I tried to buy a TD and my dad wouldn't lend me 150 quid IIRC. Similarly, when trying to buy the B GT his words when asked for a loan "Bugger off and earn, like I had to". My mum sneaked me the deposit.
OK, I'll bite........
I find it a refreshing break from BBQ - and I live in NC!!!!!!Best us classic GB car geeks dont turn this Forum into Yawn Fest for the Audio Geeks !!
Heh, same. My FV mostly drives a pair of HD580s which were bought so long ago I couldn't tell you the price, but I'm pretty sure they were <$200 at the time. They otherswise power Grados which cost around $200. Both are wonderful pairings with the amp.
Wasn't it marketed as the Sunbeam Tiger here? They were the rocket ship when I was a teenager. I do recall arriving home with a 280Z (I'd gone to look at an E Type) and - this being just before I got married - there followed a conversation about discussing big ticket purchases. Struck me as odd at the time, and perhaps that's why we never had commingled finances, which stood us in good stead when the divorce occurred.Friends had the usual MG's and Triumphs but one buddy acquired one of these. A modification of the Sunbeam Alpine.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/buying-and-selling/definitive-sunbeam-tiger-buyers-guide/
He shocked more than one person who pulled up next to him in a Corvette and the like thinking it was a four cylinder Alpine he was driving.
I became more interested in Z cars and the RX-7 myself.
Many of us talk about other subjects and it is easy to ignore those in which we have no interest. Personally I enjoy the variety.
I cannot think of better headphones for that price. I got to hear a Folkvanger but I took along my Focal Utopias since I know them the best.
So my college lecturer back in the day had the V8 Stag. He told us a story that may or may not be true, that the Triumph V8 was actually 2 4 cylinder engines cobbled together. Done to save cost. Now, as it was British Leyland, questionable engineering decisions like that are somewhat believable.Spot on @Erratic Gravy
The story of the Stag and the bungled development of the Triumph V8 engine (which was notoriously unreliable) is another sad chapter in the long saga of mismanagement at British Leyland.
BL had already acquired the rights to manufacture the excellent, small-block Buick (Rover) V8, and this could have been fitted to the Stag, but internal rivalries between Triumph and Rover meant that Triumph ploughed their own furrow and developed their own V8.
Madness!
It was the Sunbeam Tiger here as best I recall, I believe what I posted explains that but I just skimmed the article.
It might have LOOKED like BL, but I'll bet the didn't think they were.
I see that you splurged for the mineral spirit filled capacitors!I cannot think of better headphones for that price. I got to hear a Folkvanger but I took along my Focal Utopias since I know them the best.
My next move is to one of these...
https://ampsandsound.com/products/black-box-headphone-adapter
It will allow me to use a couple tube power amps currently not in use as headphone amps and allow me a quick hook up when working with tube power amps in my shop. It will also keep me from having to add a headphone output to this amp.
There is a nugget of truth in that story - the cam drive was a ludicrously lengthy chain as a result - plus I believe it had problems with sludging in the thermostat housing - feel free to correct me on this though !!
LOL those are pentodes used in transmitters on German ships and subs in WW 2, handles on the top for quick change. The Russians had the same type of tubes, each type required specific sockets and frames.
I made modifications so I could use both types of tubes, I am using them as triodes. No doubt the Russians used that tube far longer and theirs are more readily available. The Telefunkens were located for me In France, NOS. They were also used on aircraft but mine were marked as Kriegsmarine, 1942 vintage.
In my youth the only thing I got to do with MGs (and VW Bugs, those dinky Hondas, etc.) was pick them up and put them either on top of steel trash cans (this required at least one other person) or as sideways in a parking space as I could manage. Or on a curb/kerb. "Sigh"...Talk about the days of whine and roses...Those cars remain cool for eternity!Best us classic GB car geeks dont turn this Forum into Yawn Fest for the Audio Geeks !!
British BBQ is mainly inedible, but I do have some Romanian neighbours who BBQ regularly in the summer - on hardwood by the smell - ,intense sizzling sounds also suggest a cauldron of hot grease too , the mouth watering aromas when the breeze carries our way is torture
Wait….at close to redline in 5th gear you’re only at 40 mph? Seems like you need 5 more gears.
