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Hey, it’s the right way up. The photo I mean....
Is that the T61 you ran at Goody with young Mr Bryant driving- fitted with the 5.0 litre V8 Maserati engine? It’s a good looking car. Any idea how it compares performance wise with the Ford and Chevy versions? Billy B has often said that the ‘King Cobra’ can be a bit scary...... I’m guessing the Italian engine is lighter, being aluminium. Just been reading up and find that the alloy Buick engine (that Rover bought) was also used in the Cooper, and was 20kg lighter than a 2.7 Climax! Last edited by Mike Bell; 16 Dec 2018 at 20:46. |
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Since Goodwood we have done a full suspension rebuild . 1st time have driven the car was today . Loved it . The owner was waiting for me remark on the cars faults but there weren’t any . Looking forward to driving at Philip Island now . Lucky boy .
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Early 1970s, my dad was spanner monkey on this car when Jonty Williamson ran it in sprints and on the hills. He won the sprint championship in 1971 I think, he had a 7.2(?) Chrysler engine in the back.
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Well, with mention of the Cooper Maserati I suddenly realised that some shots I took back in July had, for reasons I can't work out, not made it finished output folders. Mostly shots of the Cooper.
So here as some of them that were AWOL from the material shot as the Stoke Row and Nuffield Motor Sport Day. |
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What a glorious car.... cant wait to see it (and hear it) at PI!
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Pedro Rodriguez won the opening round of the 1967 World Championship in South Africa driving a Cooper Maserati such as the one shown.
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Just been catching up on a few pages as we've been in the throws of moving house(not recommended at this time of year) and the whole experience has been really traumatic from the inevitable delays in transferring funds between the legal parties involved and the seemingly inordinate amount of packing boxes. When you're 70+ this sort of activity pulls on your resources more than you think and I'm feeling the pain but at least we are now reconnected to the interweb thingy giving access to a bit of escapism. Most enlightening information from Peter and Peter on the state of our nation, I've probably gleaned more information on here than the last 10 years of listening to the babbling from government representatives on the news stations. I'm still not sure I understand the full ramifications of Brexit but to a mere individual I have rather more pressing matters occupying my time at present, roll on next years racing season. |
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That said the problem with making things a closed shop is that you run out of options and thus when you need to look outside of your own area, something engineering and construction companies do, you are unable to use "or equal and approved" technology and thus your costs are increased. As to France and its motor industry, are you aware that it is illegally subsidised by the French government? Quote:
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Spending my youth in bars around the EU buildings made it hard to avoid running into EU people etc.! Funnily enough the reason many Belgians say they appreciate EU membership goes back to wars but they are happy with it because their country hasn't been occupied for quite some time! It's always interesting/surprising to compare the different points of views between countries that were invaded with those that weren't Similarly it's noticeable from the outside that the EU is presented in a very different way in the UK to other countries. My overall feeling is that membership gives the benefit of "economies of scale", e.g. as with shops/businesses/collective purchasing the more there are of you the better deal you get. Peter p.s. must congratulate your Luton cutey on her deserved victory in the BBC's popularity/dancing contest on Saturday! |
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"As to France and its motor industry, are you aware that it is illegally subsidised by the French government?"
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They do it by low interest "loans". As far as legality is concerned subsidizing an EU State's industries is an EU no, no. This was the case in 2014 IIRC.
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I was amused by a TV show when someone said that British railways are State owned, the problem is that it is the French and German states that own them! Not sure how true that is but it goes back to the issue of selling off the silver, many people accept that German industries etc. are doing alright and then slag off the EU - which seems to overlook the fact they are also members. A noticeable difference is their attitude to businesses, with longer term business plans, investing in them and so on (possibly helped by not spending so much money on weapons). A friend was telling me about the German version of Dragon's Den, saying how much more money they invested and far more likely to take a punt on something. Which seems to reflect the differences in "real life" business as well. You say that Ireland are a net importer of energy and cutting of their nose etc. but that is the case for the UK, it is a net importer and most of its basic needs come from Europe. Even Bernard Matthew's Norfolk turkeys turned out to come from Holland!! Belgium's apparently just connected a very long extension cable to the UK to cover possible shortages (a lot of the reactors are currently not working) but they could be buying the power from the French even though it comes from the UK!! Which is just another example of how complicated such things are these days and it's probably impossible for one country to take back control of everything - even North Korea seems to be reaching out! I think there are some countries where you actually vote for the PM directly rather than indirectly by choosing their party. That might seem to be a similar thing but it is different, especially if you have proportional representation. The thing with the large internationals paying some local taxes and so on is true, but what is particularly noticeable in the UK is that the employees/recipients just end up paying vastly inflated prices for property (and goods) in a small area which only benefits a small number of property owners and businesses (usually foreign of course!). The quantitative easing programmes seem to have been beneficial to historic racing though, with many of those who benefit from the "free" money spending it like it grows on trees! Again of benefit to only a small sector. The EU doesn't just fund large infrastructure programmes (like unused roads/airports) it also supports many small projects - one I had some involvement with was the Paul McCartney LIPA school in Liverpool, hardly a massive (or underused) project. All the little EU flags on tourist attractions (many of which are in areas that voted to leave) are another clue! At the end of the day we end up saying the same thing - no system is perfect and the preferred choice depends on your personal opinion. And personal opinions seem to depend a lot on your location/point of view. Incidentally, I think someone described me as a remainer which is amusing given I fecked off years ago!! Peter |
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Yes, French state is share holder in both Peugeot and Renault, around 20/25%, this was supposed to avoid any financial failure and fund research around EV's.
More important from my point of view, they changed the rules for the pensions, was 2004 I guess, and another time more recently. Is this legal? I dont think so. Do you know a game where one party can change the rules in its favor during the game? When they take/took money to fund the pensions, we could neither discuss the rate nor how the money was used. Its obvious that at least this part of our system is rotten, meaning probably bankrupt because they can't give the money back. If I'm correct, its the responsibility of any government to guarantee this payment. I feel I'm not clear, will try another way. You work in France. Taxes all collected on your work by your employer, before you get the almost net amount, then have to pay income tax. One part will fund your pension when you retire. All the percentages are not to be negotiated. They need to change the rules? Fair enough. But why a retroactive process? Should this be brought to our cherished european court may be our gov' would have to reconsider its position. If you see so many French retired living in Portugal, Spain, Morocco or Senegal its not only for the sun but to preserve a decent level of living. Or semi-decent… Peter is this clear and real, please? |
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Oddly enough one of my favourite places is Brittany. Especially the Cote d'emerode. Property prices are extremely good value but then you look at the rules. If you live in France and are retired you pay french tax on your UK pension, which I believe is in the range of 40%. Whereas in the UK we pay 25% on annual sums above £12,500 which I think is the tax allowance.
So, whilst it would be great to move to France, the reality is that the cost of living is prohibitive. Peter. I don't believe any UK railways are state owned whether by the UK, France or Germany since they are run by some seriously poor private companies. As to the UK being a net importer of power? Again slightly inaccurate since we still have oil and gas and export those products, likewise we have wind and nuclear. Yes at times we need back up from across the channel hence the inter connector and the cross channel cables. Both of which are reversible. |
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And some of those seriously poor companies are owned by foreign state railway companies. Arriva UK Trains runs about 25% of British trains and is a totally owned subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn. Meanwhile, ScotRail is owned by the Dutch state railway. Meanwhile, another large chunk of the UK's railways is run by Govia, a company jointly owned by Go Ahead (UK based) and Keolis which is based in Paris with 70% owned by SCNF (French state railways) and the remainder by an investment arm of the city of Quebec. Another large operator is First Group which from memory is nominally British owned but a lot of it's profits appear to disappear overseas to tax-free bolt holes. |
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Or, to put that another way, they can use what you think is your money to find those things that it offer you to make you think they are "giving" you something. It has pretty much always been that way but back in the days of tithe payments was somewhat localised. Once the merchant classes started to gain control over a larger part of the economy ( and so the cash generation capability to find wars and support whichever empire ruled them at the time ) it became apparent that the tithe payment system needed to be expanded somewhat. Thus Income Tax amongst other options. Also debt in the form of borrowing from banks (of one sort or another) to pay for the wars and the technology to fight them successfully. When the options to repay the debts based on reparations or simply grabbing the trade and overseas operations for mining gold and other valuable metals from defeated adversaries, were outstripped by the cost of the conflict and the future developments, in mostly military terms, to maintain superiority, the idea of inflation became attractive. So long one's debt load was at a low interest rate and one's earnings potential at a higher rate the real current cost of covering the debt over 20 years or whatever the term would decrease. This, of course, is now the entire basis of the economy in most of the world. Effectively one giant Ponzi scheme - especially Pension plans whether private or State. So, looking back, yes the USA is, in effect, bankrupt in that if all of it's debts were called in they could not readily pay them off. But that could be said of almost everywhere. Indeed even countries (or regimes) which appear to "own" large quantities of valuable mineral rights or oil deposits on which their wealth is based are only wealthy whilst there is a (genuinely) healthy market for the products they own or can control. It was always thus. And still times change. Often things change faster than the controlling society wish to recognise or faster than it can deal with even if people do see what is coming. The UK seems to have sold off assets in recent decades, presumably on the basis that if it is fixed infrastructure in the UK it's unlikely to be removed (but could be allowed to fall into disrepair) or if it is "technology" it is best to sell off while it is still relevant given how quickly technology fashion can change. I suspect there is not much more to sell off. Maybe the NHS but I cannot see that anyone would want it. So the possible methods of supporting the long term debt bubble and pensions promises seem to be very limited. It seems likely that this also applies to the EU, in some places more than others at the moment. And there are signs that China, even as it stands now, has similar problems which would only be made worse if the world that relies upon it to make stuff or fund stuff buys less or needs more help to support pre-existing investment. The next few years could be very interesting. |
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