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Subject: [Leica] Interesting F1 short
From: topoxforddoc at btinternet.com (Charlie Chan)
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 17:23:01 +0000
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Absolutely! Will give you a call. Maybe separate GLUG from hi-fi. Lara is 
fine with cars, as she is a car nut. But she is most definitely not into 
hi-fi.

Charlie

On 5 Feb 2014, at 14:32, FRANK DERNIE wrote:

> Time for a GLUG perhaps? I am almost always home (though at Kirsty's just 
> now) so give me a ring and come over. My new horn speakers are nicely run 
> in!
> Frank D
> 
> 
> 
>> ________________________________
>> From: Charlie Chan <topoxforddoc at btinternet.com>
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> 
>> Sent: Wednesday, 5 February 2014, 7:40
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Interesting F1 short
>> 
>> 
>> Frank,
>> 
>> Another great anecdote about a fabulous car and engine (and let's not 
>> forget the incomparable drivers). Must meet up again soon.
>> 
>> Charlie
>> 
>> On 5 Feb 2014, at 07:22, FRANK DERNIE wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks for posting that excellent film.
>>> I was just a teenage fan back then but there are a lot of faces in the 
>>> film I went on to work with and remember with fondness, particularly 
>>> Keith Duckworth who was a great help to me encouraging my early efforts 
>>> and went on to be a close friend. Mind you our telephone calls were 
>>> rarely less than 2 hours. If Keith called your mobile the first thing 
>>> you did was search for the charger and plug it in...
>>> 
>>> I think the ?100,000 Walter Hayes of Ford UK marketing spent to sponsor 
>>> the build of the Cosworth DFV was probably the best value sponsorship 
>>> deal ever done in motorsport!
>>> 
>>> Keith himself drew every single drawing of the original engine, did 
>>> every calculation and ran the development programme.
>>> Doesn't happen like that nowadays...
>>> 
>>> Incidentally the broken timing gear in Graham Hill's car turned out to 
>>> be due to a resonance in the valve train which required some ground 
>>> breaking work to resolve. 
>>> 
>>> Frank D
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: Akhil Lal <alal at poly.edu>
>>>> To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug at leica-users.org> 
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, 5 February 2014, 0:44
>>>> Subject: [Leica] Interesting F1 short
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> For all you formula one fans.
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6cm3eWEHM0&feature=player_embedded
>>>> 
>>>> 
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