[Mgs] MGB O/D Driveshafts

The Roxter rocknatural at gmail.com
Wed Sep 26 10:45:34 MDT 2007


Paul Hunt wrote:
> Amen to that.  In my youth apprenticeship and education was all about where 
> technology came from, and understanding 'obsolete' technologies before you 
> moved on to current, as well as 'classrooms' with lathes, forges, carpentry 
> tools etc.  It was a bit frustrating to spend several weeks learning a 
> mathematical technique only to then be told "but we don't do it that way any 
> more" but many of the things I learnt then have stayed with me.  Sadly, 
> today's youth aren't taught how anything works, much less how to make it. 
> But the comments about oil dripping and Bugatti prompt me to mention that at 
> one time Bugatti used a bleed off the exhaust to pressurise the fuel tank as 
> an alternative to a hand pump.
A local company hired the Victor TF yesterday for a TV Commercial. The shoot was in a hangar for a corporate jet. They had two Mercedes, a late 60's Corvette, a Lexus hardtop and my Victor. Guess which car had a little black oil puddle underneath?   :)

-The Roxter
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