[AT] OT Wednesday-It's 100 Years since......

Dave Merchant nesys_com at ameritech.net
Tue Jul 20 19:18:05 PDT 2004


...and 35 years ago today, on July 20, 1969 at 4:17 PM EDST, Neil Armstrong
and Edwin Aldrin were the first humans to land on the Moon.

Dave Merchant


At 05:50 PM 7/20/2004, you wrote:
>Louis Spiegelberg wrote:
> >
> > I don't think that I would want to go 25 MPH on those tires.
> >
> > Lou
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of JParks
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 8:42 AM
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > Subject: Re: [AT] OT Wednesday-It's 100 Years since......
> >
> > Tks Tom........The first detail that caught my eye was what looked like
> > some belting used to keep the tires round (and intact!).  Did the
> > article go into detail as to the operation of the opposing pistons and
> > the timing of that engine? John Parks Boise, Id
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom" <tmartin at xtra.co.nz>
> > To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 4:28 AM
> > Subject: [AT] OT Wednesday-It's 100 Years since......
> >
> > >
> > > Was given an old motor racing book the other day, and browsing through
> >
> > > it, a date struck me.. On Wednesday, 100 years will have passed, since
> >
> > > a person was timed over a measured distance, in excess of 100 mph.
> > >
> > > For those interested, I've thrown a page together:
> > > The engine is quite interesting..
> > >
> > > http://shopswarf.orcon.net.nz/gb.html
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Tom
>
>Aaah, but those were the days when men were men and women
>were glad of it! :-))
>
>Of course in those days, those tyres would have been state
>of the art..
>
>Tom



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