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Trevor
You're a star mate,it was rather tongue-in-cheek when I mentioned the "burning onto the same disc",but will wait for the postman in anticipation...
Once again many thanks
John
You're a star mate,it was rather tongue-in-cheek when I mentioned the "burning onto the same disc",but will wait for the postman in anticipation...
Once again many thanks
John
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john.p.clegg - Coveted Fifth Gear
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I roared laughing at the actor with the plastic moustache and wig pretending to be Chapman- he was doing an engineering drawing with a chinagraph pencil with lines about 4mm thick and pretending to "measure" this drawing with a pair of inside calipers.
Apart from the dodgy acting it was pretty interesting.
Whilst the Lotus 25 might have been the first monocoque racing car; yet another thing that Chapman did not invent (including the "Chapman" strut: see Colin Chapman's Lotus by Robin Read) was the monocoque car. The programme makers had obviously never heard of the 1923 Lancia Lambda (or even the Citroen Traction)!
Cheers,
Pete.
Apart from the dodgy acting it was pretty interesting.
Whilst the Lotus 25 might have been the first monocoque racing car; yet another thing that Chapman did not invent (including the "Chapman" strut: see Colin Chapman's Lotus by Robin Read) was the monocoque car. The programme makers had obviously never heard of the 1923 Lancia Lambda (or even the Citroen Traction)!
Cheers,
Pete.
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elansprint71 - Coveted Fifth Gear
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