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Does any other program (windows or linux) do screenshot annotation efficiently?
On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:18:35 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On 2013-04-24 17:56:49 -0700, Eric Stevens said: On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:52:13 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2013-04-24 16:14:17 -0700, Eric Stevens said: On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:36:22 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: Just to tidy up loose ends: --- snip --- The car you shot appears not to be an entirely genuine Bugatti. Certainly all major parts are genuine but different parts seem to have come from different cars. I suspect it is patterned on the Bugatti Aerolithe. See http://www.bugattibuilder.com/forum/...php?f=1&t=2120 The "Aerolithe" is a totally different car. It is a fast back streamlined coupe, and while technically a Type 57, its only physical resemblance to the Type 57 roadsters, is the familiar radiator. The Type 57 was the basis for a whole line of very different cars between 1935 and 1939. http://www.guildclassiccars.com/1935...Aerolithe.html The Type 57S above was undergoing a full restoration, and is not a replica as suggested. This car won the Paris Salon of 1935. That's true - and its never been seen since. I wasn't suggesting the car you photographed was a replica. I was suggesting it was built out of a collection of Bugatti parts. http://www.hopupmag.com/index.php/weblog/article/C2/ has more of the story which is consistent with what I read elsewhere. A chassis + a gear box + and engine. "A guy we know has been building this car for some time; I think he bought the (correct, one-off) frame in about 1981. It had been acquired from the factory when it all ended in 1960 or so. It’s the show Bugatti from 1935 which was not sold and went back to the factory and kind of ‘parted out’, if I have it correct. It’s all righteous Bug parts on that for-real frame and the body thereon is…magnesium. Oh, yeah. It’s getting wrapped up now for the world debut - I think the chassis was at Pebble Beach last year to demo the engine and run it for the plebes. Anywho, it should be in all the right mags and shows in time." The photograph/sketch https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31088803/57222.jpg shows the intended riveted flange of the elektron guards (wings) as were used in the Aerolithe. This car undoubtedly has the S type (lowered) chassis (while the recently made Aerolithe replica seems to have a standard chassis). The car you photographed has the correct type of chassis which may well be that of the Aerolithe. The information accompanying http://www.bugatti-trust.co.uk/photo...C0623.jpg.html throws more light on the matter. I now conclude the car is not rebuilt on the Aerolithe chassis but more likely that of the 'Torpedo Competition' with Electron (sic) A.I.A.C.R. body' which was also exhibited at the Paris show. It appears to be a faithful replica of that car. It is more than a "faithful replica", it is a faithful full restoration. There is a difference. Note: the chassis number for the restoration Type 57S in my shot is #57222, the original Paris Show chassis. I didn't know about the chassis number but that confirms my guess. Is the engine number also 235S? As best as I can make out from what I have the engine number is 240S. So it's not the original engine. In any case http://www.finishing.com/519/33.shtml is a very interesting read. The original engine was removed and the body destroyed while the car was in the factory. I know from another site that the gearbox is from another car which disappeared in 1958. So it seems we have the original chassis, probably a different engine, certainly a different gearbox, and a new body which may have been built in the wrong material! It's certainly a stretch to call it a 'restoration'. Never mind. My understanding is the body material is duplicated "Elektron" Magnesium/aluminum alloy as use in the original. One of the comments in the URL I have given above is: "I did a bit of further research on the Bugatti riveted aluminum cars. Three of them still exist, and they are definitely aluminum bodies. At the time Bugatti called them "Elektron".' ... so may be Phil Reilly and the gang up in Canada (with the duplicate Aerolithe) may have been mislead into using the wrong material. Anyway, regardless our bantering, restoration, or partial replication of any of these great cars can only be commended, and I for one feel privileged to be able to see them today. I envy you. One way or another it is a unique motor vehicle. --- snip --- -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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