National Rally - Scootacars?

[Big Al]

created a perfect negative image of an entire drill chuck.

I had to chuckle.

[marcus]

I wonder what my Grandad would make of the Tryane, because it seems to have been made in the exact same way he pioneered! Until the huge re-fit a few years back there was a whole display panel about my Grandad at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. The display panels about yachts have now gone, but they still have a lot of his drawings in their archives which can be seen on application, and I plan to visit sometime with my Mum.

A negative drill chuck sounds great!. At the South London Innovation Centre (sadly closed now) where I developed my prototypes we had a great Milling machine with the model name Beaver. It was made by a company called Balding. Of course, we studiously avoided making any jokes. Sure we did.

[Chris Thomas]

Dear Marcus

Presumably the machine was rather old and knawed its way through the material rather than having a fine shaving action.

The Americans do have an honest approach to names.

Chris Thomas

[steven mandell]

Well at least I got the banter back to being more interestingly microcar related.
I guess I should have known that the never say die amoungst you would use my comments as a an inspiration to promote the thread into eternity.
I vote for genetic engineering to restore the prehensile tail.  Whose idea was it to throw that out of our evolutionary tool box any way?
I suppose that what ever power that did that,  never had to remove the gland nut that fixes the exhaust pipe to the Messerschmitt motor in a Nobel 200.

[Rob Dobie]

Look what voting has done in our countries, they're in a right old mess! Tails are for swingers. Oh, I'd better not go down that route. 

[Big Al]

Monkey gland nut?

Voting is anti Darwinian. So is bailing out Bankers and to a point quantitative easing. We risk reversing our status to become nearer the Monkeys. My favourite was Peter Tork.

[richard]

glad to see bob now thinks it ok to " take the mick " again 

[Bob Purton]

Well, he's been dead since 1882 so he is hardly going to take offence now it he! Its not the same as mocking your contemporaries physical charracteristics, you should have grown out of that before you left school!

[richard]

ah now thats why i am on this forum  never grew up , i dont think RUM is generally very grown up - thank goodness 

[marcus]

Growing old is compulsory.
Growing up is not!

Should we all "grow up" and start prattling on about the latest Mercederarighinijag, or continue being child-like in our enthusiasm for tiny old fashioned cars which were briefly successful before becoming a Cul-de-Sac in motoring history? I certainly know which holds my interest!

[Big Al]

Hey dere man. Can you tell me how to Cul de Sachs? It am well hot.