Wobland Spottage

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Re: Wobland Spottage

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^^^^Yes. And Yes.
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An immaculate air cooler RD 350 came screaming past me up Eridge hill . Right on song and trailing the smell of castrol R . Only it didn't appear go THAT fast ...??

I've got so used to modern howling superbikes overtaking and rapidly turning into a distant dot on the horizon , this thing looked really slow !!
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The Reverend Bluejeans wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 10:13 pm
mercrocker wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 10:08 pm Talking of VW campers, I was out in mine tonight parked up at a local forest pond. This turned up - I heard it first, thanks to those pipes!


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XK140. Just bloody lovely.
I almost prefer these to the E Type in the same way I prefer a Mark I saloon to the Mark II.
I prefer XKs to E-Types too. The biggest problem with the E-Type to me is they forgot to make the track wide enough for the bodywork & it looks like a monorail from the front or rear. Something the lowdrag versions sorted & look so much better for.
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In aerodynamic co-efficiency terms if I recall rightly the E Type is actually slightly worse than a bay window VW!

0.42 for the bus, 0.44 for the Jag....go figure!

It's all about airflow round and under the vehicle as opposed merely to drag.....
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Well with VWs the drag is normally what's worn inside.
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It's the cut off tail that does it I think.
I don't think that Kamm tails were a thing until the mid or late 60s.
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Hooli wrote: Thu May 21, 2020 10:25 am Well with VWs the drag is normally what's worn inside.
And the spliffs they are dragging on...
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mercrocker wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 10:11 pm Talking of VW campers, I was out in mine tonight parked up at a local forest pond. This turned up - I heard it first, thanks to those pipes!

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XK140. Just bloody lovely.

Is that Hatchet Pond near East Boldre?
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No, although I do go there as well....This is smaller - Janesmoor Pond near Fritham just north of the A31.
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