You have GOT to be joking...
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Marjorie Proops
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Der Der de de der der.
Don't knock it 'til you've tried it....
the old 'turbo visor' of the 60' worked (I'm told
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the old 'turbo visor' of the 60' worked (I'm told
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Great Idea,,, But It won`t take off. 
Buffeting now cured, but mind the prop wash.
Buffeting now cured, but mind the prop wash.
DavidHale
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I had a look for the 60s original, but found this:
From Demon Tweeks if you want one 
I'm sure Steptoe will be along shortly with a pic of the original and a story of how he had one
From Demon Tweeks if you want one I'm sure Steptoe will be along shortly with a pic of the original and a story of how he had one
Add a generator to that and you can make your own electricity. 
Might even get a government grant.
I suppose if you got a group of GSers with them on out on a run,it could even be classified as a wind farm.
Might even get a government grant.
I suppose if you got a group of GSers with them on out on a run,it could even be classified as a wind farm.
Colban said:I suppose if you got a group of GSers with them on out on a run,it could even be classified as a wind farm.
A group of GSers out on a ride is quite often classed as a wind farm anyway, but I'm not convinced of the benefits of noxious gases.
DavidHale said:I had a look for the 60s original, but found this:
I'm sure Steptoe will be along shortly with a pic of the original and a story of how he had one
Not Steptoe but another sad old git
My mate had one of those years ago. The centrifugal effect of the disc spinning means you can't move your head freely. Needless to say it was binned after a few runs
DavidHale said:
I'm sure Steptoe will be along shortly with a pic of the original and a story of how he had one
Actually, a friend of mine had one,and used it all the time while despatching. He's a bit of a loon, been on TV talk shows etc, has no electricity inhis house, just a garden full of submarine batteries and a windmill that charges them. His name is Captain Maurice Seddon .
Some Tales ( i nearly bought his 1946 beetle from him, but i couldn't dig it out of his garden to move it, it had sunk up to the axles
, it ended upin Aus, and they made a documentry of the "Captain") Here ( i must know the person who posted number 26, i worked at SD as well ). The visor was copied from the spinning wheel thats in front of the window in a wheelhouse on older ships. it keeps the seaspray off the glass so the poor sod who's trying to steer the boat can see out. Don't now how sucessful that would work in a force 10
I think you'll find they still use those carting,and I hate to say it,but they work pretty feckin well.Like the man says,don't knock it till you've tried it(ok,just a little bit then )
)Bigtwin
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Cracking idea. Enables you to snip yer sweed off at the stump if you have an accident too.
Italian Trev said:Vern said:I think you'll find they still use those carting,QUOTE]
Spot on
Although when my bro used to race they called it karting
I humbly consider myself told
mitchly
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Thanks, for the story of Captain Seddon. Nice to know people like him are still around.
Mike
Mike
Captain Seddon
I remember seeing him on the TV - wears heated socks in the house and plugs himself into whichever room he's in.
A true British eccentric - with some good engineering ideas - heat the person, not the house.
Glad to hear he is still around. The VW Club article mentions the old Rolls-Royce - when I saw it on the TV it was stuck in the back of the sh*thole garden too.
A
I remember seeing him on the TV - wears heated socks in the house and plugs himself into whichever room he's in.
A true British eccentric - with some good engineering ideas - heat the person, not the house.
Glad to hear he is still around. The VW Club article mentions the old Rolls-Royce - when I saw it on the TV it was stuck in the back of the sh*thole garden too.
A
andysdad said:
His house was falling apart inside - Rotten with damp. The roller was his fathers, he pulled the inside out to carry around the "gramaphones" he used to fix.
The BSA had a mercedes car alternator mounted on the side of the bike. Run by a belt attached to a rod and pulley coming out the side of the engine
He was once found unconcious along the Strand, his bike alongside him with a rear tyre blown - Turned out the tyre was over 30years old, and the wire cord that kept the bead seated had rusted through.
.Steptoe said:.
The visor was copied from the spinning wheel thats in front of the window in a wheelhouse on older ships. it keeps the seaspray off the glass so the poor sod who's trying to steer the boat can see out. Don't now how sucessful that would work in a force 10
'evenin' Steptoe
Having worked on several ships that had the said device I can tell you that they worked spectacularly well in all weather barring fog, they were there so you could survey the Deck area of the ship from the bridge and not much more, the poor twat steering was generally a bloke named 'Iron mike', the only time a ship would be steered by a human was when under the command of a Pilot
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