907
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| posted on 18/10/17 at 12:59 PM |
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Coffee table
I feel it's time for a new coffee table.
 
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nick205
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| posted on 18/10/17 at 01:39 PM |
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Nice - glass top?
Been hankering after making a V8 engine block one myself, but the V8 blocks seem a tad dear to me.
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907
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| posted on 18/10/17 at 02:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
Nice - glass top?
Been hankering after making a V8 engine block one myself, but the V8 blocks seem a tad dear to me.
Yup. On the lookout for glass.
I was quite surprised at both the weight (very light) and the wheel size. 13 x 13
Who says you need big wheels? 13 inch diameter is ample. 
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Dingz
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| posted on 18/10/17 at 03:58 PM |
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The regs say 13" for F1
Phoned the local ramblers club today, but the bloke who answered just
went on and on.
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907
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| posted on 18/10/17 at 07:57 PM |
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I just thought they were bigger.
They look bigger on my telly. I'll have to turn the little wheel that adjusts the size. 
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nick205
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| posted on 19/10/17 at 07:51 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 907
I just thought they were bigger.
They look bigger on my telly. I'll have to turn the little wheel that adjusts the size.
Not read the regs, but I also assumed they were bigger than 13". Although when you stand close to an F1 car they're smaller than you
imagine them to be as well (lightness I suppose).
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pekwah1
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| posted on 19/10/17 at 08:23 AM |
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They just look bigger due to the massive tyre profile!
should look good as a table, keep us posted
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ReMan
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| posted on 19/10/17 at 11:09 PM |
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Cool
Does it have any provenance?
www.plusnine.co.uk
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907
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| posted on 20/10/17 at 07:50 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ReMan
Cool
Does it have any provenance?
Nothing in writing, but it was given to a "publicity man" who did work for the Sauber team and he was told it came off Johnny
Herbert's car.
This gentleman now lives just down the road and I have done several jobs for him.
Cheers
Paul G
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 20/10/17 at 08:51 AM |
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Years ago I bought some new tyres for my tin-top - in a corner of the garage was a stack of F1 tyres just like yours. Talked about them to the tyre
man and he said "try picking one up" - it was surprisingly light, considering how big it was. Perhaps I shouldn't have been
surprised, considering how F1 teams were always trying to reduce weight. Before anyone says it - I know that the teams themselves have never
controlled the tyre manufacture, but I bet that they collectively hassled the companies to keep the weight down.
[Edited on 20/10/17 by David Jenkins]
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