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Old 3 Sep 2020, 17:20 (Ref:3999873)   #2526
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He was in your garden so surely you must know.
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Scratching my head on this one Peter as I raced with one and a personal friend with the other
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I did not know the sisters, but I think I knew a distant cousin, Ann Braketurn.
Ha yes, I see…*Was she related to the O'Illeak family? Or was it MacUloch can't say…
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Old 3 Sep 2020, 19:01 (Ref:3999894)   #2529
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Scratching my head on this one Peter as I raced with one and a personal friend with the other
I recon its Les Weller as his wheels made my minivan and cortina mk2 estate handle and look better back in the 70S
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I recon its Les Weller as his wheels made my minivan and cortina mk2 estate handle and look better back in the 70S
Correct, he actually hasn't changed a lot over the years, I still have my hair but the beard has gone white. The guy on the right is one of my best mates who incidentally was my wife's old boyfriend and our best man !
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Old 3 Sep 2020, 21:28 (Ref:3999925)   #2531
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It isn't Jeremy Rossiter, so Mr Weller?
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It isn't Jeremy Rossiter, so Mr Weller?
Yes Mr Wheels himself, I remember him working at Lola cars in the 60s
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Old 4 Sep 2020, 04:53 (Ref:3999951)   #2534
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Strange he does look like Tony Law's cousin, TLE the best steel exhaust manifolds on the planet.
C'est une coutume touchante quoique assez étrange to keep wife's former boy friend around, just in case you dont find your blue pills. But if he was her best, that's OK.
In France, when the "break the glass in case of" mode is turned on, we like to keep an eye on a bride's sister. Only if she's young and pretty, we are gentlemen ya no. Always ready to serve and protect. And to serve well!

Bob, one four you: who took the pic and what are they smoking?
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More worrying is that Gordon appears to be hugging the three bottles of wine . 🙄
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Spot on delta! As the said bottles look empty, waiting for next pic when Gordon is hugging two girls and a boy! Happy day!!
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Old 4 Sep 2020, 14:09 (Ref:4000056)   #2537
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Ana slightly more serious mode, we are experiencing some issues with steel particular parts, springs and brake discs. As to the last ones can you recommend a brand, some coming already twisted out of the box… For an E-Type for instance.
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My thoughts are with “dudda” at this time having seen on FB that his father Patrick Passed away earlier today . I remember my first tine racing FFord at Pau many years ago and Patrick made me very welcome and we have remained good friends since . RIP my French friend .
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Ouch. Haven't seen this but yes condolences to Louis. RIP Patrick.
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Ana slightly more serious mode, we are experiencing some issues with steel particular parts, springs and brake discs. As to the last ones can you recommend a brand, some coming already twisted out of the box… For an E-Type for instance.
Could they "possibly" be of Chinese Manufacture ? there are a lot of cheap inferior parts out there that are being "rebranded" in fake manufacturers boxes and sold at inflated prices. It's been happening with just about everything else including official approved seat belts and racing overalls unfortunately.
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Could they "possibly" be of Chinese Manufacture ? there are a lot of cheap inferior parts out there that are being "rebranded" in fake manufacturers boxes and sold at inflated prices. It's been happening with just about everything else including official approved seat belts and racing overalls unfortunately.
Did you see the video of a guy crashing and the harness, labeled OMP failing Gordon. Cheap cast alloy fixings used for all ends of the harness. Luckily the guy was OK apart from being ****ed off by his straight out of the box purchase.
China really needs some heavy sanctions placed upon it!
So much of their crap flooding eBay and Amazon. Let alone what they have caused with this bloody virus!
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Agree with you both Gordon and Terence the guy making the leaf springs says he's rather buy old ones because its impossible to source proper steel. For the Capri I found Maxtorq are good value for money and dont warp easily.
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Did you see the video of a guy crashing and the harness, labeled OMP failing Gordon. Cheap cast alloy fixings used for all ends of the harness. Luckily the guy was OK apart from being ****ed off by his straight out of the box purchase.
China really needs some heavy sanctions placed upon it!
So much of their crap flooding eBay and Amazon. Let alone what they have caused with this bloody virus!
It would appear that the bloke bought the harness for €40 !! perhaps that might have sent out warning signals ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QHMY75DFJM
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Ouch, that should be a warning that safety devices like that should be checked beforehand to make sure they are not faulty
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They are checked before hand. We have to be scrutineered at every race. Currently we self scrutineer but that just means we check them and confirm before turning up at the race. However I don't know anyone who would buy a harness for 40 euros when the cheapest on the market is around £150.00 and expect it to be genuine.
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It would appear that the bloke bought the harness for €40 !! perhaps that might have sent out warning signals ?
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Looks like he probably got his brake parts from the same place!!
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However I don't know anyone who would buy a harness for 40 euros when the cheapest on the market is around £150.00 and expect it to be genuine.
Agreed! But in now way I know a safe method to test a harness myself prior to mounting. Just rely on a known and reknowed brand, Schröth in my case, and check the presence of the official label/hologram. After that…
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Indeed Gerard but as you say, we know what to look for.
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They are checked before hand. We have to be scrutineered at every race. Currently we self scrutineer but that just means we check them and confirm before turning up at the race. However I don't know anyone who would buy a harness for 40 euros when the cheapest on the market is around £150.00 and expect it to be genuine.
Agreed, On the other hand I had a genuine set that had been used about 10 times by me and never involved in any crashes but were just out of date.
A bloke in a local garage asked me if I had a harness to use in a track day car and I said I have one of the best genuine ones but out of date by a month and you can have it for 20 quid, he said I can buy a new one for under 50 quid off the internet ! I said well it will be crap compared to one for that price but he went ahead
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Which brings me to another subject. I have two out of date helmets. Do I stick em on ebay with the usual caveats or do I bin them?
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