Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, Another great anecdote about a fabulous car and engine (and let's not forget the incomparable drivers). Must meet up again soon. Charlie On 5 Feb 2014, at 07:22, FRANK DERNIE wrote: > Thanks for posting that excellent film. > I was just a teenage fan back then but there are a lot of faces in the > film I went on to work with and remember with fondness, particularly Keith > Duckworth who was a great help to me encouraging my early efforts and went > on to be a close friend. Mind you our telephone calls were rarely less > than 2 hours. If Keith called your mobile the first thing you did was > search for the charger and plug it in... > > I think the ?100,000 Walter Hayes of Ford UK marketing spent to sponsor > the build of the Cosworth DFV was probably the best value sponsorship deal > ever done in motorsport! > > Keith himself drew every single drawing of the original engine, did every > calculation and ran the development programme. > Doesn't happen like that nowadays... > > Incidentally the broken timing gear in Graham Hill's car turned out to be > due to a resonance in the valve train which required some ground breaking > work to resolve. > > Frank D > > > >> ________________________________ >> From: Akhil Lal <alal at poly.edu> >> To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, 5 February 2014, 0:44 >> Subject: [Leica] Interesting F1 short >> >> >> For all you formula one fans. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6cm3eWEHM0&feature=player_embedded >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information