A friend of mine has a morrie convertible (drop head coupe?) for his wife with a rotary and a 5 speed gearbox. She loves it.
You're correct though, all the brakes and suspension had to be beefed up. Took him a while.
Seems to me like environmental groups and animal activists are using the same spin guys that used to tell us that smoking was good for you.
Don't get me wrong as I care about this stuff, but there's going to be a backlash when they keep on engaging in cheap stunts (robot phil, really) and...
James, thanks for the link, useful information . I'm not in a position to pop the back off, but I got my watch guy to look it over when I got it. Going from memory, its a 24 jewel movement adjusted to 5 positions. The serial number matches a 1958 manufacture.
Talbot
Apols if this is O/T
But I thought I'd share anyhow.
Smiths Astral ships clock. Apart from a quartz alarm clock :eek: this is the only other clock I own.
The dial markings indicate it was from a ships radio room. My understanding of the markings are as follows:
The red radials at...
Thought I'd better share some recent acquisitions:
Omega Constellation. Getting hard to find honest Omega's these days. Purists will note the crown is not for this model. It had a generic crown fitted when I got it and all I could find was a Seamaster crown in the correct color...
Sharp item Skeet. That is some fine resto work.
Happy birthday to your father and thank him from us for his service. We owe a great debt to that generation.
What was the situation regarding service watches? Were you required to wear regulation issue, or could you wear your own?
Talbot
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