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I am really trying to avoid bombing this list with OT stuff but this one really gets me...Want a V8 that will EASILY fit into your LBC? Check this out. And I don't even know how to turn on a Bridgport machine! Jack :smile:
www.weberprecision.com/
 
Aww, Jack, we'll see where this one goes....hehehehe
 
Yeah, but for a fully laid out Coneley 1/4 scale engine, I could have a REALLY nice FULL scale MGB! or MGA, AH 3000, Spridget, (non-e-type) Jaguars, Alfa Romeo, or almost any normal (non exotic/supercar) car I can think of (and probably a few I can think of).

The one in the first post is nicer looking than the Coneley, but for my money, I want something that can drive.

Also, I don't own a machine shop, so making my own is way out of the question.

As-if!!! If I had a machine shop, It would be 110% devoted to LBC's and other classic sportscars (full sized only please).
 
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And for those who don't want to build it themselves there is always this guy.
https://www.conleyprecision.com/
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$14K for a RC car! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonod.gif

As said before any number of real size ones could be had for that. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif

Building one yourself as a hobby I can understand- craftsmanship, skill, getting out of the house, etc. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif
 
If you'd like to try building some working model engines, but the ones above is a bit daunting, try one of mine.
I have a number of simple, working, model steam engines (with plans) on my web site.
Some can be built in just a few hours.

Go here and be sure to scroll down to the links:

https://npmccabe.tripod.com/steam.htm:

3-cylinder oscillator-type
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simple oscillator steam engine
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The Conley link was meant to be tongue in cheek!/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif
I'm with all of you in that I'd rather spend my money on a full size car. The price for some of the model stuff is quite ridiculous and I should now since I have been building RC planes for over 25 years! Most of the excitement for me is when I see what I have built take to the air for the first time. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I don't get the same enjoyment from the ready made stuff.
 
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Most of the excitement for me is when I see what I have built take to the air for the first time. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


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I'd have thought the greater excitement was landing in one piece....

I feel that way with the big ones when I'm inside looking out.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif
 
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I'd have thought the greater excitement was landing in one piece....

I feel that way with the big ones when I'm inside looking out.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif

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Landing it for the first time in one piece is just one big sigh of relief (especially if you have more than $1k in it, not to mention all of the time)...and then you are able to relax your sphincter! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Reminds me of something a college buddy who flew over 50 missions in Vietnam off of an aircraft carrier told me: "taking off is really cool...landing is a bitch though!"

One additional piece of advice from me...never go four-wheeling with one of those guys /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazyeyes.gif

Bruce
 
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I am really trying to avoid bombing this list with OT stuff

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What is OT?
 
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What is OT?

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On this thread? Nothing!
 
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Isn't it interesting, James, how 2 people read a simple sentence like that completely different! I saw it as a question about subject matter; you saw it as a question about a definition....it just goes to shows how important it it to be concise on a BBS.....& how arguments can just jump up out of nowhere, for no reason

...great question, Bruce! Thanks for giving me the opening!
 
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Isn't it interesting, James, how 2 people read a simple sentence like that completely different! ....

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It seems really easy for me to read things wrong...
but with luck Bruce got some kind of answer to his question. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
James, you must be a newsgroup type. I interpret "OT" as "Off Topic" as well... It continually amazes me how few US internet users have no clue what Uusenet is.

"...and Formula 1 must be a cookie recipe."
 
I used to practically live on Usenet....and hated web based forums, but they've improved a lot over the years. The only two MG newsgroups I ever found were rec.autos.makers.mg and uk.rec.cars.mg. The former no longer exists (at least on my Roadrunner server), and the latter is hardly used at all - only 14 posts for the month. Only one of those was MGB related and, oddly enough, the reply was from Rob Edwards...who posts at MGBE, and possibly here too.
 
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