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🇬🇧 Embark on a journey through time with the iconic MG MGB —a classic car that has captured the hearts of enthusiasts around the world! Since its introduction in the 1960s, the MGB Roadster has been synonymous with British motoring heritage, combining timeless design with exhilarating performance.
👉 The story of the MG MGB begins in 1962 when it made its debut as the successor to the popular MGA. Designed to appeal to a new generation of drivers, the MGB featured sleek lines, a convertible top, and a powerful engine, making it an instant hit among sports car enthusiasts.
🚘 Under the hood, the MGB was powered by a range of inline-four engines, delivering lively performance and agile handling. Its lightweight construction and responsive steering made it a joy to drive, whether cruising along winding country roads or tackling hairpin turns on the racetrack.
💡 The MGB quickly gained a reputation for its reliability and affordability, earning it a dedicated fanbase that continues to grow to this day. With its timeless design and spirited performance, the MGB remains a sought-after classic car among collectors and enthusiasts worldwide.
⚙️ Over the years, the MGB underwent various updates and revisions, reflecting advancements in automotive technology and design. Despite changes in the automotive landscape, its enduring appeal and iconic status have cemented its place in automotive history.
🌟 Whether admired for its elegant lines, spirited performance, or rich heritage, the MG MGB Roadster continues to captivate drivers and enthusiasts with its timeless charm and undeniable charisma.
#brits and yanks on wheels#retro cars#transatlantic torque#vehicle#cars#old cars#brands#companies#automobile#american cars#mg#mg motor#mg rover group#british automotive#british motor corporation#british cars#british leyland#english cars#old car#classic car#cool cars#race car#sport cars#sports cars#vintage cars#history#morris garage#classic cars#automotive#industry
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Car Spot: MGB Roadster
Underrated and affordable
When you think of the perfect summer car there are lots of options but one thing for sure is that it has to be a convertible. This week’s car spot, this powder blue MGB, is a perfect candidate. This little car is packed full of fun.
Manufactured and marketed from 1962 until 1980 first by the British Motor Corporation (BMC), and later the Austin-Morris division of…
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#Mini#Rally de Montecarlo#historia#Paddy Hopkirk#Timo Mäkinen#Rauno Aaltonen#Mini Cooper S#Alec Issigonis#British Motor Corporation#BMC#John Cooper#Pat Moss#Stirling Moss#Flying Finn#37#matrícula 33 EJB#Beatles#24 horas de Nürburgring#Rally Dakar
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Riley Elf, 1961. Riley started as a bicycle maker in 1890 and went on to make cars becoming part of BMC (the British Motor Corporation) in 1952. The Elf was a badge-engineered up-market version of the ADO15 Mini. It featured an extended rear that gave it a larger luggage compartment and a "3-box" profile. It remained in production through 3 series until 1969 when BLMC was formed and the Riley marque was discontinued.
#Riley#Riley Elf#ADO15#BMC#badge engineering#1961#1960s#1960s style#3-box#Mini#transverse engine#up-market#dead brands
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The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in April 2024
06/04 As President of the Working Clumber Spaniel Society, held a Training Day to mark their 40th Anniversary at Gatcombe Park. 🐶
09/04 On behalf of The King, held an Investiture at Windsor Castle.🎖️
With Sir Tim Opened Tideway’s Chelsea Quay, on Chelsea Embankment in London. 🌊
With Sir Tim, As Master of the Corporation of Trinity House, attended the 70th anniversary of Re-Hallowing Service at St Olave’s Church, followed by a Reception at Trinity House. ⛪️🍾
10/04 Visited Helmshore Mills Textile Museum in Rossendale, Lancashire. 🧵👕
Visited Trawden Village Community Projects in Trawden near Colne, Lancashire. 🏡
Visited HMS VENTURER in build at Venturer Hall in Fife. ⛴️🏴
11/04 In Northern Ireland Princess Anne; 🇮🇪
Visited Fleming Agri Products Limited in Derry. 🚜
Visited Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners, to commemorate its 170th Anniversary. 🚢
Visited the South West College Erne Campus building in Enniskillen. 🏫
Visited the renovated Enniskillen Workhouse in Enniskillen. 💼
As Patron of Maritime UK, attended the Northern Ireland Maritime and Offshore Cluster launch Reception at Belfast Harbour Office. ⚓️🥂
12/04 As Royal Patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association, attended the Northern Ireland Conference at Dunsilly Hotel in Antrim. 🇮🇪👨🦽
As Patron of Tenovus Cancer Care, visited a Mobile Support Unit at Bronglais General Hospital in Aberystwyth. 🏴🏥
15/04 With Sir Tim As the Former President of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, presented The Princess Royal Award and Royal Dairy Innovation Award at Gatcombe Park. 🐄🥛🏆
16/04 As Royal Patron of the National Coastwatch Institution, this visited Fleetwood Station in Fleetwood, followed by a Reception at Marine Hall. 🔎🌊
As Patron of the Pony Club, visited Wrea Green Equitation Centre in Preston, to mark the 25th of the Pony Club Centre Membership Scheme. 🐴
As President of the Carers Trust, visited Sefton Carers Centre in Liverpool, to mark its 30th anniversary. 🧑🦯🩺
17/04 On behalf of The King, held two Investitures at Windsor Castle. 🎖️
18/04 Attended the Lord Mayor's Big Curry Lunch at Guildhall. 🍛
As President of The Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conferences, held a Dinner at Buckingham Palace for the President's Council and the Caribbean-Canada Leaders' Dialogue. 🗺️🍽️
19/04 On behalf of The King, held an Investiture at Buckingham Palace. 🎖️
21/04 Unofficial As President of the Working Clumber Spaniel Society, hosted a test day at Gatcombe Park. 🐶
22/04 As trustee of the council of St George’s House Princess Anne;
Attended a council meeting at St George’s House. 💼
Attended a Lecture in St. George's Chapel. 🎓
Attended a Dinner at the Vicars' Hall. 🍽️
23/04 On behalf of The King, held two Investitures at Windsor Castle. 🎖️
As Royal Patron of the Special Boat Service Association, held a Dinner at Windsor Castle. 🚤🍽️
24/04 As President of the Riding for the Disabled Association, visited the Cavalier Centre, and presented The King’s Awards for Voluntary Service in Farley, Much Wenlock. 🐎🏆
As Patron of Save the Children UK, visited the Lyth, Ellesmere, the birthplace of Eglantyne Jebb. 🏠
Visited the Jebb Memorial Garden at Cremorne Gardens in Ellesmere. ⛲️
25/04 Attended "DNA Day" at Illumina Centre in Great Abington. 🧬
Opened the National House Building Council's Apprenticeship Training Hub at Histon Football Club. 👷
As Patron of the Royal College of Midwives, visited Hinchingbrooke Hospital Maternity Unit. 👶🏥
As Colonel of The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), visited The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment at Hyde Park Barracks. 🐴💂
As Chancellor of the University of London, attended an Institute of Commonwealth Studies Reception at the Senate House, to mark its 75th anniversary. 🎓
27/04 As Admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps, attended the National Drill and Piping Competition at HMS Raleigh. 🫡⚓️
30/04 As Guardian of the Chaffinch Trust, attended a Reception at the Reform Club. 🥂
As Chancellor of the University of London, attended a Graduation Ceremony at the Barbican Centre. 🎓
As Commandant-in-Chief of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal’s Volunteer Corps), presented Coronation Medals at Wellington Barracks in London. 🫡🎖️
Total official engagements for Anne in April: 39
2024 total so far: 171
Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in April: 3
2024 total so far: 32
FYI - due to certain royal family members being off ill/in recovery I won't be posting everyone's engagement counts out of respect, I am continuing to count them and release the totals at the end of the year.
#aimees unofficial engagement count 2024#april 2024#always there to support his wife#not all engagements are listed on here#if you would like a full list plz dm me 🥰#excited for next month#two overseas visits and the start of the more summery engagements!!!#princess anne#princess royal#tim laurence#timothy laurence#not as many as previous months because she took a few days off after easter
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That anon acting like being a journalist in motorsport is like being an executive in a capitalist establishment. 🤡 It’s like accusing a McDonalds crew member of being pro capitalism because they work in McDonalds. Like??? As if being treated poorly and paid dirt despite working your ass off everyday is not reason enough to he a socialist. I am a socialist precisely because of my experience as a worker in these filthy corporations! Clown anon!
you're absolutely right but a very large number of people in motorsport and the media are obviously very right wing. even when it's wildly against their own interests or totally in opposition to the concept of journalism or whatever.
especially in worlds like motorsport or the car industry. a lot of people don't like actually covering things, they enjoy being there. whether that's at the Frankfurt motor show or the Miami Grand Prix. and if your goal is just being there then you're willing to work for places where you do actively bad stuff because what you make was never the goal.
that's not how it's ever worked for me and this isn't meant to sound morally superior or whatever because honestly, get what you want i guess. but for me being in paddocks or factories or literally driving cars is so that I can write better pieces and find out more. the pass is to make the media, not the pieces a bartering chip for the pass.
in retrospect, some of that is why it was often pretty lonely. because I wasn't playing the same game as quite a lot of people. and it also makes the industry all the more exploitative because people want that lanyard so much they'll do anything for it.
I was thinking the other day that there's been almost no coverage of the investigation into F1 lobbying the EU and British government on behalf of Aramco, via synthetic fuel. It's a really damning link and I'm not just saying this because I'm quoted in the article but I would absolutely be writing about it if I still had somewhere to do it. it's a really shocking scandal, that F1 is helping hold up combustion car bans by contributing (unproven) information about synthetic fuels.
it's not the kind of thing F1 like people reporting. so suddenly all the men who self-style as hard-nosed business journalists in the paddock are being awfully quiet. because it is more important to still be there.
obviously, I am not still there. I did indeed criticise FE one too many times for their liking and fell out of favour. I am not a model for holding onto your pass. but there is also no point pretending that I could have acted differently just to keep it. anyway, this all turned into a bit of a ramble but turns out there's bad people kind of everywhere and often they're holding the controls.
I think that's part of what's upset me about the Watcher thing. these are guys who deliberately set out to make their own media company so they had that control to make things they were proud of, with the production values they wanted, under their own ownership, without having to fire people all the time. and you're asking them to be more like Buzzfeed? that was the bad old days, friends.
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British Leyland-Yutani Motor Corporation
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The Sussex Vampire: a bit about Perú
In the last two letters from my dear friend Watson we know about The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire so I have an excuse to dust my old book of history, some English-Spanish dictionaries and Todo Sherlock Holmes.
Mrs. Ferguson (we don't know her name. ACD, how hard was to call her María or Violeta?) and her maid Dolores come from Perú (I know I shouldn't use ´ but I have my Latino ID so I'll do what I want). She was daughter of a Peruvian merchant related to importation of nitrates.
After the Pacific War came a National reconstruction period (1884–1895). During this period Peru has huge external debt and lost many industries related to nitrate production, the occupied provinces of Tacna and Arica were under Chilenization. Latex and oil industries become relevant due to Industrial Revolution but the country was in bankruptcy. In 1886 the Grace Contract was signed between Peru and British bondholders to settle this debt, and the Peruvian Corporation was formed. This corporation agreed to cancel Peru's debt in exchange for £80,000 in annual payments, mining rights, and ownership of the Peruvian rail for 66 years. The corporation also agreed to build 160 kilometers of new railroad.
Nicolás de Piérola was elected president of Peru 1895, and the country began its period known as the Aristocratic Republic. During this time the economy was highly dependent of Britain: The Peruvian Corporation (trains), London Pacific (oil), Cerro de Pasco Minning Corporation (copper), Peruvian Amazon Company (latex rubber) Sugar Company (sugar) and Banco Perú Londres (bank) were the motors of the economy.
Mrs. Ferguson was probably from an aristrocratic family and received a proper education for a woman of her social status, including learning a foreign language like English. Her "alien religion" was Catholicism like the biggest part of the country because that religion reached almost every corner in South America (by choice or force) during the Colonial Era.
The maid Dolores had brown skin, so I guess she was indigenous or mestiza (Spaniard+Indigenous). Like her employer she was Catholic too but she hadn't the same education. There were efforts to increase the number of people able to read, but it was a common practice for kids to leave school and work in the same industries as their parents.
Dolores didn't study English like Mrs. Ferguson, that's why she use Spanish grammar when she speaks:
“She verra ill,” cried the girl, looking with indignant eyes at her master. “She no ask for food. She verra ill. She need doctor. I frightened stay alone with her without doctor.”
She no ask for food = Ella no pregunta por comida ✔
The translation into Spanish made by Juan Manuel Ibeas reflects this with the absence of some sounds and words:
—Ta my enferma gimió la muchacha, mirando con ojos indignados a su señor—. No quere comía. Mu enferma. Necesita doctor. Me da miedo estar sola con ella sin doctor.
And "leesten", IIRC in Spanish we don't have long/short vowels, so the /ɪ/ in listen can be /iː/ like in heel, details that make English a hard language for Latinos, and harder for someone with Dolores' background.
ACD wrote a whole chapter of "The Mystery of Cloomber" with some Scottish accent, so I doesn't surprise me. I like the level of accuracy of this accent. There are high chances that Dolores doesn't even read in Spanish, so this details are more accurate that I expected.
I understand (a bit) why Mrs Fergurson didn't dare to tell her husband what his son did. She was in a foreign country alone with her maid, she had to deal with another language, another religion and she doesn't have her family or friends there. I can't imagine going back to Perú by steamship in times when the Panama Canal was in construction.
#letters from watson#the sussex vampire#SUSS#history#acd canon#sherlock holmes#i wanted to add ID and more details but my brain is melting#latin american history#lost in translation#todo sherlock holmes#letters in the underground
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Weekly Wrapup 12/31/23 (late!)
Top five smashable wrestlers this week:
Athena - 90.2% smash
Minoru Suzuki (Young Variant) - 88.7% smash
Swerve Strickland - 88.3% smash
Bret Hart - 71.0% smash
David Finlay - 69.1% smash
More stats under the cut, along with my observations, commentary, and some of my favorite tags...
Bottom five smashable wrestlers this week:
Marty Scurll - 23.8% smash
Jake the Snake Roberts - 31.6% smash
Neckstrong Roderick Strong - 32.8% smash
Trent Seven - 40.8% smash
Carmella - 47.8% smash
Most total votes this week (most enthusiasm)
Swerve Strickland - 444 votes
Athena - 337 votes
William Regal - 311 votes
Minoru Suzuki (Young Variant) and Bret Hart - 300 votes
And least total votes this week (least enthusiasm)
David Finlay - 152 votes
Trent Seven - 157 votes
Raven (ECW Variant) - 184 votes
Marty Scurll - 193 votes
Carmella - 205 votes
The closest match was Raven (ECW Variant) who won 95-89
Top Five Overall
Kris Statlander - 91% smash
Athena - 90.2% smash
Minoru Suzuki (Young Variant) - 88.7% smash
Swerve Strickland - 88.3% smash
Hangman Adam Page - 86.4% smash
Bottom Five Overall
Vince McMahon - 3.9% smash
Kane (Corporate variant) - 10.1% smash
Triple H (Terra Ryzing variant) - 18.6% smash
The Boogeyman - 22.6% smash
Brock Lesnar - 23.2% smash
Top Women Overall
Kris Statlander - 91% smash
Athena - 90.2% smash
Rhea Ripley - 84.2% smash
Julia Hart (Spooky Variant) - 81.9% smash
Chyna - 78.2% smash
Penelope Ford - 72.9% smash
Top Men Overall
Minoru Suzuki (Young Variant) - 88.7% smash
Swerve Strickland - 88.3% smash
Hangman Adam Page - 86.4% smash
Hikuleo - 86.0% smash
Jon Moxley - 84.8% smash
Top Tag Teams
The Golden Lovers - 80.4% smash
Best Friends - 66.7% smash
Motor City Machine Guns - 65.5% smash
Young Bucks - 43.8% smash
Ink Inc. - 25% smash
Average Smash Rating
Week 1: 52.7%
Week 2: 57.7%
Week 3: 54.4%
Week 4: 62.9%
Week 5: 58.4%
Week 6: 55.9%
Holy shit you guys are horny for Minoru Suzuki. That was impressive. When the Swerve poll was posted, I was like "Oh yeah he's gonna go to the top of the men's rankings." No. Minoru Suzuki's bare ass from 30 years ago is what does it for Tumblr.
In other news, the Raven fuckers are vindicated. ECW era-Raven has been deemed smashable, but it was close. Four votes made the difference. I commented to my husband that trying to find a good photo of him was stressing me out, so he had a look and commented, "He seems like the kind of guy that is remembered for being hotter than he actually was."
On average, women are 73.2% smashable. Carmella has the dishonorable distinction of being the least smashable woman so far, and being one of two women to be voted not smashable (the other being Cheerleader Julia Hart). Sorry, anonymous person who called her "the most beautiful woman in the WWE." For those who are curious, men are 55.0% smashable on average. Also, this blog's women's division is comparable to the AEW women's division in that women have been featured in 10 polls total, compared to 82 polls for men.
Thanks for bearing with me through the Christmas and New Year holidays. I full on forgot what day it was for a few days there, then I got home from traveling and my keyboard broke??? so please excuse any typos because I am typing on the worst keyboard in the world.
And now for some of my favorite tags and comments
@booboo-eyedbambi on Athena: #not only would i smash i would let her kill me like a praying mantis if she so pleased
@grimdarkfandango on Swerve: #yes I know about the blood drinking and it was hot thank u
@arthausen on William Regal: #if I’m being honest. smash that old British cunt till he screams tally ho lads I’m arriving!
@arthausen on Neckstron Roderick Strong: #I love pathetic men and I would love to re-break his neck. smash
@saturatedsinset on Minoru Suzuki: #like yeah but you only deserve to fuck young suzuki if you also wanna fuck old suzuki. cowards
@pavlovean on Jake the Snake: #he literally has a mustache and a snake what more could you want
@theringleader on Bret Hart: #twirls hair heyyyyyyyy wanna talk about ring psychology?
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The Very First Mini
1959 - Morris Mini Minor (621 AOK) This was the first one off the production line, never sold, now at British Motor Museum at Gaydon Warwickshire UK.
The Mini is a small, two-door, four-seat car, with FWD and transverse mounted 4-Cylinder OHV engine of 848cc / 998cc / 1098cc and 1275cc options over the course of its development. Developed as ADO15, and produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors, from 1959 through 2000, original Minis were built for four decades and sold during six decades, from the last year of the 1950s into the last year of the 20th century, over a single generation, as fastbacks, estates, and convertibles.
By the 4th October 2000 A total of 5,387,862 cars had been manufactured, nearly 1.6 million of which were sold in the UK, although the majority of these were sold at least 20 years before the Mini's demise, meaning that the majority of those sold had been scrapped before the end of the original Mini's production life
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🔥DETOX STORY OF THE MILLENIUM🔥
HOW RUSSIA GOT RID OF THE GREAT RESET PUR EVIL GLOBALIST CABAL MAFIA CORPORATIONS??
THEY KICKED THEMSELVES OUT BY
SANCTIONING RUSSIA 🇷🇺
THE LOOSER LISTS:👇
▪️Apple Pay - complete blocking;
▪️Apple - complete exit from the market;
▪️Adidas - refusal to cooperate with the national soccer team;
▪️Audi - leaving the market;
▪️AMD - a ban on the supply of microchips and soon a ban on the supply of graphics cards;
▪️British Petrolium - 20% of shares have left Rosneft;
▪️BBC - withdrawal of broadcasting licenses;
▪️BMW - closing factories, blocking deliveries;
▪️Bolt - exiting the market;
▪️Boeing - exiting the market;
▪️Chevrolet - leaving the market;
▪️Danone - market exit together with a subsidiary of Prostokvashino;
▪️Disney - cancellation of all films;
▪️Dell - exit from the market;
▪️DHL - exit from the market;
▪️Eurovision - disqualification;
Ericsson - exit from the market;
▪️Exxon Mobil - recall all specialists of Russian oil companies;
▪️FedEx - complete ban on deliveries;
▪️Formula 1 - cancellation of the tournament in Sochi;
▪️Ford - closes all stores;
▪️FIFA - disqualification of the national team for the World Cup and ban on holding international matches in the Russian Federation;
▪️General Motors - stops exports.
▪️HP - ban on imports;
▪️Harley Davidson - stop deliveries;
▪️Intel - ban on the supply of microchips;
▪️Jaguar - leave the market;
▪️Lenovo - exit from the market;
▪️MOK - cancellation of all competitions;
▪️MasterCard - discontinuation of card production, closure of several banks;
▪️Megogo - cancel all Russian films;
▪️Mitsubishi - lay off employees from 141 service centers;
▪️Microsoft Office - multiple measures being discussed;
▪️Netflix - a freeze on Russian subscriptions, halting production of Russian TV series;
▪️Nike - delivery to Russia is closed;
▪️Nestle - closes all 6 factories in the Russian Federation;
▪️OnlyFans - closure of the country;
▪️PayPal - freezing accounts for withdrawals;
▪️Paramount - movie distribution block;
▪️PornHub - content access ban;
▪️Porsche - withdrawal from the Russian Federation;
▪️Renault - exit from the market;
▪️Samsung Pay - blocking of services;
▪️Scania - exit from the Russian Federation;
▪️Shell - termination of the contract with Gazprom;
▪️Sony - film distribution block;
▪️Twitter - it is impossible to register accounts for citizens of the Russian Federation;
▪️Toyota - stop deliveries;
▪️UEFA - cancellation of the Champions League final in St. Petersburg, ban on all clubs from participating in the Champions League and the Champions League
▪️Cancellation of contract with general sponsor Gazprom;
▪️UPS - complete ban on deliveries;
▪️Universal Pictures - film distribution block;
▪️Visa - blocking of banks under sanctions;
▪️Volvo - leave the Russian Federation;
▪️Yandex - exclusion of the company's shares from listing on the New York Stock Exchange;
▪️YouTube - blocked hundreds of RF channels and their monetization;
▪️Warner Bros. - cancellation of all film distribution;
▪️Volkswagen - out of the country.
▪️Zoom - revocation of software development licenses.
Russia is already living the dream 🤔
#pay attention#educate yourself#educate yourselves#reeducate yourself#knowledge is power#reeducate yourselves#think for yourself#think for yourselves#think about it#do your homework#do your research#do your own research#question everything#ask yourself questions#ask yourself#sanctions#corrupt business#big business
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🇬🇧 Explore the captivating history of the MG MGA—a timeless classic that embodies the essence of British automotive craftsmanship! Introduced in the 1950s, the MGA made waves with its striking design and exhilarating performance, captivating drivers around the globe.
👉 The MG MGA marked a significant milestone for MG sports cars. Announced on 26 September 1955, the car was officially launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show. With its sleek contours, graceful curves, and distinctive grille, the MGA epitomized elegance and sophistication on the open road.
🛞 The MGA design dates back to 1951 when MG designer Syd Enever created a streamlined body for George Philips' TD Le Mans car. As it was so different from the older MG models, it was called the MGA, the "first of a new line" to quote the contemporary advertising. There was also a new engine available; therefore, the car did not have the originally intended XPAG unit but was fitted with the BMC B-series engine allowing a lower bonnet line.
🚗 Underneath its sleek exterior, the MGA boasted a lineup of powerful engines, delivering an unforgettable driving experience characterized by agility and precision. Whether navigating winding country roads or zipping through city streets, the MGA offered a thrilling ride that left a lasting impression.
👑 The MG MGA quickly gained iconic status, earning recognition in pop culture and becoming a symbol of automotive excellence. The MGA has been raced extensively in the U.S. since its 1955 introduction and with considerable success. In Sports Car Club of America competition, the MGA has won numerous regional and national championships.
🌟 Whether admired for its iconic aesthetics, dynamic performance, or rich heritage, the MG MGA continues to evoke passion and admiration among collectors and enthusiasts worldwide.
#brits and yanks on wheels#retro cars#transatlantic torque#vehicle#cars#old cars#brands#companies#automobile#english cars#made in uk#made in england#england#mg#mg motor#british motor corporation#british cars#british leyland#mg mga#mg rover group#sport cars#sports cars#race car#racing#sports car club of america#design#designer#championship#exterior#syd enever
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In which I SkyTrain-post about: the Dunsmuir Tunnel.
Or, actually, why the SkyTrain network as a whole feels like a goofy little toy train, while also being a really cool example of quirky '80s technology being pushed right to its absolute limits. But first, some context is useful — specifically, the urban freeway plan for Vancouver, which, unlike many cities in North America, was largely aborted.
↑↑↑ This is what they wanted to do to part of the City of Vancouver…
…and this is the overarching plan that was mostly defeated by an organised left in Vancouver. (The few areas that weren't saved, well, those deserve their own posts.) So, with a massive freeway plan being shot down for the city centre, what was the plan going to be for transit? Well, after some amount of messing around with express buses throughout the '70s on the part of the regional transit network, which was operated by BC Hydro before BC Transit took it over… …Vancouver got chosen to host Expo 86. Which was themed around transportation, being named "Transportation and Communication: World in Motion — World in Touch".
Which meant: well shit, maybe now's a good time to make up for having dodged the whole highway bullet. However, using a normal heavy rail network, on entirely new infrastructure, with human drivers, was untenable, because: I guess I need to introduce the Socreds.
I'm not going to get into the ideology of social credit, which the Socreds never actually ended up being able to give effect to, or the somewhat unusual conservatism of WAC Bennett's long administration, but effectively, by the early '80s, the Socreds had pivoted to plain old neoliberalism, which meant: cutting costs all over and also keeping unions out of whatever they could. (As an aside, if you've ever got the time, read about the Solidarity protests of 1983 in BC, because the sheer intensity of the Bill Bennett administration's fuckery on that front is a pretty clear demonstration of shock doctrine.) And yes, if you're keeping track, that's William Bennett for 20 years → 3 years of not William &c. → Bill Bennett for 11 years → Wilhelmus Vander Zalm for 5 years. Lots of William happening. And all of those assorted Williams were Socred Premiers. But how do you cut costs and also keep unions away from a brand new metro system? Well, Urban Transit Development Corporation, a Crown Corporation (basically a state-owned enterprise, but Canadian) in Ontario had an idea:
A tiny train. But it runs frequently. It's also automated, and uses a linear induction motor for propulsion. That's kinda critical to the fact that the SkyTrain works whatsoever, really, given other constraints I'm about to get into. And what else can one do to save costs on a rail system?
Reuse old alignments, like the Central Park Line of the British Columbia Electric Railway.
But what saves even more money?
Reusing old infrastructure. Basically, until just a few years before the SkyTrain started operation, Canadian Pacific ran long-distance trains, all the way out to Toronto (and sometimes further), through the Dunsmuir Tunnel from Waterfront Station, which is now the "main" hub for TransLink, linking the SeaBus, Expo Line, West Coast Express. Canada Line, and many bus routes. But that got shut down, to make way for literally slicing the Tunnel in half height-wise — and thus letting two tracks use the same tunnel, which was built tall enough for old steam trains. Which means: you've got trains constrained to a fairly tiny loading gauge, which, sure, maybe you'd want to build longer platforms to compensate for that, but:
No. Hence automation. For example, try to find a precise timetable for the Expo Line anywhere on the Internet, without screwing around with APIs or whatever. You can't, last I checked. The design philosophy resulting from the "let's spend as little as goddamn possible while still having a grade separated rapid transit system" approach means that, well, we've got trains so tiny in loading gauge terms that you can fit two in a barely modified single-track rail tunnel, which are barely even 80m long, which still could carry 25,700 people per hour per direction, solely thanks to completely absurd frequencies. Like, TransLink deserves to be yelled at over the lack of redundancy in such a critical transportation backbone, and the provincial governments that they rely on for funding deserve it even more, but it's. Well. Kinda interesting how the most ridiculous possible political pressures resulted in, like, a fairly functional transit system, via the weirdest specifications possible. However, this is also why, not even 40 years after the Expo Line opened for regular service, it's already close to its limits. They were far too cautious and non-ambitious in their design for the system, chasing ideologies of Fiscal Responsibility™ instead of future-proofing, and now we've got transit infrastructure that's going to require redundancy to the tune of an entire extra metro line in the northwest/southeast direction eventually, even if other connections should be able to pick up the slack in the medium term.
#transit#transportation#public transit#numtot#Vancouver#Metro Vancouver#SkyTrain#Dunsmuir Tunnel#Social Credit Party (British Columbia)#socreds#Wacky Bennett#Downtown Vancouver#Expo 86#urban planning#longpost
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Vol. 1), 1918-38, entry for 10th April 1923
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Tuesday 10th April
Motored with Paul of Serbia and Lady Cimmie Mosley¹ to Chichester for Lady Doris Gordon-Lennox’s² wedding. The groom is a horsey creature called Clare Vyner³ who strangely looks and lisps like a parish priest. The town was crowded with cheering people and bedecked with flags; the cathedral packed with locals with the Mayor and Corporation in full robes and with ‘fashionables’ from London. Paul was rather triste and thoughtful as he has wanted to marry Doris for years; it would have been a most disastrous alliance and I did my best to prevent it. His favourite hymn was played, by accident or design?? The Duke of York arrived with Elizabeth, her first really public appearance since her engagement. Afterwards we went to Goodwood House where we were recieved by the old Duke of Richmond.⁴ There were many presents but I looked more at the Van Dycks. It is extraordinary how Stuart they look these Gordon-Lennoxes.⁵
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1. Cynthia Blanche Curzon (1898-1933), second daughter of Lord Curzon and his first wife, Mary Victoria Leiter (1870-1906), of Chicago. Lady Cynthia (as she became on her father’s advancement to an earldom in 1911) married in 1920 Oswald Ernald ‘Tom’ Mosley (1896-1980), who succeeded his father as 6th Bt in 1928. Mosley was Conservative and then Independent MP for Harrow from 1918 to 1924, failed to beat Neville Chamberlain in Birmingham in 1924, but became Labour MP for Smethwick from 1926 to 1931. He then founded his own party and became leader of the British Union of Fascists. His pursuit of fascist doctrine in the 1930s made him in equal parts a figure of fear and ridicule. He was interned during the Second World War with his second wife, Diana Guinness (née Mitford) (1910-2003), who had been his mistress, and whom he married in 1936 in Goebbels’ house in Berlin, with Hitler in attendance.
2. Lady Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox (1896-1980), daughter of the Earl of March, who succeeded his father in 1928 as 8th Duke of Richmond and Gordon; married Clare George Vyner (né Compton) (1894-1989) in 1923.
3. Vide supra.
4. Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox (1845-1928), by courtesy Lord Settrington until 1860 and Earl of March until 1903, when he succeeded his father as 7th Duke of Richmond and Lennox and 2nd Duke of Gordon.
5. The dukedom was created in 1675 for the bastard son of King Charles II with his mistress, Louise de Kérouallie.
#chips channon#channon diaries#1923#1920s#prince paul of yugoslavia#cynthia mosley#doris vyner#clare vyner#charles richmond#goodwood house#🕰️
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Nash-Healey Le Mans Coupe, 1954, by Pininfarina. The joint venture between Nash-Kelvinator and British car maker Donald Healey had begun in 1951 with Pininfarina becoming involved in 1952. The intention was to create a halo car that would add prestige to the Nash brand. But by 1954 Nash-Kelvinator had become a division of American Motors Corporation and, with just 90 cars sold that year, the model was abandoned
#Nash#Nash-Healey#Nash-Healey Le Mans#Nash-Healey Le Mans Coupe#1954#Pininfarina#last of the line#coachbuilt#dead brands#Donald Healey
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The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in June 2023
01/06 As Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Logistic Corps, Princess Anne attended the Freedom of the City of Winchester Parade at the Guildhall to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Corps, followed by a Service of Thanksgiving in Winchester Cathedral. 🫡
03/06 Princess Anne departed from Heathrow Airport for Canada and was received at Calgary International Airport by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. 🇨🇦
As President of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conferences, HRH met with delegates and later attended a Dinner at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. 🌍
04/06 As President of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conferences, HRH attended the Opening Plenary of the Commonwealth Study Conference. She departed Calgary Airport for the United Kingdom and arrived back on 05/06 🇨🇦
06/06 As Royal Patron of Motor Neurone Disease Association, attended a Care Forum at Boughton House, Kettering. 🦠
As Master of the Corporation of Trinity House, HRH attended a Younger Brethrens’ Dinner at Trinity House, Tower Hill, London EC3. 🍽️
07/06 As Master of the Corporation of Trinity House, HRH attended the Trinitytide Anniversary Annual Court Meeting, Church Service and Luncheon at Trinity House. 🥗
The Princess Royal attended the Canadian Armed Forces Day Reception at the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom, Canada House, Trafalgar Square. 🇨🇦
08/06 The Princess Royal, as Honorary Air Commodore of Royal Air Force Brize Norton, attended a Parade to mark the retirement of C-130J Hercules and the disbandment of 47 Squadron at Royal Air Force Brize Norton. ��️
Her Royal Highness, As Royal Patron of the Security Institute, HRH attended a Careers Fair at the Victory Services Club 💼
As Patron, International Students House, attended a Reception. 👨🎓
12/06 As Patron, of the British Nutrition Foundation, Princess Anne visited Washingborough Academy in Lincoln, to mark the 11th Healthy Eating Week for Schools. 🍎
As President of Carers Trust, HRH visited the new Facilities for Carers at the Carers’ Support Service at the Old Waterworks Office in Grimsby. 🩺
As Chairman of the International Olympic Committee Members Election Commission, HRH held a Dinner at St James’s Palace. 🍽️
13/06 Held an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace. 🎖️
The Princess Royal, As Chairman of the International Olympic Committee Members Election Commission, held a Members Election Commission Meeting. 🤸♀️
14/06 Held two Investiture ceremonies at Windsor Castle. 🎖️
Received His Excellency Sir Rodney Williams (Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda) and Lady Williams. 🇦🇬
15/06 The Princess Royal as Colonel of The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) carried out the following engagements;
Attended the parading of the new Sovereign’s Standard to the Regiment followed by a Reception at Hyde Park Barracks.💂♂️
Attended a Household Cavalry Council Meeting at Hyde Park Barracks. 🐴
The new Sovereign’s Standard to The Blues and Royals was presented by HRH to HM in the Quadrangle of Buckingham Palace and was received with a Royal Salute. After the new Standard was consecrated, The Parade subsequently ranked past HM and HRH. 🚩
As President of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, attended the Fellows’ Reception at the Royal Geographical Society. 🌍
16/06 The Princess Royal, as Colonel of The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), presided over a Conference attended by the Colonels of the Regiments of the Household Division. HRH subsequently attended the Senior Colonels’ Dinner at Clarence House. 🫡
17/06 In her role as Colonel-in-Chief of the Blues and Royals and Gold Stick in Waiting, the Princess Royal along with Sir Tim and other members of the royal family attended King Charles first Trooping the Colour Parade as monarch. 💂♂️
His Majesty was followed by The Prince of Wales (Colonel, Welsh Guards), The Princess Royal (Colonel, The Blues and Royals, Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) and The Duke of Edinburgh (Royal Honorary Colonel, 1st Battalion London Guards) on horseback down the Mall towards Horse Guards Parade. Duchess Sophie, Sir Tim and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester travelled in carriages and the Duke of Kent (Colonel, Scots Guards) followed by car. 🐎
The troops on Parade, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John Livesey, Welsh Guards (Field Officer in Brigade Waiting), received The King with a Royal Salute. 🫡
After the Parade, the RF rode back to Buckingham Palace on horseback, in carriages and by car. The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment and The King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery ranked past The King on arrival at Buckingham Palace. 🐴
The royal family stood on the balcony of Buckingham Palace and witnessed a fly-past by aircraft of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force. ✈️
19/06 The Princess Royal and Sir Tim with other members of the royal family and other members of the Garter attended a Chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in the Throne Room, Windsor Castle.
They all later attended a Luncheon Party for the Companions of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. 🥪
An Installation Service was held in St George’s Chapel at which two new members were installed in the order. 🪶
20/06 As Colonel, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), attended a Dinner at Drapers’ Hall. 🍽️
Unofficial Attended day one of Royal Ascot with Zara and Mike Tindall, Peter Phillips and Lindsay Wallace 🐎
21/06 Unofficial Princess Anne, Sir Tim, Zara & Mike Tindall and other members of the RF attended day two of Royal Ascot. 🐴
22/06 Unofficial Princess Anne, Sir Tim, Zara & Mike Tindall and other members of the RF attended Ladies Day, day three of Royal Ascot. 🐴
23/06 Visited the Royal Highland Show at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh where she met exhibitors, farmers, animals and sampled local food and drink. 🐮🐑🧀🏴
24/06 Attended the Icelandic Horse Society British Championships and Summer Festival at Washbrook Farm, Aston le Walls. 🇮🇸🐎
27/06 Attended the opening ceremony of the World Equestrian Festival, CHIO Aachen, Germany. 🇩🇪🐎
28/06 Toured behind the scenes and met team GB at the World Equestrian Festival, CHIO Aachen, Germany. 🇩🇪🇬🇧
29/06 The Princess Royal, as President of Carers Trust, accompanied by Sir Tim, attended a Reception in London SW1. 🦽
Princess Anne as Patron of United Kingdom Sailing Academy, accompanied by Sir Tim, attended a Founders’ Club Dinner at the Corporation of Trinity House. ⛵️
30/06 The Princess Royal presented Prize Day awards at the Royal School Haslemere. 🏆
Total official engagements for Anne in June: 40
2023 total so far: 262
Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in June : 6
2023 total so far: 56
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