i have the only wetbike tomcat in the uk
its a motorbike that you ride in the water
http://www.wetbike.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

no ur not, i have one of those in my shed!

only joking, they used them in police academy 5: miami

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Dont own anything too crazy now... But I did own a Subaru Powered hovercraft with a 1000mm 9 bladed ducted fan...

Built it for me A-Level coursework... only got a B

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=subaru+hovercraft&emb=0&aq=-1&oq=subaru+hovercraf#

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Originally posted by thunderace
its a motorbike that you ride in the water

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Yep thats really weird!

That's funny, I like retro videos / adverts. We actually have a Wet-Bike at work in the James Bond Experience. It's the original 1977 bike from 'The Spy Who Loved Me' and apparently......'According to the Ian Fleming Foundation website, the Wetbike ridden by James Bond in the move The Spy Who Loved Me is the actual engineering prototype of the first Wetbike ever built.

I once bought a crashed microlight which was hanging as a display in an amusement arcade. Rebuilt it using an engine from a skidoo and up she went.

In the air it was as slow as a slow thing and on the ground handled like a crashed microlight with a skidoo engine. On any kind of slope it would fall over as weight distribution was all over the place.

Sold fairly quickly - much to the relief of nearest and dearest.

Gary

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Originally posted by Shamrock GS
and on the ground handled like a crashed microlight with a skidoo engine

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i have a VAST collection of scifi and fantasy books, which isnt too odd i suppose; but i also have several copies of some, to cover different print edition

Well, you did ask

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Originally posted by thunderace
i have the only wetbike tomcat in the uk
its a motorbike that you ride in the water
http://www.wetbike.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

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I also have a collection of balsamic vinegars.....

and old ford bits....

and old computer bits (but i'm slowly throwing those out).

i've got a nice collection of bike carbs i'm probably never going to use
need to keep changing my mind so if anyone has a weird collection of 48 dcoe carbs for cheap, lets talk

I have amassed quite a collection of new, old, refurbished and sometimes duplicated parts that, allegedly, all go together to make a car that looks sort of like an old Lotus 7. Can't see it myself!

does a ronco buttonere count or some K-Tel albums.

Following a thread on here about a year ago on cheap transport I bought a velosolex and restored it. then i bought another intended for spares now that one is being restored. The first one has been my daily transport around town since July can't argue with fuel consumption of around 1.5 litres of petrol a week

Check Velosolex image in my photo archive

Caber

My perhaps weirdest and creepiest things are my three large sand cast aluminium engine mounts for some of my bigger r/c planes. Creepy cos of where the metal came from

Years ago a car went up in flames after a guy gassed himself in it, so fierce was the fire the engine melted onto the ground…

Well you did ask

errr - no we didn't...... but we were going too !

a stylus with a rotary engine in it

i dont think its wierd but most others seem to

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Originally posted by tegwin
Dont own anything too crazy now... But I did own a Subaru Powered hovercraft with a 1000mm 9 bladed ducted fan...

Built it for me A-Level coursework... only got a B

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=subaru+hovercraft&emb=0&aq=-1&oq=subaru+hovercraf#

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"""artificial limb parts"""

your pulling my leg

Weird; nowt

Creepy; I have some German coins from 1930/1940's with Swastikas and the Third Reich Eagle on 'em

I have a car that I built myself and I've put a motorbike engine in it! How wierd is that !?
Oh well it works better at work when I say it

I have a collection of the locost car club newletters starting from issue 1 april 1997 to issue 28 april 2006 plus what i think is the last issue in A5.

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Originally posted by bob
I have a collection of the locost car club newletters starting from issue 1 april 1997 to issue 28 april 2006 plus what i think is the last issue in A5.

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But chris have you got the special edition with all the names and phone numbers of nearly all the locost builders up and down the country,i was thinking of leaving it on the tube next time i go up town.

I wonder if this would be a security risk

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Originally posted by JAG
Weird; nowt

Creepy; I have some German coins from 1930/1940's with Swastikas and the Third Reich Eagle on 'em

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Originally posted by JoelP
i fitted a kitchen once for a bloke who had a half height bookcase FULL of books on WW2, but entirely the german side - hitler, his generals, nazism, the third reich, and nothing at all about the allied side of it all. Definite nazi i concluded!

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