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They had some weird **** in the UK to listen for **** planes coming over the English channel during WW2. This might have been one of them.....
Though the Industrial Revolution began there it is hard to account for the general weirdness in UK technology especially as it relates to automotive and other transportation electrics.
Though the Industrial Revolution began there it is hard to account for the general weirdness in UK technology especially as it relates to automotive and other transportation electrics.
Dan
to start with they don't know the correct place to mount the steering wheel.....
Though the Industrial Revolution began there it is hard to account for the general weirdness in UK technology especially as it relates to automotive and other transportation electrics.
Though the Industrial Revolution began there it is hard to account for the general weirdness in UK technology especially as it relates to automotive and other transportation electrics.
Dan
Way back when I was "in the business" I had a reputation of expertise in automotive electronics. A foreign car shop called me and asked if I wanted to do after hours work on some wiring issues. They specialized in British cars (meaning Lucas). I said "no thanks".
To be fair (re; early ear buds) the British invented radar before WW2 and were subsequently years ahead of it from any other nation during the war.
Personally I think some of the inventions during WWII that are still standing today are ingenious..... Nowadays nobody can make a microwave, stove, or a refrigerator last more than a few years with our WONDERFUL modern electronics....
a blond dials 911 and reports a fire, the operator asks her location. the blond asks why do you need that? the operator replies how else will the fire department get to the fire. to which the blond replies duh, big red truck.
A team of three blonde astronauts announced they were going to be the first people to land on the surface of the sun. At their press conference, a reporter asked, "How are you going to keep from burning up when you land on the sun?" The lead blonde astronaut responded, "We're going to land at night!"
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