You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Lynn

Great video. I originally thought it was a replica because of the exterior door handles and roll up windows. All the others I have looked at had the tiny door handles and sliding windows (lexan, I believe). Makes sense after hearing that the second owner had the car modified to make it more civilized.

I got a kick out of this statement when talking about the restoration: "...... insuring that the original bodywork was preserved throughout the restoration." Guessing that means the "original" body work that was replaced after the 1963 wreck. In his defense, I believe that only ONE of the original 36 cars still wears ALL of the original hand made alloy panels. They were race cars after all. There is at least one car that carries ZERO original exterior sheet metal.

There is not one die stamped piece of metal on these cars. You can line up three or four and see minor differences, including the hood slope from one to another.

They are just beautiful.

Probably goes without saying that this is one of those cars I would love to have - but - a bit out of my price range.

K

[Tenney]

Originally Posted by Lynn

I believe that only ONE of the original 36 cars still wears ALL of the original hand made alloy panels.

No expert on these (or much else!), but this may be the one you reference? Managed to win its class at Le Mans unscathed ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2sm7E3NjQc

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

$67,495 base price

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[Lee Stewart]

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Tenney

No expert on these (or much else!), but this may be the one you reference? Managed to win its class at Le Mans unscathed ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2sm7E3NjQc

I like the adhesive wheel weights duct taped to the inside of the wire wheels.

Just like at home!

K

[Lee Stewart]

Scientists are using mosquitoes’ sneaky biting ability to make needles less painful for humans. Researchers and engineers at Kansai University in Japan took cues from the mosquito’s needle-like mouth (called its proboscis) to design a minimally invasive, three-pronged needle. The needle also vibrates slightly at about 15 hz., mimicking a real bite that eases the needle into the skin, lessening pain. Tests have proved that the needle worked flawlessly.

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Fireflies help make LED light bulbs more efficient. The bugs' lanterns have microstructures, or asymmetrical microscopic projections, that release light. Researchers from Penn State found that adding microstructures to the surface of LEDs, which typically have symmetrical projections, allows more light to escape, making them more efficient and improving light extraction by 90 percent.

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These underwater mollusks have inspired scientists to make one of the strongest adhesives on the market. Researchers have cracked how mussels attach to wet surfaces, and have replicated it into an adhesive for commercial use. They created a biomimetic polymer model that contains proteins with the amino acid DOPA, which provides the glue’s adhesion. In a study published in the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, scientists found that the glue performed 10 times better than other commercial adhesives when used to bond polished aluminum.