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Posted on 07/27/2012 2:32:18 PM PDT by JennysCool
HER Majesty the Queen joined James Bond to take part in the most spectacular Olympic opening ever staged.
In an incredible opening by director Danny Boyle Secret Agent 007 was seen arriving at Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen.
He whisks her off in a helicopter before they both appeared to parachute into the London stadium. At the exact moment they reached the ground, Her Majesty appeared in the stadium to a standing ovation.
It was a masterclass in storytelling by Oscar-winning director Boyle who trumped the event in Beijing four years ago with his history lesson of Britain.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
Now, THAT’S a car!
Absolutely FANTASTIC part of the ceremony
They just played “Jerusalem”, my first thought was “Somebody said ‘mattress’ to Mr. Lambert.”
Agreed. I thought beforehand that it was going to be lousy - and I’m British.
But the Industrial Revolution sequence was visionary - and a very impressive piece of engineering in its own right. That climatic scene of five forged rings of molten iron was simply superb.
I could have done without the homage to the NHS, but that whole Chariots of Fire scene was hysterical visual comedy. And the Cauldron of Fire Petals was very nicely done.
Who was the ‘hottest’ Bond Girl??
oh my gawd, why wont the announcers STFU..
Brillant machine! Very much like my 1972 Lotus Plus 2S. Unfortunately, that Lucas electrical system. The bane of my existence.
The hill is meant to be Glastonbury Tor.
Queen looked totally pissed, so they stopped cutting to her. They glorified national healthcare (which Brits are "proud of" according to NBC commentary) - practically a commercial for Obamacare. The overly long "teen" segment was mindless boring drivel. Went out of its way to be PC, with blacks extremely over-represented relative to the U.K. population, and no muzzie content at all, despite their big influence these days (although lots of white self loathing).
And perhaps worst of all, U.S. viewers were subjected to a combination of mindless and leftist "commentary" by Matt "human rat bastard" Lauer from the National Bureau of Communists (NBC). 1 out of 5 stars at best.
I didn’t see it but it’s too bad they didn’t have
the Queen come out of the Tardis.
It all sounds over politicized, can hardly wait
til Iran hosts it.
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Things to do to British/Lucas equipped cars:
- Replace the early fabric covered wiring with American made HD gauge aircraft spec wiring (before it starts smoking and shorting out on your way to an important event) - first in the dash - then the rest of the wiring.
- Install a Bendix electric backup fuel pump in the rear near the gas tank using Areoquip hd flex tubing and put a steel blank-off on the engine block where any standard fuel pump was.
Install two (2) electric radiator cooling fans in front of the radiator (toggle switches on the dash for both fans) and remove and standard cooling fan (but put it in a spare/emergency parts box in the boot)
Install a second 12V battery in the trunk with remote on-off switch on the dashboard. Never get caught with a dead battery in a snowstorm.
Rotate the tachometer to have the Redline point straight up where it should have been in the first place.
When the aluminum block in your vintage 50s AC Bristol spins the crankshaft bearings take it to a busy tractor & truck repair shop on the Old Dixie Highway in Old Pompano Florida and swap in a low-mileage Chevy smallblock V8 4V engine (a SW 400ci with the 2 small steam holes drilled in the 350ci or 307ci heads - You must then use 400ci head gaskets] on each 350ci cylinder head [much less volume in the cylinder heads] and or 307ci heads [smaller valves and much less volume in the cylinder heads] for even more compression and torque) with a 3-speed transmission (You will not ever need 1st gear anyway as wheelspin will be fantastic - John Schultz did this in 1960 - 2 years before Carroll Shelby saw it and had to use smallblock Ford V8s - 260ci the 289ci - See GOOGLE) a beefed-up 2-speed aluminum Powerglide would be better as it has a reliable record and is very popular on drag racing tracks and dirt tracks and lets you relax at stoplights on a graded hill and as you zip by unsuspecting BMWs and ‘Vettes and Vipers and Porsches.
Chevy V6 High-Lift rocker arms will do without swapping the hydraulic camshaft - Keep it quiet with larger diameter exhaust pipes (do not install custom tube headers - noisy, too much heat on the hood, they rust, you will not need the extra horsepower) but no loud mufflers.
A Chevy V8 with a 600cfm or 780cfo Holley 4V is easy to slap together to produce 400-500-600hp streetable horsepower with barrels of useable torque.
Why a Powerglide? They only shift once - Also an early aluminum 2-speed B-O-P transmission with dual-range varible pitch torque converter [with modified TC fin angles] with a B-O-P autu trans front pump and valve body can be easily fitted and actuated with a dashboard or steering wheel mounted switch.
Why do Ferrari and Aston Martin and Maserati and Lamborghini and Porsche now use paddle-shifters with semi-autos?
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