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Manufacturer: MG Car Company Limited, Abingdon-on-Thames - United Kingdom
Type: MGB GT Mark II Coupé
Production time: mid-year 1967 - mid-year 1969
Production outlet: 15,128 (1967-1971)
Engine: 1799cc straight-4 BMC Austin B-series 1.8-litre OHV pushrod
Power: 95 bhp / 5.400 rpm
Torque: 150 Nm / 3.000 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 169 km/h
Curb weight: 1062 kg
Wheelbase: 91 inch
Chassis: all-steel unibody
Steering: cam gears rack-and-pinion
Gearbox: four-speed manual / II, III and IV synchronized / floor shift
Clutch: hydraulic Borg und Beck 8 inch single dry plate disc
Carburettor: twin SU HS4 (1.5-inch / 38-mm)
Fuel tank: 55 liter
Electric system: 12 Volts (two 6-volt batteries) 60 Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: Lockheed hydraulic 10.8 inch discs
Brakes rear: Lockheed hydraulic 10 inch drums
Suspension front: independent trapezoidal triangle cross-bar, cross braces, sway bar, coil springs + integrated Armstrong piston shock absorbers
Suspension rear: beam axle, curve stabilizer, longitudinal semi-elliptic leaf springs + Armstrong-piston shock absorbers
Rear axle: live
Differential: hypoid 3.909:1
Wheels: 4Jx14 steel discs
Tires: 5.60 - 14 Pirelli Cinturato (CA67) cross-ply
Options: Laycock-de Normanville electrically engaged overdrive gearboxes operational in third and fourth gears (by a toggle switch located on the dashboard), five-speed manual gearbox, Borg Warner BW 35 three-speed automatic transmission, heater, 4½Jx14 wire wheels
Special:
- There is some debate over when MG started. The company itself stated it to be 1924, although the first cars bore both Morris and MG badges and a reference to MG with the octagon badge appears in an Oxford newspaper from November 1923. Others dispute this and believe that MG only properly began trading in 1925.
- The first cars which were rebodied Morris models using coachwork from Carbodies of Coventry and were built in premises in Alfred Lane, Oxford but demand soon caused a move to larger premises in Bainton Road in September 1925 sharing space with the Morris radiator works. Continuing expansion meant another move in 1927 to a separate factory in Edmund Road, Cowley, Oxford, near the main Morris factory and for the first time it was possible to include a production line. In 1928 the company had become large enough to warrant an identity separate from the original Morris Garages and the M.G. Car Company Limited was established in March of that year and in October for the first time a stand was taken at the London Motor Show. Space again soon ran out and a search for a permanent home led to the lease of part an old leather factory in Abingdon, Oxfordshire in 1929, gradually taking over more space until production ended there in 1980.
- Originally owned personally by William Morris, the company was sold to Morris Motors (itself part of the Nuffield Organisation) in 1935. MG was absorbed into the British Motor Corporation in 1952, and latterly British Leyland (BL) in 1968. Under BMC, several MG models were no more than badge-engineered versions of other marques, with the main exception being the small MG sports cars.
- The MGB, designed by Pininfarina, was released in 1962 to satisfy demand for a more modern and comfortable sports cars. In 1965 the Fixed Head Coupé (FHC) Mark I followed : the MGB GT.
When turned, the spiraled form of a drill bit directs energy into local shear forces causing a material to fracture in a controlled and specific way.
I went to Milan Dragway with my wife and a few friends yesterday - it was a beautiful day for the races. I shot this particular image as a car was leaving the line - love how the grip from tire to track makes the tire wrinkle up as they accelerate.
Manufacturer: VOLVO Personvagnar AB, Göteborg - Sweden
Type: P1800 S Model E
Production time: August 1964 - July 1965
Production outlet: 4,500 (Model E)
Production time: 1963 - 1969 (all Series)
Production outlet: 23,993 (all Series)
Engine: 1782cc straight-4 B-18 B OHV I-head
Power: 103 bhp / 5.600 rpm
Torque: 147 Nm / 3.800 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 176 km/h
Curb weight: 940 kg
Wheelbase: 96.5 inch
Chassis: box frame with all-steel unibody
Steering: worm & roller
Gearbox: M40 four-speed manual / all synchromesh / floor shift
Clutch: single dry plate disc
Carburettor: twin SU HIF6 for RHD cars and twin Zenith Stromberg 175-CD2-SE for LHD cars
Fuel tank: 45 liter
Electric system: 12 Volts 60 Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: Girling servo hydraulic 10.6 inch discs
Brakes rear: hydraulic dual circuit drums
Suspension front: independent trapezoid triangle crossbars, curve stabilizer, helical springs + Delco hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: beam axle, longitudinal thrust struts, Panhard bars, coil springs + Delco hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers
Rear axle: live
Differential: hypoid 4.56:1
Wheels: 15 inch steel discs
Tires: 165 x 15 radial
Options: M41 five-speed (Laycock-Normanville overdrive) manual gearbox, Borg-Warner 35 three-speed automatic transmission, 1986cc straight-4 B-20 B (from 1969 on),
Special:
- VOLVO, founded in 1927 in Gothenburg, was formed as a subsidiary company to the ball bearing maker SKF. The trademark VOLVO was first registered by SKF the 11th May 1915 with the intention to use it for a special series of ball bearing for the American market, but it was never used for this purpose. Assar Gabrielsson was appointed the managing director and Gustav Larson as the technical manager.
- The first VOLVO car left the assembly line on April 14, 1927 was called VOLVO ÖV 4.
- VOLVO Cars was owned by AB VOLVO until 1999, when it was acquired by the Ford Motor Company and placed in its Premier Automotive Group along with Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin.
- Not everyone was immediately amused by Pelle (Per) Petterson’s design in 1960 (then employed by Frua, Turin - Italy and called “Project 958”).
- To save some money the new sports car should use the mechanical parts of the Amazon, but would have a slightly shorter wheelbase.
- VOLVO and Wilhelm Karmann GmbH (Karmann), Osnabrück - Germany almost agreed to start producing but Karmann wasn’t allowed by Volkswagen to produce the car because the competitor of VOLVO’s new sports car was made at Karmann (the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia).
- VOLVO also contacted NSU, Hanomag and Drautz but believed these manufacturers couldn’t meet up the expectations VOLVO had.
- VOLVO went to Jensen Motors Ltd in Lyng, West Bromwich, west of Birmingham - UK to talk about a possible production of the new sports car at Jensen.
- But Jensen didn’t have the capacity to produce also all the bodywork for the car, so Pressed Steel Fisher, Linwood - UK was asked to supply the bodywork.
- Jensen signed an agreement with VOLVO to build 10.000 cars.
- The P1800, was presented in the press in 1959 (by some photos) and presented in public at the Bruxelles Autosalon in Brussels (Belgium) in 1960.
- Due starting-up problems, production of the P1800 (18 for 1800cc displacement) with the B18 engine (B for the Swedish word for gasoline: Bensin) started in May 1961.
- Bad quality cars (bad bodyworks made by Pressed Steel, poor paintwork (sometimes even without any primer), even the molds were gone for a moment ☺☺☺!, forced VOLVO to finished production in their new factory in Lundby (Sweden) in 1963.
- VOLVO paid Jensen a compensation for building only 6,000 cars. Pressed Steel was allowed to continu to produce the bodywork, because VOLVO wasn’t able to find as quickly a new bodywork producer, wasn’t planning to bailout Pressed Steel and couldn’t affort any delaying.
- The final assembly was done at the new plant in Torslanda - Sweden.
- With some modifications (hubcaps, emblems, indicators and some interior changes) the car was renamed P 1800 S (“S” standing for Sweden).
- In 1969 the production of the 1800 S stopped and the 1800 E Model T was introduced in 1970.
- This 2+2 Coupé (first series 1960-1969) was VOLVO’s second attempt Sports Car since their P 1900 debacle (1956-1957 and only 67 units built), built with 444 PV components and a fiberglass body (by Glasspar USA), which gave so many problems, so Gunnar Engellau, at that time the big boss, took this car out of production after a long test drive.
- Nevertheless, this sporty Swede sold well, partly because "The Saint" Simon Templar drove one in the Series.
Manufacturer: Peugeot SA, Sochaux - France
Type: 403 Berline
Production time: April 1955 - October 1966 (all 403 Series)
Production outlet: 1,011,961
Engine: 1468cc straight-4 8CV Peugeot XB2/XB5 OHV I-Head
Power: 65 bhp / 5.000 rpm
Torque: 102 Nm / 2.500 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 130 Km/h
Curb weight: 973 kg
Wheelbase: 104.7 inch
Chassis: ponton, three-box and monobloc self-supporting steel unibody
Steering: rack and pinion
Gearbox: four-speed manual / all synchromesh / steering column shift
Clutch: single dry plate disc
Carburettor: Solex 32 PBICc
Fuel tank: 50 liter
Electric system: Ducellier 12 Volts 58Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: hydraulic 10 inch Lockheed drums (with two primary jaws)
Brakes rear: hydraulic 10 inch Lockheed drums
Suspension front: independent transverse wishbones, upper triangular crossbars, lower transverse coil springs + piston dampers
Suspension rear: beam axle, thrust struts, Panhard rod, longitudinal coil springs + telescopic dampers
Rear axle: live
Differential: 5,75:1
Wheels: 15 inch steel discs
Tires: 165/80-380 Michelin-X radial
Options: Indenor TMD85/XDP85 Diesel engine (1816cc straight-4, 48 bhp/4.000 rpm, from 1958), electro-magnetic Jaeger automatic clutch (activated when changing gear, from 1957), Neiman starter switch (the starter is initiated by a push-button mounted Bakelite at the underside of the dashboard to the right of the steering wheel, preventively against car thefts)
Special:
- Although the Peugeot factory had been in the manufacturing business since the 1700's, the company's entry into the world of wheeled vehicles was by means of crinoline dresses, which used steel rods, leading to umbrella frames, wire wheels, and ultimately bicycles.
- Armand Peugeot introduced the Peugeot "Le Grand Bi" penny-farthing in 1882 and along with a range of other bicycles.
- He became interested in the automobile early on and after meeting with Gottlieb Daimler and others, was convinced of its viability. The first Peugeot automobile (a three-wheeled steam-powered car designed by Léon Serpollet) was produced in 1889; only four were made.
- In 1890, after meeting Gottlieb Daimler and Emile Levassor, steam was abandoned in favour of a four-wheeled car with a petrol-fuelled internal combustion engine built by Panhard under Daimler licence.
- The car company and bike company parted ways in 1926.
- With Carozzeria Pininfarina S.p.A.’s help the large body of the 403 Berline was created, presented on April 20, 1955 at the Palais de Chaillot (Trocadéro Palace) in Paris.
- Remarkable for that time was the thermostatically controlled fan, which stopped when the engine temperature came below 75 degrees and started as soon as the temperature rose to above 84 degrees.
- Another novelty was a heating system for the carburetor, responsive to switching on the heater in the car.
- The Peugeot 403 was the first French car with a diesel engine in mass production.
- The 403 Series was available as this 4-door Berline, as 403 B7 (Sept) Berline or "Berline Luxe" (1960-1966: 1290cc TM5 engine, 47bhp, 172,513 units built), as 2-door Cabriolet (1957-1961: 2,043 units built), as 5-door Familiale (1956-1962: 34,928 units built), as 3-door Fourgonnette Tôlée (1956-1962: 6,892 units built), as 3-door Commerciale (1956-1962: 112,601 units built), as 3-door Plateau-Cabine (1956-1961: 27,066 units built), as 2-door 403 U B8 Camionnettes Bâchée (1956-1962: 155,709 units built) and as Ambulance (826 units built).
- A total of 1,196,958 cars were assembled in France (Sochaux), Australia, Argentina and in New Zealand.
Drops .... water with acrylic paint...
torques purple with yellow....
What you see is a collision of water drops .... one drop flying up with the help of an air pressure system ... and 3 or 4 drops falling from above. This is a system of water tanks connected to electric solenoids and compressors. The solenoid is connected to a synchronization system connected to a computer + camera + flashes. It sounds simple at first glance ... but it's quite complicated - because there are a lot of factors that need to be taken into account - such as water viscosity (this is a mixture of water with food additives to create viscosity and acrylic paints or food coloring) - flash directions - and also air pressure.
#Water_Drops_Art
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan - U.S.A.
Type: Galaxie V8 Series 50 Model 63A Starliner Coupé
Production time: October 1959 - September 1961
Production outlet: 98,310
Engine: 4778cc Ford Y-block OHV V-8 292
Power: 188 bhp / 4.000 rpm
Torque: 396 Nm / 2.200 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 163 km/h
Curb weight: 1733 kg
Wheelbase: 119 inch
Chassis: wide-contoured box-section frame, 4 cross members and X-member + separate steel body
Steering: Magic-Circle low-friction recirculating ball and nut
Gearbox: three-speed manual / II and III synchronized / steering column shift
Clutch: 10½ inch single dry plate disc
Carburettor: Holley 2-barrel
Fuel tank: 76 liter
Electric system: Ford 12 Volts 55 Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: 11 inch double sealed self-energizing hydraulic drums
Brakes rear: 11 inch double sealed self-energizing hydraulic drums
Suspension front: independent Angle-Poised (swept-back) ball joint, Link-type rubber-bushed ride stabilizer, coil springs + internally mounted Double-Acting hydraulic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: beam axle, Hotchkiss type, A-symetrical variable-rate type link, + diagonally mounted Double-Acting hydraulic shock absorbers
Rear axle: live semi-floating type
Differential: hypoid 3.56:1
Wheels: 14 inch steel discs with safety-type rims
Tires: 7.50 x 14 Tyrex cord 4-ply
Options: Ford Fordomatic/Edsel Mile-O-Matic two-speed automatic transmission, Ford Cruise-O-Matic MX/FX three-speed automatic transmission, four-speed manual gearbox, 5766cc Ford FE-series V-8 352 engine, power steering, Swift-Sure power brakes, power windows, PolarAire Conditioner, SelectAire conditioner, MagicAire heater, recirculating heater and defroster, visored spotlight with mirror, inside mirror, console range radio, full tone manual radio, front antenna, rear fin mounted antenna, rear set speakers, rearview mirror, rear bumper reflector and backup light, Sport spare wheel carrier (sort of Continantal-kit), 4-way manual tilt front seat, clock, wheel covers, wheel trim ring, Rocker panel trim, rear fender shield, front bumper guards, rear bumper guards, Equa-lock differential, I-rest tinted glass, deck lid release, parking brake signal, cigar lighter, licence plate frame, locking gas cap, seat covers, ventilated seat cushions, two-tone colouring
Special:
- Ford was launched in a converted factory in 1903 with $28,000 in cash from twelve investors, most notably John Francis Dodge and Horace Elgin Dodge who would later found the Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicle Company.
- Henry Ford was 40 years old when he founded the Ford Motor Company, which would go on to become one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world, the largest family-controlled company in the world, as well as being one of the few to survive the Great Depression.
- The Ford Starliner was the fastback version of the flagship Galaxie line of full-size Fords in 1960 and 1961, along with the Sunliner Convertible, made up the Galaxie Special Series.
- This 1960-1961 Ford Galaxie V8 Series 50 was available as thsi 2-door Starliner Coupé, as 2-door 76B Sunliner Convertible (89,376 units built), as 2-door 62A Tudor Sedan (59,646 units built), as 4-door 54A Fordor Sedan (246,607 units built), as 4-door 75A Victoria (1960: 39,215 units built), as 2-door 65A Club Victoria (1961: 75,437 units built) and as 4-door 75A Town Victoria (1961: 30,342 units built).
- They were assembled in Louisville (Kentucky), Atlanta (Georgia), St. Louis (Missouri), Norfolk (Virginia), Chicago (Illinois), Mahwah (New Jersey), Pico Rivera (California), Wayne (Michigan), Homebush, Sydney, Australia and in São Paulo, Brazil.
Date Taken: January 9, 2016
Basic Details:
Operator: P & O Transport, Corp.
Fleet Number: 55515
Classification: Air-Conditioned Provincial Operation Bus
Seating Configuration: 2x2 Seats
Seating Capacity: 45 Passengers
Body:
Coachbuilder: Suzhou Higer Bus Co., Ltd.
Body Model: Higer KLQ6118H
Chassis:
Chassis Model: Higer -
Layout: Rear-Longitudinally-Mounted Engine Rear-Wheel Drive
Suspension: Air-Suspension
Engine:
Engine Model: Yuchai YC6L280-30 (L53SA)
Cylinder Displacement: 8.4 Liters
Cylinder Configuration: Straight-6
Engine Aspiration: Turbocharged & Intercooled
Max. Power Output: 280 hp @ 2,200 rpm
Peak Torque Output: 1,100 N.m @ 1,600 rpm
Transmission:
Type: Manual Transmission
Gears: 6-Speed Forward, 1-Speed Reverse
* Some parts of the specifications may be subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice...
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Eugène-Louis Boudin (Honfleur, 12 July 1824 - Deauville, 8 August 1898) - the bridge over the Torques river in Trouville (around 1870) - exhibition "Monet and the Impressionists in Normandy. Masterpieces from the Peindre en Normandie Collection "- Palazzo Mazzetti (Asti)
Another young dreadnok prospect, Torque fits right with the gang, with the exception of his love for speed bikes, which they often mock him for.
Now I'm on bit of a dreadnok kick again.
My friend MIke (OUTLAW PHOTO) got Pam and I full access photographer passes to Milan Dragway today. Way too cool. Thanks Mike!
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A manly sumo bot. For BBC 61 Bolt Vanderhuge. Just glad I got it done on time.
Gallery:
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Lots of parts (like those awful lower arms) are really iffy and just goes to show you how much I had to rush to get this is.
Also hate the head, but it had to be human-like.