Conference terri::cars_uk

    If anyone's interested, I've got a JPEG of the front cover of the
    Healey book featuring my car. I can post a UUE of it here (but it's
    1398 blocks) or it can be picked up for a few days from PLAYER::
    
    FROGCOVR.JPG;1           998/999      27-FEB-1995 14:06:32.00
    
    Wasn't there talk of starting a repository for CARS_UK readers' cars?
    
    Cheers, Laurie.

    Well, the problem is that they're quite large, perhaps a dedicated
    conference on a node with some room is a better idea. Any offers?
    Anyone care to host CARS_UK_CARPIX? ;^)
    
    Cheers, Laurie.

    All two pictures of it ;-) !!

    
    If anyone in Munich has a scanner, you can make that 3! :^)
    
    Mark

    Don't forget Dave Burden has some piccies of his cars. I suspect the
    conference would grow quite fast once people realised it was there. I
    have another two pics of my car, for instance, and three more to scan
    in...
    
    Cheers, Laurie.

You can copy them to VANGA::VANGA$ARCHIVE:[CARPIX]

I've put Laurie's .JPG there already.

Dave.

    
    Well done, Dave.
    
    Perhaps a caution about copyrighted material is in order, though?
    
    I presume the fact that the cover photo of the Frogeye features his car
    means Laurie doesn't have a copyright problem, but scanning in other 
    photos from books (and putting them on the net) may be problematic.
    
    If I can find a way, I'll make an image of the Marcos available.
    
    Mark
    

    Shall we have a new topic for the car pictures then? Maybe Dave should
    start it with a pointer to the location. We can then post notes
    describing and naming the pictures we put in there. It would be great
    for people to put their action shots in there too! For instance, I have
    a photo of the kart track where Scoobydoo met Michael Schumaker.
    
    Then I'll ask the moderators to delete this rathole!
    
    Cheers, Laurie.

    ROSSA.JPG
    
    My Rossa, unsurprisingly enough. It's a bit dark, and not a good photo,
    so I'll try and find a better one for you all some time.
    
    It was taken at Grimsthorpe Castle last year, at the GTM Owners Club
    Weekend.
    
    It has a removeable hard top, or soft top, and is powered by a
    mid-mounted 1380cc A-series developing around 105 bhp. It is based
    mainly on a mini, with mini front subframes at the front and rear.
    Naturally, it is rear wheel drive, and seats two people only.
    
    It is also (plug plug) for sale - �5250.
    
    Cheers,
    Dan

    POWER.MPG
    
    This is an MPEG2 file I made of the Mini Action Day at Castle Combe
    last year. The 50 frames were supplied to me by a friend on the mini
    mailing list, and I composed them into an MPEG.
    
    The quality leaves a lot to be desired, but it really was only an
    exercise to see what I could do with this MPEG creator. Anyone wants to
    supply me with some decent quality frames in PPM raw format, I'll make
    another :-)
    
    It shows a Mini Pickup of some outrageous description tearing along the
    inside of a 1.3i Cooper.
    
    Cheers,
    Dan

    I've got three pictures in the archive:
    
    FROGCOVR.JPG;1           998/999      27-FEB-1995 14:06:32.00
    
    This is the front cover of the late Geoffrey Healey's book "More
    Healeys", and features my car, but with the number plate which was on
    the first prototype car shown to the late Donald Healey in the early
    '80s.
    
    GH_FROG1.JPG;1           569/570      28-FEB-1995 09:21:47.00
    GH_FROG2.JPG;1           520/522      28-FEB-1995 09:22:06.00
    
    Both of these are views of the car with the late Geoffrey Healey
    standing next to it. He has signed the photos by way of thanks for the
    loan of the car for the pictures for the book. It's got the correct
    number plate in these! Note that the hood (which is up unfortunately)
    is the wrong one, and doesn't fit properly...
    
    Cheers, Laurie.

    
    Here is a URL for Jag lovers with lots of good quality pictures
    
    http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/staff/jhb/jag-lovers/
    
    Bill

3 files:

FLAMES.GIF

A friend's 1961 Caddy hearse, all done up with fancy wheels and painted flames. 
The picture contains 4 shots of the car.

ISETTA.GIF

A side shot of our Isetta convertible parked beside our '24 Studebaker.

SQB.GIF

A 3/4 rear shot of our '71 VW Squareback in our driveway (excuse the mess...)

Dave

re .10

Dan, I could not view your picture - got an error using XV.

Dave

    Hold on - I'm going to convert it to .GIF and re-copy it...
    See if that's any better...?
    
    Cheers,
    Dan

    Converting from JPG to GIF probably won't gain you anything!

    No, it's bigger :-s !!

    I'm not well up on these things, but XV reads .GIF's fine but
    just gives a "text" dump of the JPG files?
    How can you make XV read other formats?
    
    Ta Matt 

    
    I've got XV 3.0 (on my workstation) and it read's the .JPGs just fine.
    
    Mark

    Actually I've looked again and I was trying to display the POWER.MPG
    which is a video format. I'll stick to stills I think.....
    
    Matt.

    We could do with an INDEX.TXT file in VANGA::VANGA$ARCHIVE:[CARPIX], to
    save people i) downloading stuff without knowing what it is and ii)
    sifting through this topic to discover all the files (presuming,
    ofcourse, that over the years this topic will become thousands of
    entries big :-)).
    
    Cheers,
    Dan

Directory VANGA::DKB300:[ARCHIVE.][CARPIX]

AAREADME.TXT;1     insufficient privilege or object protection violation

Can someone open this file up?

Thanks
Dave

I found these on the WWW at http://dutoc74.io.tudelft.nl/voitures/

Three nice shots of the new MGF roadster.

MGF_BACK.GIF;1            88  23-MAR-1995 13:30:43.00  (RWED,RWED,RE,)
MGF_FRONT.GIF;1          359  23-MAR-1995 13:32:19.00  (RWED,RWED,RE,)
MGF_SIDE.GIF;1            74  23-MAR-1995 13:31:17.00  (RWED,RWED,RE,)

Dave

    I've copied the following to VANGA::VANGA$ARCHIVE:[CARPIX]
    
    OUR_HARLEYS.GIF
    OUR_HARLEYS.JPG
    
    I don't want to upset the apple cart by putting bike pictures in there
    but somebody might be interested. If this is a prob, let me know and
    I'll delete them.
    
    Royston
    
    PS My Sporty is in the foreground.

Well, I guess the Isetta sort of bridged the gap between car and motorcycle so I
don't see a problem with it.

Dave

    I found a host of pictures of British classic cars on the Web:
    
    http://reality.sgi.com/employees/rck/sol/images
    
    Also, try http://www.team.net/sol/ It's a brilliant starting point for
    those who like British classic cars.
    
    Cheers, Laurie.

Some more JPGs for the gallery.

BH_JAG.JPG     177/180   Jaguar Gp C at Brands Hatch 
BH_LANCI.JPG   209/212   Lancia Gp C at Brands Hatch
LEMAN89.JPG    347/348   Start of Le Mans 1989
LMASTON.JPG    194/196   Aston Gp C at Le Mans
LMFER1.JPG     135/136   Ferrari 512BB LM at Le Mans
LMJAG.JPG      140/140   Jaguar Group C at Le Mans (winning car?)
MARCOS1.JPG    364/364   Collected Marcii at Castle Combe (mine in foreground)
MARCOS3.JPG    180/180   My Marcos at Castle Combe
MAR_AV.JPG     253/256   My Marcos at Alfred's Tower on Avalon Tour
OLDMAR.JPG     324/324   Volvo 1800 Wooden Marcos @ Rally 1994 (only 256 cols).
RAINMC.JPG     353/356   Volvo 3 litre Steel Marcos @ Rally 1994 in rain!

Images scanned at 200 Dpi.

Mark

Two months ago I contacted my normal service dealer and Hertz re the recalls	
only to be told that if you havent received one by now then it doesnt apply,	
now two months later my Astra is to be checked for the fuel filler and airbag.
	



					St

    Err, and you've got a picture of it, right? Where do we find it?
    
    Phil Gill.

    Some more :
    
    COUPE.JPG
    
    	A fairly recent model (13" wheels) GTM Coupe. Unknown spec. Taken
    at Grimsthorpe Castle Club Weekend, '94.
    
    K3.JPG
    
    	K3 GTM, GTM's demonstrator model. The latest revision of the Rossa,
    based completely on the Rover Metro. This model includes the 1.4 16v
    DOHC MPI K-series engine, 5-speed box, all-round disc brakes, hydragas
    suspension, removable hard top, alloy wheels, mid-mounted engine, etc.
    
    MK1.JPG
    
    	An early Mk.1 GTM Rossa (mini-based). This one belongs to the GTM
    Owners Club organisers.
    
    MK2.JPG
    
    	A Mk.2 GTM Rossa (mini-based), fitted with the optional Mohair soft
    top.
    
    SEVERN.JPG
    
    	Me going over the Severn Bridge! An entertaining photo it was, too,
    at the time - my mate was leaning out of the passing car, the driver
    holding onto his belt to keep him inside... arf.
    
    Cheers,
    Dan

I've just updated AAINDEX.TXT in the directory. This list shows filename,
contributor, and a short description of the file.

Dave.

    Check the file - there's bumpf at the top!
    
    Cheers,
    Dan

re.34:

Yes, I'm having a bad day...fixed now.

Dave.

    ;-)
    
    Cheers,
    Dan

    I've just copied three more pictures of my Frogeye into the gallery:
    
    FROG1.JPG
    FROG2.JPG
    FROG3.JPG
    
    All scanned at 72dpi in order to keep the size down. If they're crap, I
    can rescan at a higher resolution, no probs.
    
    Cheers, Laurie.

    Having recently attempted to track them down, it's a good idea to
    record that these files now live in KRAKAR::VANGA$ARCHIVE:[CARPIX]
    
    Cheers, Laurie.