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DT:Monday,September 3rd.,2007 @1020hrs EST
<< Quoting KB2VXA to CARS @WW >>
>From : KB2VXA To : CARS @WW
>Type/Status : B$ Date/Time : 02-Sep 16:13
>Bid : 18806_VK2TV Message # : 263644
>Title : Re: VE3WBZ > Not a Fiat
>
Hello again Warren, and everyone....
> Well, the Spyder wasn't a Fiat, it was a Porche 550 and
> since then everybody and his uncle took the name so I found
> the info in the Wikipedia under James Dean.
well I guess thats why I never knew that...Not a Porche fan
as my cheap 2G in canadian funds always caught up and passed
them.
Aren't you afraid of the CIA who it is reported edits all
material at that site?
> Firefox barfed at the "oficial" site and shut down. Maybe
> it was the Little Bas***d Curse?
And I recently DL'ed that program to give it a try... !!!
> Quick clip from the same source;
> The Offenhauser engine, familiarly known as the "Offy", was
> developed by Fred Offenhauser and his employer
> Harry Arminius Miller, after having spent some time
> maintaining and repairing a 1913 Peugeot Grand Prix car of
> the type which had won the Indianapolis 500. Impressed by
> the double overhead cam, four valve per cylinder design,
> which was a great leap forward at the time and would not
> be out of place today, they designed an engine on similar
> principles.
Thats dah man.! And yes about the Peugeot...only got
one ride in a vintage machine. Nice ride and I'd say
yes would sell today very easy.
> Lee's Mustang shure took off but in just a few years Ford
> came up with the Mustang II, a real piece of crap more like
> a Falcon (UGH!) with a horsie in the grille. Don't get it
I had one of those Japanese made mini-mustangs.... 4 slapper
and so glad to get rid of it. My cousin in Indy had a falcon
and it ran okay from what I remember.
> I'm not sure but you could be right about the DeLorean being
> made in eastern Canada but... well... let's see what the
> Big G has to say if I don't time out again. (;->)
>
> The first prototype appeared in March 1977, and production
> officially began in 1981 (with the first DMC-12 rolling off
> the production line on January 21) at the DMC factory in
> Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. During its production, several
> aspects of the car were changed, such as the hood (bonnet)
> style, wheels and interior. About nine thousand DMC-12s were
> made before production stopped in late 1982.
And if you read further, it was stopped because he was in
deep problems, and with a cocaine charge, he started loosing
business until he was aquitted. The connection with Eastern
Canada was the serious decision to move to Canada and produce
the Car there...and a few dealerships who carryed other brands
were selling Deloreans, right up to the time the deal fell
through, and he moved to New Jersey, and then I guess it
went to a Texas manufacturer from there.
A union leader for the "Big 3" was totally against Delorean
coming to Canada. They were not going to stand idle, but
were calling for a big strike and that made the Provincial
and Federal money to support the move dry up.
> Well, that leaves out Canada. The company I mentioned that
> makes them today is in Texas.
Yes ... Besides, given choices, I too would pick Texas, as
I can only see the problems with Canadian manufacturing
and of course a better customer base.
As per your "bonnie" comments, that was interesting, as
we too had our YL of the airways... she used to get on
every weekend...drunk..and she just railed all night
until she passed out on the floor. Toronto hams
and CB'ers will remember Annie.
Okay so some of the CB/ham ops either toned down or
rocked along which made it all fun...which it is supposed
to be. You really brought to mind a CB-HAM operator
who lived in Toronto, and I still hear him here from
atop his perch in a Toronto highrise, late evenings.
On ham, he is quite the operator. All okay but same
topics and more in depth...but on CB he is "Master Carp"
and he does the Canadia things putting a lingo slang to
fit the situation, and he has some really good roundtables
today with folks I remembered from my time there in the 70s.
When I was mobile one night in Toronto, I got him on simplex
for a chat... then I heard him on the CB and with a YL I
knew who knew a blind ham I used to help.... It was great
because she thought the ham had died, and I broke in to
let her know where he was living and his new callsign.
Funny thing, she knew me, but I only knew her by voice
as part of the ham's nightly "bedroom base" net...hahaha.
Passed the message along...and when I last heard from one
source they were re-connected via emails.
> days, one was Norman (forgot the call) who was a first
> responder and very active in the public service aspect of
> Amateur Radio.
> He was one of my elmers and quite the excellent cook on
> Field Day. He even brought a commercial gas range converted
> to burn propane, we ate like Henery VIII.
MMMmmmmm you are reminding me of Maria's cooking. BTW she
has now taken over my CB mobile unit when we are out on the
road.
> Speaking of my old CB-3A I found out the receive crystals
> were 10M cuts so you can guess what I did one boring
> Saturday afternoon. Nah, I'll tell you, Georgia USSR but
> after the contact it went back to where it belonged.
> Oh go on guys, give the teenager a break, you were young
> once too.
The Johnson Messenger two I have is the same way Warren.
It is the only thing I have left of my station in Toronto
which was my parents way to keep tabs of the very mobile
teen they had ... mostly marine on Lake Ontario.
The Trimaran called "Pusycat" owned by a Policeman had
a Daystrom 348 tube radio, with tunable receive and a
box of transmit crystals you plugged in. With a
40ft mast and a awesome whip on top the results were
the greatest. What a place to learn how to sail.
> Well, not likely I'll hear Maria on the air any time soon
> without my radio station but I'll still see her on the
> YL packet net. Somehow the accent doesn't quite come
> across and by now she knows how to type Schuykill. (;->)
>
> 73 de Warren
>
> [End of Message #263644 from KB2VXA]
Speaking about Maria ... we had a great discussion this
morning over tea, about not only Schuykill but other
place names, and how we both see them from our heritage
viewpoints. How some places are strange, and strange to
pronounce and how we try to get them right, or explain
how the name came to be... like Pennsylvania ... Penn's Wood.
Last time Maria was on HF was 40m and we were chatting with
a friend of many years in Toronto ... Richard VE3CXP.
He got on 40m and spoke to me "first time" with a
Heathkit SB401 /sb301 combination that I help construct with
him back in the 1960s. Also got a great QSL card to enjoy.
Richard also made my QSL card which is at QRZ.com ...he
also sends me pics he re-edits which "goof" on me...oh well
I have to have critics...keeps my show moving along.
Anyhow Maria did enjoy her chat..and she almost had her own
net going with a few other stations lining up to chat with
her and her topic. It was great for her ... and I always
give her the access.
OK ... babbled on enough for today ... and just in closing
I read a comment from david G4EBT on his cars in UK...and
the BMW ..or "Beammer" or their owners we call "Beamers"
His observations I can say mirror over here, except they
took out the photo-radar David...and it got worse.
OK... ttfn Pete VE3WBZ
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