Any good Christmas gifts?

[bilcoh]

I can start. Santa (with Foster Cooperstein's help via a trip to the post office) delivered Brian Buckland's manual. "Tome" doesn't really do it justice. I've barely had the chance to leaf through it, but am looking forward to it's help in my rebuild.

Anyone else get something exciting in their stocking. (Check your low-brow jokes at the door, please )

Happy Holidays to all,

Dave

[twincamman]

Aside from the aforementioned endoscope there are a pair of dollies to fit under the wheels aiding car movement in the garage waiting under the tree.....ed. Now are the dollies singular past perfect or plural present????over to you ?lan fan Ed

[elanfan1]

Dave - my apologies for this on your thread!

Ed: As I understood it you were going to let things lie!

As you have decided not to:

I trust the endoscope is closely linked to your New Year resolution ? I really do pray it stops you spouting so much crap!

I can still spell and you?re still a Moron.

[twincamman]

OFF TOPIC--- but aside ---Geez it was serious question ....?. How will we ever learn if we don't ask .?...Well I have just had a belated Christmas gift ...A NEW BAG ....synthetic with a zipper....all the old and nasty bacteria from my old goat skin bag has been bothering me a bit so my brother in law ,who is an excellent piper , presented me with a new one Time to rebag the Hardys......Moron?...well the open heart surgery anesthetic and being dead for a couple of hours in2002did affect my math and spelling skills but moron is a bit over the top there ?lan fan . Btw what year ?lan do you drive????you must be some kind of a "teacher"there dude.....I'm so glad my grand daughter isn't in your class..e

[elanern]

Ross' "Lotus: The Early Years". Interesting reading.

[Oldthumper]

I too was fortunate enough to receive Brian Bucklands most excellent book. Also some heated handlebar grips for my bike. It's a bit sad that I have had to break it to the donor of these two fantastic gifts that both the bike and the car are going to have to be sold. posting.php?mode=edit&f=15&p=154964#

[UAB807F]

Another copy of Brian Buckland's manual here as well.

I'd read about it on the internet and often wondered if another "book" would be worth ?50 because I've already collected most of the useful references over the years, but now I've actually seen it, the answer is undoubtedly YES. In fact it's wrong to call it "a book", it is massive and I'm amazed at the detail he's packed in there. Even more importantly his writing style is spot on, it's like a mate talking you through a process rather than a dry list of instructions you usually have in a workshop manual. To anyone out there wondering like I was, the answer is "go & get one", you'll not regret the purchase.

Brian

[JJDraper]

Two presents I didn't get, yet again are 'Some unusual engines' - LJK Setright (too expensive) and 'The Romance of Engines' - T Suzuki (ditto, but at least available free as a soft copy).

Couple of nice pairs of socks though...

Jeremy

[elanfan1]

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[twincamman]

What year ?lan do you drive there ?lan fan ?..e

[Jas]

I got a pillar drill from my loving wife and a Myford Super 7 lathe from myself

[alexblack13]

Two very nice Gifts there Jannik.

Does the Drill have a Morse taper Nose / spindle? Very useful!

AB.....

[GrUmPyBoDgEr]

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[Elanman99]

[quote="JJDraper"]Two presents I didn't get, yet again are 'Some unusual engines' - LJK Setright (too expensive) and 'The Romance of Engines' - T Suzuki (ditto, but at least available free as a soft copy).

Couple of nice pairs of socks though...

Jeremy[/quote]


Both of those sound interesting, where exactly are the electronic copies available for free though?

Ian Phillips

[Bill]

Well Guys

My Christmas gift was to myself!


My 2 post MaxJax lift- now I jerk the whole car up 4 feet in 2 minutes instesd of the floor jack 10 minute process.

My aged back thanks me!

Anyone want an aluminum racing floor jack?

My stick is now frozen to the ice.

Bill