It’s The Latte Latte Delta Tea Break 2018

[Gerard C]

I see she's also have her own website and BVN vintage race cars FB page will lead you to some videos on YT.

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

I see she's also have her own website and BVN vintage race cars FB page will lead you to some videos on YT.

Yes, she has a good site - www.yvettefontaine.be - although if anything it was more interesting before being 'modernised', as there were lotsd of period photos, press cuttings etc.

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

If I'm right, you told me you use a BD engine on carbs, right? You front valance is clean, while many others use a "swiss cheese" style unit. Is this homologated or free style? In principle, the regs state that you can modify this part of the body only under an imaginary line joining the center of the wheels if I'm correct.

Yes, for Gp2 it was only allowed to cut out the front panel below a line drawn at the wheel centres. No extra cooling vents above. The blue Terzi car is genuine and correct. You see some period Escorts with a very low centre oil cooler which was just legal! If Yvette’s car is a replica that could explain the difference. I’m now wondering if the Belgian Ford team had more than one car....

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Yes, for Gp2 it was only allowed to cut out the front panel below a line drawn at the wheel centres. No extra cooling vents above. The blue Terzi car is genuine and correct. You see some period Escorts with a very low centre oil cooler which was just legal! If Yvette’s car is a replica that could explain the difference. I’m now wondering if the Belgian Ford team had more than one car....

Yvette's cars are not to full race spec mechanically, hence the reason she does not race them, only doing demo's.

[delta]

Thanks for posting the link John . Chuffed to bits to have photo with Mike . I would probably still be building the car now without his help . And Uncle Eric .

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by delta

Thanks for posting the link John . Chuffed to bits to have photo with Mike . I would probably still be building the car now without his help . And Uncle Eric .

Always happy to oblige! As has been said, there are other shots of both cars but I picked that one as you are both in the same shot.

[delta]

Going back a few post to Wills future career. My advice would be to absorb as much info you can to do with modern racing especially on the Electrics in motor sport . Keep the Historic’s as a hobby and enjoy . If you end up 24/7 in historic motorsport you will only end up posting on the tea break thread . 😀.Seriously electics / Hybrid cars are here to stay .

[The Fat Clerk]

. ��.Seriously electics / Hybrid cars are here to stay .[/QUOTE]

Like it or not, that's how it is

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by delta

Going back a few post to Wills future career. My advice would be to absorb as much info you can to do with modern racing especially on the Electrics in motor sport . Keep the Historic’s as a hobby and enjoy . If you end up 24/7 in historic motorsport you will only end up posting on the tea break thread . 😀.Seriously electics / Hybrid cars are here to stay .

Wise words. Current racing cars will be Historic in 20 years time, so anyone that is involved with them now will be well placed in the future..... We’ve already got 90s prototypes and GTs racing again, and in the USA even newer, so I’m sure the theme will continue, and the oldest stuff put out to pasture or saved for special occasions.....

[Mike Bell]

One for Mr McKay and anyone else into trucks.....

https://www.ukhaulier.co.uk/news/roa...ommercial-use/

So, Colin, what was the nickname for the DAF ‘kikker’ here, or did we not have them?

[delta]

Morning all .Im in need of a Brexit report . Not sure I understand about the Irish Border back stop. Personally I think think Mrs May is doing her very best but not getting the support from her own MP’s . Hey what do I know .

[Willmaz223]

Originally Posted by delta

Going back a few post to Wills future career. My advice would be to absorb as much info you can to do with modern racing especially on the Electrics in motor sport . Keep the Historic’s as a hobby and enjoy . If you end up 24/7 in historic motorsport you will only end up posting on the tea break thread . 😀.Seriously electics / Hybrid cars are here to stay .

Yes they are the future shame really but if onky they could produce a better sound then me and everyone else would be laughing.

[Willmaz223]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Wise words. Current racing cars will be Historic in 20 years time, so anyone that is involved with them now will be well placed in the future..... We’ve already got 90s prototypes and GTs racing again, and in the USA even newer, so I’m sure the theme will continue, and the oldest stuff put out to pasture or saved for special occasions.....

Thats worthy of a horror movie .

[midgetman]

Well, Mrs May doesn't think she can win so she's taken her ball away. She's going to sulk with Angela and Donald who will pat her on the head and say "there, there" before sending her home without her bus money.

That nice Mr Corbyn wants the Big Job because he reckons he can get a better deal. Simply because he's that nice Mr Corbyn and can ask more nicely but we've tried that tack before with that nice Mr Cameron and look where that got us. That little sweet thing Ms Sturgeon wants to help send Mr Corbyn there, I think she wants some dinner money.

There's a tented city outside Parliament, journalists standing in the cold interviewing whoever walks by just to justify their existence. I will take a trip to London and see if I can be recognised as the Tenths Party representative. There's also lots of people waving European and UK flags but God knows what they're doing.

So despite all the shouting and hubris we are no further forward than we were in June 2016, no-one knows what is happening.

More incisive news reporting on your action channel soon. Bringing you the news that everyone else does ad nauseum.

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[Peter Mallett]

Originally Posted by delta

Morning all .Im in need of a Brexit report . Not sure I understand about the Irish Border back stop. Personally I think think Mrs May is doing her very best but not getting the support from her own MP’s . Hey what do I know .

Ok, in short. The vote to leave was not really about immigration other than the ability to control it, it was really about sovereignty and removing the ability for the European Court Of Justice (ECJ) to make and strike down the UK's laws, as is currently the case.

I don't know anyone who believed the £350m bus advert although a by-product of leaving would be to avoid paying anything to the EU.

The Irish backstop is something dreamed up by the EU to keep the UK in the EU without any say in what it does. It makes no sense, since there are no hard borders around Switzerland and thus why should there be any around the UK or parts thereof.

May made the mistake thinking it was all about immigration (as did many of those who voted to remain) and so she thinks that she has a good deal.

Fact is, she is not a leader, nor is she a listener so she's been blindly heading down the trap set by the EU negotiators, assisted by civil servants who have no obligation to meet the requirements of a referendum, thus they want to stick to the status quo.

If we were to accept the backstop daft things like Vnok would be imposed and we would have no right to object.

As far as negotiation skills go the entire team are bloody useless; unemployable in my world. They obviously had no strategy other than to get a deal at any cost. Hence we are not prepared for a no deal; and this strengthens the hands of the EU.

Hope this helps.

[Willmaz223]

Originally Posted by midgetman

Well, Mrs May doesn't think she can win so she's taken her ball away. She's going to sulk with Angela and Donald who will pat her on the head and say "there, there" before sending her home without her bus money.

That nice Mr Corbyn wants the Big Job because he reckons he can get a better deal. Simply because he's that nice Mr Corbyn and can ask more nicely but we've tried that tack before with that nice Mr Cameron and look where that got us. That little sweet thing Ms Sturgeon wants to help send Mr Corbyn there, I think she wants some dinner money.

There's a tented city outside Parliament, journalists standing in the cold interviewing whoever walks by just to justify their existence. I will take a trip to London and see if I can be recognised as the Tenths Party representative. There's also lots of people waving European and UK flags but God knows what they're doing.

So despite all the shouting and hubris we are no further forward than we were in June 2016, no-one knows what is happening.

More incisive news reporting on your action channel soon. Bringing you the news that everyone else does ad nauseum.

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Good idea new political party id happily join up put some sense into them leaderless people.I could go on quite a rant 😂😂

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Ok, in short. The vote to leave was not really about immigration other than the ability to control it, it was really about sovereignty and removing the ability for the European Court Of Justice (ECJ) to make and strike down the UK's laws, as is currently the case.

I don't know anyone who believed the £350m bus advert although a by-product of leaving would be to avoid paying anything to the EU.

The Irish backstop is something dreamed up by the EU to keep the UK in the EU without any say in what it does. It makes no sense, since there are no hard borders around Switzerland and thus why should there be any around the UK or parts thereof.

May made the mistake thinking it was all about immigration (as did many of those who voted to remain) and so she thinks that she has a good deal.

Fact is, she is not a leader, nor is she a listener so she's been blindly heading down the trap set by the EU negotiators, assisted by civil servants who have no obligation to meet the requirements of a referendum, thus they want to stick to the status quo.

If we were to accept the backstop daft things like Vnok would be imposed and we would have no right to object.

As far as negotiation skills go the entire team are bloody useless; unemployable in my world. They obviously had no strategy other than to get a deal at any cost. Hence we are not prepared for a no deal; and this strengthens the hands of the EU.

Hope this helps.

So far as I can see nobody on either side has actually negotiated anything yet. Barnier was supposed to be an ace negotiator but all he does is issue threats & insults. Now Martin Selmayr wants to lead the negotiations but all he is interested in finishing the work his grandfather started 70 or so years ago - & probably send the Portugese EU Gendarmerie thugs across the Channel once they've finished brutalising Paris!!

[Willmaz223]

Looking at a certain Jonothan Rea 4 time World Super bike Champ .Unheard of by many such a shame considering his success .Good interview by Motor Sport Mag again .My mum used to read them in the 70s and 80s .She remember seeing James Hunt walking out the Kentagon at Brands Hatch pint in one hand cigar in a another walking right past her her friend was mad over him .Sounded like F1 was quite a beast back then.

[Peter Mallett]

Originally Posted by John Elwin

So far as I can see nobody on either side has actually negotiated anything yet. Barnier was supposed to be an ace negotiator but all he does is issue threats & insults. Now Martin Selmayr wants to lead the negotiations but all he is interested in finishing the work his grandfather started 70 or so years ago - & probably send the Portugese EU Gendarmerie thugs across the Channel once they've finished brutalising Paris!!

Indeed. The EU has retained its position since day one and as you say, has not needed to negotiate anything.

[Willmaz223]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Indeed. The EU has retained its position since day one and as you say, has not needed to negotiate anything.

Quite right its sat back put its feet up and as had a jolly good laugh at the mess we've got ourselves in.

[Peter Mallett]

Originally Posted by Willmaz223

The only stuff I have at home is a laithe a pillar drill lots of tools and other stuff and 90s go kart then im testing in a few weeks once we get it sorted .What you racing next year?

The Rover needs much more care and attention in terms of set up which I can't do on my own. After every event the axle is stripped down and checked/rebuilt. The gearbox gets a coat of looking at three times per year. Engine rebuild every year.

Brakes are renewed (discs etc.) twice per year (this I could do myself).

I'll be out in the MGB later in the year, which needs a lot less attention.

[delta]

Ok thanks Max and Peter . Guess like the rest of the country “confused “.

[Willmaz223]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

The Rover needs much more care and attention in terms of set up which I can't do on my own. After every event the axle is stripped down and checked/rebuilt. The gearbox gets a coat of looking at three times per year. Engine rebuild every year.

Brakes are renewed (discs etc.) twice per year (this I could do myself).

I'll be out in the MGB later in the year, which needs a lot less attention.

Nice to hear thank you

[bauble]

What nobody appears to have recognised is that the EU does not want the UK to leave, as this would deprive them of our rather large contribution to the 'Ha, ha, budget', and encourage other countries to do the same. The EU strategy all along has been to make life so difficult for US, that we scrap the whole thing and stay (trapped) in the EU. This would also weaken our position in the EU Parliament, as we would look like a bunch of whimps who could not make up our minds, and they would see us as a divided nation easy to dominate.

We should never have tried to negotiate simply said we're going, and you can live with that or not, you need us more than we need you,


Should Brexit fail to take place I shall be buying a yellow vest. Probably made in China.

A hard, crash out, departure is the best possible result for the UK as a whole, even though it might not suit many here. In any war there are casualties.

Well that's wot I fink.

[grantp]

On the subject of Brexit I wonder if Barnier could be bribed to change sides and bring his team with him?

Then he could run the same sort of campaign on our side with a brief to discover how much the EU would pay to keep us in the game.

As thing stand they forced Eire to vote again and get it "right" second time and for some reason entrapped Greece for the long game via the Euro gambit although they probably had to do that to cover up the jiggery pokery that allowed them to join the Euro in the first place.

The Revolting French decadal cycle seems to be in full swing for reasons that seem to have gone well beyond anything justified by a few tax cents on fossil fuels so presumably there are some underlying tensions there that will need to be released in some way. Not something that should surprise anyone I suppose?

Mrs Merton seems to be attempting a clone implant for German politics as a holding position for a while. It will probably work as Germany, in general, is mostly averse to change. However if that starts to go wrong things could fall apart quite quickly. I hear that their railways are very nearly as bad as those in the UK for disruption and cancellations. Not a good sign of how things are progressing in Germany.

Many of the much smaller recently joined members are quit happy sit back and take the finding for now, especially those that are seeing the car manufacturers investing in new production facilities.

It's interesting, for example, that JLR seem to be suggesting that Brexit is behind their plans to build cars anywhere but the UK but then in the next press release have to admit that sales on China are well down on what they need to be. That, of course, is a problem that seems to afflict all non-Chinese manufacturers. (Chinese owned, like Volvo, may not be so adversely affected one assumes.)

The Chinese economic power and influence question seems to be more critical than the European question at the moment. If the combined EU had the will and capability to balance the influences of the US and China then being part of such a group would be worth some compromises. To be that group would likely require some changes that would affect the most obvious pitfalls in the current agreements.

But without that the whole of Europe seems somewhat rudderless and intent on moving ever closer to self harm.

That said since those who have set themselves up as our leaders for the UK seem entirely unable to find a way to get out of a wet paper bag one wonder what we the voters should look for in the future.

Given the standard of candidates who put themselves forward for the top jobs perhaps we should give up on politics as we know it and recruit a President for a fixed term. No need to be a UK resident but very well proven leadership qualities highly desirable.

On a positive note ... it was so nice to see that a European Court suggested that Article 50 could be rescinded when the line previously has always been that there is no way back from actioning Article 50.

Work that hole in the dam a little and maybe people would consider paying the UK to plug the hole and delay the possibility of a catastrophic flood of similar exits.

Of course all of this is probably as likely as the plot of a Hollywood film so I don't want anyone to think there may be much realistic potential presented. Nor entertainment, come to that.