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Old 6 Jan 2009, 11:28 (Ref:2366259)   #26
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Old 6 Jan 2009, 11:30 (Ref:2366260)   #27
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Sorry Terrance im bored.Its to cold even for me out in the workshop.Mrs Delta just given me a b-----ing for bringing in some pistons and fitting rings on the kitchen table.
They must have been extremely large rings!
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Old 6 Jan 2009, 11:43 (Ref:2366266)   #28
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Not if they're on the legs...
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Old 6 Jan 2009, 12:20 (Ref:2366290)   #29
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Hey Peter this will impress you. I am currentley reading the history of the Capri.
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Old 6 Jan 2009, 12:28 (Ref:2366301)   #30
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terence should be qualifying in the top 10 on the gridterence should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Dont belive anything you read in motoring books Iain,they are all wrong.
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Old 6 Jan 2009, 12:41 (Ref:2366309)   #31
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I know someone who was so in love with Capri's he called his first born daughter Capri!
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Old 6 Jan 2009, 12:53 (Ref:2366323)   #32
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She'd better not marry Leonardo di Caprio.
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Old 6 Jan 2009, 13:10 (Ref:2366337)   #33
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Hey Peter this will impress you. I am currentley reading the history of the Capri.
Jeremy Walton?

If so you also need to get hold of the homologation cert to see what they really did with the "Colognes".

Have you found out the difference between a Broadspeed and a Cologne yet?
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Oh dear, i called my Daughter Alexsis. She hates me for it. Luckily that was her second christian name.Ive still got the car and keep telling her to sell the horse and race the F Ford.
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Old 6 Jan 2009, 13:12 (Ref:2366339)   #35
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Thats the one Peter, Only up to the 4 wheel drive chapter. Getting very excited though.
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Old 6 Jan 2009, 13:13 (Ref:2366340)   #36
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Capri history, didn't Gracie Fields live there !
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Old 6 Jan 2009, 13:55 (Ref:2366364)   #37
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Two from decades past:

LOMBARD = Loads Of Money But A Right D**kh**d.

BURMA = Be Undressed and Ready My Angel.

At my age the second of these no longer applies but whilst it may be decades old LOMBARD is as true today of some people in historic racing as if it had only been thought up yesterday.

Regretably neither Delta or I have any money left so it cannot apply to us!
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Old 6 Jan 2009, 21:28 (Ref:2366615)   #38
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A few more...

One particularly relevant for me:

ORCHID - One recent child, heavily in debt

Motorsport-relevant?:

SABU - Self-adjusting balls-up

SINOAP - Solution In Need Of A Problem. i.e. any pointlessly over-engineered item or service for which no real or meaningful demand exists.

ESO - Equipment Superior to Operator. Could sum up quite a few of us on here...!

I have to say that when it comes to acronyms and slang, though, Doctors have the choicest ones. see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_slang

I particularly liked TTFO.

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Old 6 Jan 2009, 21:53 (Ref:2366637)   #39
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All this reminds me of a book ive got on motor racing jargon. Such as "Harry flatters" and Tramping on. Just found the book. Never heard of this one. "wagging the tail of the dog" Answers please.
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Old 6 Jan 2009, 22:40 (Ref:2366670)   #40
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I seem to recall that many years ago , there was a car called a FUBAR that raced in 750MC meetings ( F1300 ? F4 ? F1300 ? ) . Upon interrogation , the proprietor of this particular vehicle proferred the suggestion that it stood for Finishes Up Behind All ( the ) Rest ; but we know differently , don't we , my little cherubs ?
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All this reminds me of a book ive got on motor racing jargon. Such as "Harry flatters" and Tramping on. Just found the book. Never heard of this one. "wagging the tail of the dog" Answers please.
It was the caption on a photo in a book I got as a child (BP Motor Racing 1959 or so?) which showed a Cooper going a corner sideways, have to go home and look it up but i NEED TO WORK!!!

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And then there's TWR - The Wrong Rockers .
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And then there's TWR - The Wrong Rockers .
Its always been Third World Racing to most in the know
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Times up." Waging the tail of the dog " Driver-induced oversteer to slide car around corners.Not sure who's interested but that's one i did not know.Just browsing back through the book and they mention Charterhall race track. Anyone been or raced there.
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Then there's AAAAAA.

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Old 7 Jan 2009, 22:36 (Ref:2367349)   #46
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And then there's TWR - The Wrong Rockers .
Wasn't this something to do with the Rover touring cars being caught out with Volvo rockers. ?,
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Times up." Waging the tail of the dog " Driver-induced oversteer to slide car around corners.Not sure who's interested but that's one i did not know.Just browsing back through the book and they mention Charterhall race track. Anyone been or raced there.
Its listed in an old book I have about race circuits. It was near Kelso in Scotland and like a lot of circuits was an old airfield.

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Come on then whats JFDI.See the Siverstone classic thread.
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That'll be the Ford version then.

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