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- Thu Nov 28, 2013 10:51 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Pic of the Day
- Replies: 2374
- Views: 2384072
Re: Pic of the Day
If I could offer one teeny bit of advice it would be to put helicoils out of your mind and go for Timeserts instead, especially in softer material. Once you get past the only downside of the fitting kit costing quite a bit more, it's no contest. I agree with Dominic helicoils are difficult in thin ...
- Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:33 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: The Widget Department Needs You!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22338
Re: The Widget Department Needs You!
When I saw this I immediately thought back to my fire fighting equipment days, It is very similar to old fire reel hose. Anyway here is a link to a similar modern product, the dimensions are slightly wrong but yours may also not be quite the same as thought given it's been clamped up etc for many ye...
- Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:09 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Technical Talk
- Replies: 915
- Views: 1016900
Re: Technical Talk
I know that in order to get the K7 onto her planing points he turned the wheel to the left and jabbed the water brake. Not sure about jabbing the water brake and turning left - I've often wondered whether this was untried or mixed up when it was written. Certainly turning left with the Beryl engine...
- Tue May 01, 2012 10:43 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: What have forum members been up to?
- Replies: 1060
- Views: 1134493
Re: What did you do at the weekend?
Finally got to see the new machine installed after months of expectant waiting 2.2m x 1.7m bed smokey dokey.
- Tue May 01, 2012 8:07 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Mail on Sunday
- Replies: 45
- Views: 47169
Re: Mail on Sunday
She'd get what exactly? A button for those shorts ?
- Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:51 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: BBP Diary
- Replies: 363
- Views: 455907
Re: BBP Diary
I know nothing about anything but is it conceivable the intake damage did not occur in the initial impact but during the series of later rolls/somersaults ?
- Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:23 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: The Sponsons Thread
- Replies: 354
- Views: 318280
Re: Lakeland Motor Museum/'Across The Lake' Mock Up/Sponsons
Drawings by Ron Wolbold ? What Of ? Where From ? Please.....polo wrote:Bill, never give up searching because you never know what can turn up!
Look what arrived on my doorstep this morning along with loads [about 8kg] of drawings! and letters from Prince of Wales and Richard Noble!