Well I read it on Monday AM and I still think you have too much time on
your hands.
BTW the roads in the Poconos are GREAT LBC roads. And it was a FUNTASTIC
weekend!!
Larry
At this exact moment in time 3/4/00 9:30 AM, Ajhsys@aol.com made the
profound statement:
>In a message dated 03/03/2000 6:50:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>Toby.1969ah.1971lc@worldnet.att.net writes:
>
><< In the near future, once I get access to my schools rapid prototyping
>tool,
> I could make a new dash outa solid aluminum from a CAD file. I'm even
> thinking about incorporating a small touchscreen LCD into that new
> dash\console unit... we will see. >>
>
>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
>(/tongue in cheek mode on)
>
>That would be similar to the prototype cars produced near the end of the
>British Leyland empire. Several were produced and given to testers across
>England (limited to Sherwood Forest because it is haunted) and Northern
>Scotland to be tested in the hills where no one would see them.
>
>The early LCD panels proved to be delicate, and because of the level of
>technological development of the period, they were so large they had to
>replace the passenger's seat with the display. Also, the glare from the
>large screen made night driving almost impossible, and several cars were
>lost
>as the driver had to look 90 degrees to his left to see how fast he was
>going. (Although no test drivers were killed due to the solid steel
>dashboard/passenger cage/rollover bar also being tested as a new safety
>measure to meet American standards, which consequently dropped the gas
>mileage to 5 MPG.)
>
>The project was dumped with the news that the Spitfire was going to carry
>the
>ball for BL, and no known examples of the prototypes exist today. Further
>development seemed too expensive, and BL decided to fit new bushings to the
>swing axles in the Spit instead.
>
>(/Tongue in cheek mode off)
>
>Sorry...just drinking my first cup of coffee this morning. Larry sure will
>be sorry he missed this one! (Topless in the Poconos...HAH!)
>
>Allen Hefner
>Philly Region SCCA Rally Steward
>'77 Midget
>'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
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Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
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