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Here is an interesting article on auto computer systems from InformationWeek
http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189500616&pgno=1&queryText=
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Red*Fox
08-10-2006, 11:43 PM
lol i have an old mgb in the shop, i thought about putting a pc in it but naah. its fairly easy to do but it just doesnt match a 1977 british car. i will put a pc in a car that it'd match with. id like to have a flip-down 15 inch touchscreen if i do put a pc in a car..
If you ever decide to turn that MG B loose, please let me know.
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Bullgoose
08-11-2006, 08:17 AM
lol i have an old mgb in the shop, i thought about putting a pc in it but naah. its fairly easy to do but it just doesnt match a 1977 british car. i will put a pc in a car that it'd match with. id like to have a flip-down 15 inch touchscreen if i do put a pc in a car..
When I was in high school (and earlier) I had a friend that collected MG's; his pride and joy was not his td, it was his MGA fixed head coupe, he just plain loved that thing, he still has it and drives it, I see him once in a while.
My freind has offered me a ride in his MG several times in the last +- 40 years; I never have ridden in it; I'm 6'5" tall; the MG is a FIXED-HEAD COUPE; at this stage, I'm thinking there will be no ride in that car.
One of my sons just purchased a Mustang GT. I'm only 6' tall and it is difficult folding into that one. I'm not sure I could still get into an MG either. My old back isn't very flexible any longer.
I worked for a sign painter back in the late 60s. His wife had an early 50s vintage rag top Triumph, very nice. (The car! :smiley15: ) The best though was a doctor that lived a couple doors down from me while I was in college. She gave me rides in her Ferarri. Funny how the clutch was always slipping.
British sports cars have become rare in the US. British nationals are buying them up and returning them to their country of origin.
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RedAlpha3
08-11-2006, 11:24 AM
"British sports cars have become rare in the US. British nationals are buying them up and returning them to their country of origin."
Actually, its a belated product recall. We've just discovered there are built-in faults with the brakes/engine/transmission/wheels (delete as appropriate). Sorry for the delay!
I once had a Triumph Daytona 500 motorcycle. I could kick myself for selling it. As with your cars, the British motorcycles had class.
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Bullgoose
08-13-2006, 07:32 AM
I once had a Triumph Daytona 500 motorcycle. I could kick myself for selling it. As with your cars, the British motorcycles had class.
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I had a 1963 Norton Atlas, I wish I still had it; GREAT bike; staying wiff English vehicles, in High school, I had a friend that bought hinself a present; a 1953 Jaguar XK-120 coupe; overall, a cool car, but primitive; no synchros in 1st or 4th, steered like a damned truck; very difficult to synchronize carburators, and it really did ride like a lumber wagon; the few times I've had a chance to drice Jaguars over the years, they've always impressed me as poorly thought out.:smiley5:
I have been a motorcycle fanatic all of my life. I started riding oficially when my parents bought me a Puch moped from Sears. I was fourteen. It was a dreadful bike and rarely did more than give me exercise. From there I went to a Honda S90. I always dreamed of owning a Norton. I have even looked at several with the intention to purchase one about ten years ago. The all had significant frame oil leaks that killed the sale. One of these days I'm going to buy a Ducati. At least that is a 70s vintage bike that is still a world class performer.
The best bike I ever had was a 1991 Suzuki GSX-R750. I even attended Keith Code's racing shcool at that time. I never did find that bike's limit. My army son, fifteen at the time with no riding experience at all, took it out for a joy ride. He destroyed the bike and earned a lot road rash. ******! I have owned more than twenty bikes over the years. I still have a Yamaha back in Florida. Unfortnately, it isn't worth what it would cost to get it operational.
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Bullgoose
08-13-2006, 01:23 PM
I have been a motorcycle fanatic all of my life. I started riding oficially when my parents bought me a Puch moped from Sears. I was fourteen. It was a dreadful bike and rarely did more than give me exercise. From there I went to a Honda S90. I always dreamed of owning a Norton. I have even looked at several with the intention to purchase one about ten years ago. The all had significant frame oil leaks that killed the sale. One of these days I'm going to buy a Ducati. At least that is a 70s vintage bike that is still a world class performer.
The best bike I ever had was a 1991 Suzuki GSX-R750. I even attended Keith Code's racing shcool at that time. I never did find that bike's limit. My army son, fifteen at the time with no riding experience at all, took it out for a joy ride. He destroyed the bike and earned a lot road rash. ******! I have owned more than twenty bikes over the years. I still have a Yamaha back in Florida. Unfortnately, it isn't worth what it would cost to get it operational.
fos...The most unselfish motorcycle thing I EVER did was to arrange for a buddy of mine to buy a 1953 Vincent Black Shadow from the second owner of the bike; my friend bought it for $100.00 cash; I've been kicking myself for three and a half decades for that one, because he STILL owns it; he calls it " his retirement" now.
A Black Shadow would be to nice to ever part with!
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Bullgoose
08-14-2006, 07:38 AM
A Black Shadow would be to nice to ever part with!
fos....True; VERY nice........But VERY dangerous to the unaware; that funky brahe system gave me the whin-whams the first time I saw it, and the famous 'Hinged Frame' didn't exactly fill me with confidence either; A full-bore Vincent was capable of speeds in excess of 150 MPH in the '50's!!, that might not sound real fast today, but fifty years ago....DAMN!!!!
Red*Fox
08-14-2006, 04:42 PM
lol my dad and i have had a few british cars. their amlost a hoby themselves, they always break and such, esp with the old austin mini we just sold. i have a feeling that the guy that bought it will do the same thing :P. i just got a new brake kit for my Mg b. its still on stilts ready for the new brakes..i think ill fix them when i get home. im also redoing 40% of the wiring cuz its just so horrible :p. it doesnt have an engine yet, but were getting one next week just to rebuild another engine for someone. it will be a double-rotary mg b when its done:smiley14:
also my dad and i are building a lotus 7, but its still early in the process, the frame is done but needs bodywork. when i sat in one, u can rest your arm on the grund its so low to the ground. we are also going to put a 30-b triple rotary engine in it.
...i love rotary engines and the way they sound. we also just sold our 4-time national winning -rotor sprite ..an austin heeley. i loved that car but now were just gona stick to formula scca ..sealed engines and ignition theirs not much stuff you can break. heres a pic of a formula scca:
http://www.scca-enterprises.com/images/media/106-0683_IMG.JPG
not our rotary sprite but heres how one looks: http://www.motorpride.com/90reddevil/thumbnails/180Sprite1.jpg
not our lotus but heres how 1 looks : http://www.mathewscollection.com/images/sale_cars/lotus7_detail2_450.jpg
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