10ft (3m) 
>> separated the qualifying times of four cars, or two rows of the grid.
>>
>>
>> --
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>> l...@red4est.com
>>
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Re: GESO photowalk

[Daniel J. Matyola]

They are all nice, but that first image is just stunning!

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On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 2:27 PM Toine  wrote:

> From today's photo walk:
>
> https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#&gid=1&pid=006-589-1002643-edit
> https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#&gid=1&pid=006-588-1002565
> https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#&gid=1&pid=006-587-1002688-edit
>
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> KP catches focus correctly the DA*300 and 1.4TC remains king.
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Re: GESO photowalk

[ann sanfedele]

I looked up the woodpecker on your page and apparently he is shy and you 
were fortunite to get a nice shot before he departed...
Love the orangetip butterfly - and white wagtail.. finding the english 
words by searching the dutch words on google - they do a better job thn FB !
The Orange tip is prettiest at the angle you photo'ed him... with the 
interesting pattern on the underside of the wings - the photos of them taken

from above, only showing the  ornge and white make them seem ordinary.

Looked at the whole album, of course

ann

On 4/18/2022 2:27 PM, Toine wrote:

>From today's photo walk:

https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#&gid=1&pid=006-589-1002643-edit
https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#&gid=1&pid=006-588-1002565
https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#&gid=1&pid=006-587-1002688-edit

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GESO photowalk

[Toine]

>From today's photo walk:

https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#&gid=1&pid=006-589-1002643-edit
https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#&gid=1&pid=006-588-1002565
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Re: New Toys

[Alan C]

Long ago, in Rhodesia, I had an  A35 van (1000cc BMC engine, hot cam, 
twin SU's) in BRG with a light grey roof. Then came the Mini's.


Alan C

On 18-Apr-22 09:07 AM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:

Maybe - but British Racing Green is pretty cool!


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Alan C 
Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:32 PM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: New Toys

Aren't sports cars supposed to be red?

Alan C

On 18-Apr-22 02:42 AM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:

The latest version is getting great reviews in the motoring press in Australia. 
 Friend of mine has an older model (2005) and loves it.
Like the colour - I had my 1973 Escort resprayed in a very similar colour.


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Larry Colen 
Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:53 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
Subject: Re: New Toys




On Apr 17, 2022, at 5:25 AM, Alan C  wrote:

Looks good, Larry. Known at the MX-5 over here - a very popular ladies sports 
car, still in high demand.

This is actually my fourth Miata/Eunos/Mx-5, but my first NB, the others were 
all NAs.  They have a reputation here of being a “woman’s car”.  I’m fine with 
them being popular with women, particularly attractive women that I might want 
an opportunity to chat with.

In the motorsports community there is a saying “the answer is always miata”.  
They are fun to drive, get decent gas mileage and are just a little bit more 
reliable than an anvil.  The best racing I have ever seen is in a class called 
Spec Miata.  In the last race I did with the SCCA, I qualified mid grid, a 
friend was gridded directly in front of me with a qualifying time .030 seconds 
faster than mine, the guy next to me was .030 slower.  So, on a 3 mile (5km) 
track,  about .060 seconds which works out to about 10ft (3m) separated the 
qualifying times of four cars, or two rows of the grid.


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RE: New Toys

[jcoyle]

Maybe - but British Racing Green is pretty cool!


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Alan C  
Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:32 PM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: New Toys

Aren't sports cars supposed to be red?

Alan C

On 18-Apr-22 02:42 AM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> The latest version is getting great reviews in the motoring press in 
> Australia.  Friend of mine has an older model (2005) and loves it.
> Like the colour - I had my 1973 Escort resprayed in a very similar colour.
>
>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Larry Colen 
> Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:53 AM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
> Subject: Re: New Toys
>
>
>
>> On Apr 17, 2022, at 5:25 AM, Alan C  wrote:
>>
>> Looks good, Larry. Known at the MX-5 over here - a very popular ladies 
>> sports car, still in high demand.
> This is actually my fourth Miata/Eunos/Mx-5, but my first NB, the others were 
> all NAs.  They have a reputation here of being a “woman’s car”.  I’m fine 
> with them being popular with women, particularly attractive women that I 
> might want an opportunity to chat with.
>
> In the motorsports community there is a saying “the answer is always miata”.  
> They are fun to drive, get decent gas mileage and are just a little bit more 
> reliable than an anvil.  The best racing I have ever seen is in a class 
> called Spec Miata.  In the last race I did with the SCCA, I qualified mid 
> grid, a friend was gridded directly in front of me with a qualifying time 
> .030 seconds faster than mine, the guy next to me was .030 slower.  So, on a 
> 3 mile (5km) track,  about .060 seconds which works out to about 10ft (3m) 
> separated the qualifying times of four cars, or two rows of the grid.
>
>
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