I want to hold and twist your knurled knobs..

[MuZak]

Tartan? you mean that plaid skirt thingy???

No, that's a kilt. Tartan is the cloth kilts
are made from.

Like I said.. a plaid skirt

Plus-fours? WTF is that????

You might refer to them as 'golf knickers'

Hmm... well I never was much for golf...
I did think knickers were entiely another
thing, however..

and perhaps this website will help:

http://www.pazzogolf.com/

^^^good lord... ^^^

There's certainly some "effetery" going on there.

I might choose another word in the case of that
website... dimentia might be an appropriate choice.

Remember, in the 1960's cars like Aston Martin's were not considered 'sportscars' - these were lesser contraptions like MG's and Austin-Healey's. The Aston was a "gentleman's sporting carriage" and very much the preserve of the wealthy landed gentry, who were unlikely to wear jeans.

Lets face it, Aston Martins are a very special thing.
I think most know that.
Photos don't really "tell the tale" ....gotta see em
in the flesh to fully appreciate.
Most of us don't dare to even dream of getting a
ride in, much less a chance to drive one.
MGs and the like, did eventually get a bad name
(here in U.S. I mean) due to associations,
however rightly or wrongly, with things
related to the above mentioned website.

That, and the fact that fathers came to hate them,
Because their daughters liked the guyz who drove
them.

Here, the wealthy landed gentry wore
precicely that... jeans and decrepit boat shoes
and the like, specifically to distance themselves
from their british counterparts... in some cases
their cousins .....because they desperately wanted
to NOT be regarded by everyone else, in the
way the British gentry was regarded here.
They were seen as rediculous and worse.
Have another look at that website.
De classe was the fashion back then.

Flip....
I was laughing my butt off reading that
back and forth re: cars...
My comments were meant to point out the
classic stereotypes in an ironic sort of way.

Now, about that futuristic
Transcriptors contraption...
The one that essentially answered my thread
starting question...
How `bout some of the scholarly knowledge
demonstrated in the car thread...
No one has mentioned if they worked well!
No doubt they had a major cool-factor, but how
did they preform??
Were they outa-site expensive for the time,
or were they attainable.... by those of us who can
only admire from affar, things like Aston Martins?

[sound-signal]

I'm really rather hopeful that you're talking about Giulia's, GT Junior's and Alfa's of that ilk George?

For the record, that is correct - I like rear-wheel drive Alfa Romeos and I think the Giulia Super is the best all-around Alfa Romeo they ever built. I used to own a 1969 step-front GT 1300 Junior, and a 1971 Giulia 1300 Super, but those have gone on to other good homes. I still have two early chrome-bumper Alfetta 2000 GTV's, a 1977 and a 1979, and a 1981 Giulietta 1.8. I will also, if things go well, soon be buying the Alfa I always wanted - but more will be revealed if the deal is clinched. Once that baby is bought, the fleet will probably be heavily rationalised - read reduced. Who needs four Alfas when you've finally got the one and only one you ever wanted.

[Abandonflip]

I will also, if things go well, soon be buying the Alfa I always wanted

Not a Montreal, surely?

[Karnevil9]

^
Could always buy one of these to put you on Sound Signal:

[Abandonflip]

Now, about that futuristic
Transcriptors contraption... No one has mentioned if they worked well!
No doubt they had a major cool-factor, but how
did they preform???

I think "rose tinted glasses" are a wonderful invention, and I suspect they get worn a lot when reminiscing about 70's hi-fi. It seems everyone should own a Transcriptors Hydraulic Reference now, but I'll stick where I am thanks - in the 21st century.

Lets face it, Aston Martins are a very special thing.

Yes, and at times especially bad - a lot of handbuit British cars of the period were. This is another example of the same phenomena really.

Current Aston Martin's have eye-watering performance and handling, but you wouldn't say that of a 1972 DBS.

I won't even mention Bristol, who somehow still seem to be in existence now. A British sportscar with an American engine - remind you of anything?

I might choose another word in the case of that
website... dimentia might be an appropriate choice.

I know, it's sad really isn't it - there are plenty of other websites like that in the US (you really need to see golfknickers.com). I don't get it - Brits won't wear tartan (or plaid) anyway, unless maybe they have some traceable Scottish ancestry, but even then not in the form of plus-fours, so why would American want to?

[andyr]

A British sportscar with an American engine - remind you of anything?

Hi Flip,

A Jensen Interceptor? V8, right ... a mate of mine has one here in Oz! Sexxxy!!

Regards,

Andy

[Abandonflip]

If you go back a few pages Andy, Karnevil9 posted a picture of a gorgeous red Interceptor III.

Only thing is, I'm told I should stop turning this into a car thread

[andyr]

If you go back a few pages Andy, Karnevil9 posted a picture of a gorgeous red Interceptor III.

Only thing is, I'm told I should stop turning this into a car thread

Goddit - thanks, Flip!

But what were the other cars Karnevil9 posted later? The first one looks like it might be from Clockwork Orange, driven by MM ... but what is the car?

And the second weird orange (presumably fibreglass?) monster ... WTF is that!!??

Regards,

Andy

[Karnevil9]

If you go back a few pages Andy, Karnevil9 posted a picture of a gorgeous red Interceptor III.

Only thing is, I'm told I should stop turning this into a car thread

Goddit - thanks, Flip!

But what were the other cars Karnevil9 posted later? The first one looks like it might be from Clockwork Orange, driven by MM ... but what is the car?

And the second weird orange (presumably fibreglass?) monster ... WTF is that!!??

Regards,

Andy

Hi Andy
Read it carefully all the info's there.There were only three ever produced.

They look very simular to the NOVA kit we had over here donkies years ago..



Just when i thought i'd rounded this topic off nicely

[andyr]

Hi Andy
Read it carefully all the info's there.There were only three ever produced.

Ah, thanks Karnevil9,

The Durango-95 ... not that I've ever heard of one before. Could be a nice looker, though!

Regards,

Andy

[Karnevil9]

Hi Andy
Read it carefully all the info's there.There were only three ever produced.

Ah, thanks Karnevil9,

The Durango-95 ... not that I've ever heard of one before. Could be a nice looker, though!

Regards,

Andy

Hi Andy
No it's a:Adams Brother 'M505',Probe 16..

[BeEvil]

Just to get this thread back on track a little. There was one more tonearm that was articulated for vertical motion. The LOCI. Very rare.

http://www.the-adam.com/adam/loci-4tn/

Andrew

[Abandonflip]

Then the Brits first had the idea to fit the Rolls Royce Merlin in it, but eventually it was the Americans that perfected that installation and the Merlins for it were made under license by Packard in the US.

It has often been suggested that the Packard engines were better built than those from RR (there was some considerable competition between the two companies) and there's no reason to doubt this - Packard's production facilities were more advanced than RR's at the time.

British attempts to design a laminar flow wing for the Spitfire were a failure.

I think the still-born "Spiteful" was effectively the marriage of a Spitfire airframe with Mustang wings in an attempt to solve the unusual flight characteristics of the elliptical wing. Although the Spitfire's wing was seen as having some advantages early on, it was compromised by the Air Ministry's insistence on the types of guns it should carry.

There you go, that got it nicely off track again!

[Abandonflip]

Just to get this thread back on track a little. There was one more tonearm that was articulated for vertical motion. The LOCI. Very rare.

http://www.the-adam.com/adam/loci-4tn/

Andrew

...and you only mentioned this because you own one!