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ABM said:
Hey, didn't Ralph Nader try to get those banned? Heh. Good ol' Ralphy.
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Yes, but not because of the aluminum block. As I recall, it had more to do with the placement of the gas tank. I watched an episode of Wheeler Dealers, one of my all time favorite TV shows, where they restored a Corvair to better than new - Mike Brewer and Ant, which I think is short for Antonio, two Brits in LA, now returned to Great Britain.
 
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...d-a-catastrophic-engine-failure-over-colorado
Listen To Mayday Call From United 777 With Catastrophic Engine Failure Over Colorado
then watch cabin video
 
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lawai'a said:
777-Engine-Failure.jpg
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...d-a-catastrophic-engine-failure-over-colorado
Listen To Mayday Call From United 777 With Catastrophic Engine Failure Over Colorado
then watch cabin video
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That engine is unique to the triple seven. The triple seven was undergoing about the mid way point of the design when I left the company. I was part of a team of mid level and upper level management undergoing producibility improvements on the three jumbo jets at the time. There was the 747, the 767 and the 777 undergoing final design.
Engines come from Pratt and Whitney, Rolls Royce and GE. Don't know who makes that engine but a simple Google search would probably answer that question.
 
Lanny said:
Yes, but not because of the aluminum block. As I recall, it had more to do with the placement of the gas tank. I watched an episode of Wheeler Dealers, one of my all time favorite TV shows, where they restored a Corvair to better than new - Mike Brewer and Ant, which I think is short for Antonio, two Brits in LA, now returned to Great Britain.
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I really liked 6'8" Ed China from the original series .
 
Lanny said:
That engine is unique to the triple seven. The triple seven was undergoing about the mid way point of the design when I left the company. I was part of a team of mid level and upper level management undergoing producibility improvements on the three jumbo jets at the time. There was the 747, the 767 and the 777 undergoing final design.
Engines come from Pratt and Whitney, Rolls Royce and GE. Don't know who makes that engine but a simple Google search would probably answer that question.
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That 777 engine is bigger around than a 727 fuselage.
 
stampedehero said:
I really liked 6'8" Ed China from the original series .
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Ed had a filthy dirty mouth and had other people do most of his work. There must be a reason why he and Mike parted ways.
Anyhow, Ant is even better than Ed.
 
Lanny said:
Ed had a filthy dirty mouth and had other people do most of his work. There must be a reason why he and Mike parted ways.
Anyhow, Ant is even better than Ed.
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Ed is English. Don't all mechanics curse when their partner takes the credits and makes little profit for the two of them? I guess if your 6'8" and work in that field, your back is going to bother you at the end of the day. I never heard him curse in any episode but it's his right because he is an Englishman..
 
stampedehero said:
Ed is English. Don't all mechanics curse when their partner takes the credits and makes little profit for the two of them? I guess if your 6'8" and work in that field, your back is going to bother you at the end of the day. I never heard him curse in any episode but it's his right because he is an Englishman..
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I heard him swear like a sailor in a short video on youtube. I'm sure it's still out there.
Those guys make their money off the TV show not the profits from selling the refurbished cars. I've always thought Mike sold his cars too cheap. In fact, I've often wondered if I could buy some of his cars. I know which ones I'd covet starting with the English and Italian sports cars.
 
Lanny said:
I heard him swear like a sailor in a short video on youtube. I'm sure it's still out there.
Those guys make their money off the TV show not the profits from selling the refurbished cars. I've always thought Mike sold his cars too cheap. In fact, I've often wondered if I could buy some of his cars. I know which ones I'd covet starting with the English and Italian sports cars.
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My favorite episode was when they refurbished a mid 60's Pontiac GTO and drove in through the desert.
 
Lanny said:
That engine is unique to the triple seven. The triple seven was undergoing about the mid way point of the design when I left the company. I was part of a team of mid level and upper level management undergoing producibility improvements on the three jumbo jets at the time. There was the 747, the 767 and the 777 undergoing final design.
Engines come from Pratt and Whitney, Rolls Royce and GE. Don't know who makes that engine but a simple Google search would probably answer that question.
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Lanny: I read it was a Pratt and Whitney. Remember the WW2 P&W radial 2800- 2000HP engines used in the F6F Hell Cats and F4UCorsairs.? I am still astonished we geared up so quick after 12/7/41.
 
stampedehero said:
Lanny: I read it was a Pratt and Whitney. Remember the WW2 P&W radial 2800- 2000HP engines used in the F6F Hell Cats and F4UCorsairs.? I am still astonished we geared up so quick after 12/7/41.
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Yes, a Pratt and Whitney. I believe that particular engine was only used on the 777.
 
Lanny said:
Ed had a filthy dirty mouth and had other people do most of his work. There must be a reason why he and Mike parted ways.
Anyhow, Ant is even better than Ed.
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No effin' clue where you came to this conclusion - but it is not likely to be true - Ed was there from the start when the show had a much smaller budget - there were no other people to do most of the work. I have no objection to Ant at all, but let's be fair here - Ed is not the one that married another TV presenter and divorced her after 2 years - so I would argue that he is less of a 'show business' person than Ant.

As for filthy mouth or not - I met him briefly once and he was very nice indeed.
 
Lanny said:
Ed had a filthy dirty mouth and had other people do most of his work. There must be a reason why he and Mike parted ways.
Anyhow, Ant is even better than Ed.
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Really? where'd you hear that? What I heard as that Mike wanted to change the show and Edd didn't. I.e., change most of the show was about, to more about making it a 'reality' show (the show now vs when it was with Edd for example) and Edd wanted to make it as show about cars and how they're fixed.

Mike comes off as a phony salesman. I followed him for a while on Facebook (or at least the FB page that is his official one) and it was just shill shill shill.

Still like the show (like both Ant and Edd, tho I prefer Edd). but Mike was the salesman who wanted all the credit.

tah-la!
 
julius said:
Really? where'd you hear that? What I heard as that Mike wanted to change the show and Edd didn't. I.e., change most of the show was about, to more about making it a 'reality' show (the show now vs when it was with Edd for example) and Edd wanted to make it as show about cars and how they're fixed.
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I think it was Discovery which wanted to make the show more Americanized with more fluff and less wrenching - and that's why Edd left.
 
andalusian said:
No effin' clue where you came to this conclusion - but it is not likely to be true - Ed was there from the start when the show had a much smaller budget - there were no other people to do most of the work. I have no objection to Ant at all, but let's be fair here - Ed is not the one that married another TV presenter and divorced her after 2 years - so I would argue that he is less of a 'show business' person than Ant.

As for filthy mouth or not - I met him briefly once and he was very nice indeed.
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I told you, I saw a video of him doing it. Sorry that you think I'm lying. I bullshit but I do not lie, not now, not ever. I grew up never lying and my status as a registered professional engineer bound me to that oath throughout all of my adult life.

Please, say that you find it hard to believe but do not say it's factually false because it just isn't.
 
Were did I say you lie? I said I met him once and he was nice.
 
andalusian said:
Were did I say you lie? I said I met him once and he was nice.
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Here's what you said to me:
"No effin' clue where you came to this conclusion - but it is not likely to be true..."
 
Lanny said:
Here's what you said to me:
"No effin' clue where you came to this conclusion - but it is not likely to be true..."
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What i said here is that I do not believe that interpretation, not that you lie. I do it believe it makes sense that edd did not do the work given what we have seen on tv and knowledge of how that show started with a small budget.

Frankly, that is different from saying that you lied, but if you took it as such, I apologize - but what I clearly meant was that I think that conclusion is wrong and unlikely.

How can I say that you lie about it - unless you said that you know for a fact that he did not do most of the work - (which you did not). I assumed it was your interpretation, maybe based on something that you heard - and I voiced my disbelief in this conclusion.
 
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andalusian said:
What i said here is that I do not believe that interpretation, not that you lie. I do it believe it makes sense that edd did not do the work given what we have seen on tv and knowledge of how that show started with a small budget.

Frankly, that is different from saying that you lied, but if you took it as such, I apologize - but what I clearly meant was that I think that conclusion is wrong and unlikely.

How can I say that you lie about it - unless you said that you know for a fact that he did not do most of the work - (which you did not). I assumed it was your interpretation, maybe based on something that you heard - and I voiced my disbelief in this conclusion.
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"No effin' clue where you came to this conclusion ..."
 
Lanny said:
"No effin' clue where you came to this conclusion ..."
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Which means exactly what it says, no clue how you took the known information and got to this conclusion. I questioned your interpretation and still do.

If you still think this means I said you lie, I will repeat - no clue how you got to this new conclusion.

Sorry Lanny, this one is on you.

I am done with this one.
 
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