French cyclist François Gissy reached a top speed of 263 kilometres per hour on a bicycle — after strapping a rocket to the frame.
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At a disused runway in Munchhouse, Haut-Rhin department, Alsace, France, Gissy reached a top speed of 263 kilometres per hour — beating the 2002 rocket-powered bicycle world record of 242.6 kilometres per hour.
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Solar-Powered Plane Set to Begin Historic Cross-Country Flight | Solar Impulse | LiveScience.
The future begins!
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Visit gizmag post 60 years of Corvette for the complete article and photo gallery.
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I received this in an email and had to share it …
“A Blonde Ran Over A Mattress On The
Highway And Decided Not To Worry And
Kept Driving.
The Ensuing Jumble Finally Whipped
Around Enough to Tear A Hole In The
Fuel Tank.
The Subsequent Lack Of Fuel Is What
Finally Brought Her Vehicle To It’s Knee’s.
She Had Still Managed To Drive 30 More
Miles With A 60 Pound Tangle of Stuff
Wrapped Around Her Driveshaft.
She Had It Towed To Her Dealership And
Complained That The Vehicle Had A
“Sort Of Shimmy” When She Was Driving
At High Speeds.
Below Are The Photo’s Of What They
Found At Her Dealership.
The Last Photo Is By Far The Best.
“Sort Of A Shimmy” . . . I’ll Bet It Did!”
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One rainy night in the Toon, a taxi driver spotted an arm waving from the shadows of an alley.
Even before he rolled to a stop at the curb, a figure leaped into the cab and slammed the door.
Checking his rear view mirror as he pulled away, he was startled to see a dripping wet, naked woman sitting in the back seat.
“Where to?” he stammered.
“ Walker Road “answered the woman.”
“OK,” he said, taking another long glance in the mirror.
The woman caught him staring at her and asked, “Just what the hell are you looking at?”
“Well Pet, replied the driver, I canna help noticing that you’re completely naked, and I was just wondering how you’ll pay your fare.”
The woman spread her legs, put her feet up on the front seat, smiled at the driver and said, “Does THIS answer your question?”
Still looking in the mirror, the cabbie asked, “Have yer not got owt smaller?”
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A man and a woman who had never met before, but who were both married to other people, found themselves assigned to the same sleeping room on a trans-continental train.
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Though initially embarrassed and uneasy over sharing a room, they were both very tired and fell asleep quickly, he in the upper berth and she in the lower.
At 1:00 AM, the man leaned down and gently woke the woman saying,………. ‘Ma’am, I’m sorry to bother you, but would you be willing to reach into the closet to get me a second blanket? I’m awfully cold.’
‘I have a better idea,’ she replied ‘Just for tonight,…… let’s pretend that we’re married.’
‘Wow!…………………. That’s a great idea!’, he exclaimed.
‘Good,’ she replied. ………….’Get your own bloody blanket.’
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Published on 22 Jan 2013
Aston Martin unveils the most powerful and most luxurious four-door car in its history – Rapide S.
Powered by the all new AM11 engine, Rapide S reaches 558PS and achieves a 0 – 62 sprint time of just 4.9secs. With an all-new assertive design including an imposing full-face grille, Rapide S also encompasses bespoke interior materials and finishes allowing four adults to travel in complete comfort.
Source: Car Buzz
I like collecting pictures of wonderful old cars. I pin them to my board Special Cars on Pinterest. I guess it is a hope that one day I will find a magic one and restore it for myself to drive. Please have a look at the pictures I have collected and enjoy.
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This was sent to me in an email and I thought it would be interesting to those car buffs who follow this site.
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“The Morgan Motor Company located in Britain doesn’t change in a changing world. Not only is it still independent, but it also makes each car by hand.
A base model is about $44,000, with some cars costing up to $300,000.
People wait for over a year to get their exclusive hand-built cars with the shell made out of metal and much of the vehicle made out of wood.
Working on the wood interior, workers use metal shears to individually shape a hood because each car has to be different.
Every year Morgan produces about 600 cars.
The company will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2011.
It has a long and interesting history, and is still run by the same family: the Morgans. Founded by Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan known as “HFS”, it was then run by his son Peter, and is now run by Charles, the son of Peter Morgan.
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There are craftsmen……and then there are Craftsmen !!”
Wikipedia introduces Morgan as …
“The Morgan Motor Company is a British motor car manufacturer. The company was founded in 1910 by Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan, generally known as “HFS” and was run by him until he died at age 77 in 1959. Peter Morgan, son of H.F.S., ran the company until a few years before his death in 2003. The company is currently headed by Charles Morgan, son of Peter Morgan.
Morgan is based in Malvern Link, an area of Malvern, Worcestershire and employs 163 people. Morgan produced 640 cars in 2007. All the cars are assembled by hand. The waiting list for a car is approximately one to two years, although it has been as high as ten years in the past.
The visitor centre and museum feature a guided tour of the factory and exhibits about the company’s history from Edwardian times until the present day, developments in automobile technology, and a display of automobiles.”
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Go to this link for the Morgan Motor Company website.
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