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Hello... I see you made a couple of very useful additions to hillclimbing articles (though I'm not sure why you marked the Gurston one as "minor", which it wasn't). I don't know if you're still around on Wikipedia, but if so: do you know what the current status is with regards to [[Graeme Wight Jr]] and his GWR Predator? He seems to have dropped off the map completely in 2006. [[User:Loganberry|Loganberry]] ([[User talk:Loganberry|Talk]]) 14:52, 5 June 2006 (UTC) |
Hello... I see you made a couple of very useful additions to hillclimbing articles (though I'm not sure why you marked the Gurston one as "minor", which it wasn't). I don't know if you're still around on Wikipedia, but if so: do you know what the current status is with regards to [[Graeme Wight Jr]] and his GWR Predator? He seems to have dropped off the map completely in 2006. [[User:Loganberry|Loganberry]] ([[User talk:Loganberry|Talk]]) 14:52, 5 June 2006 (UTC) |
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--[[User:B1ackcr0w|b1ackcr0w]] 13:37, 25 July 2006 (UTC)Hi, |
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Thanks for that :) |
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The Predator is somewhat in limbo at the moment. Over the Winter of 2005/6, there were lots of snippets of information surrounding Graeme and the car. Most of them suggested that the Engine had suffered a serious problem on the Dyno after a rebuild. There also appears to have been a deterioration in the relationship between him and Pride Engines. The facts of the matter are difficult to distil from the rumour borne of personal motivations, and therefore not a good subject for entering on the Wiki. |
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The last I heard, The Engine had been taken to Judd Engineering for remedial work. As a purely personal point of view, I feel that it's becoming evident that the F1 V10 may have been a mistake. It's design was so specific to it's original purpose, that there were was no latitude for engineering it for a different application. I really, really hope I'm talking nonesense here, because not only was it one of the most wonderful noises ever heard, Graeme is also a friend and a competitor I respect hugely. |
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Revision as of 13:37, 25 July 2006
Hillclimbing
Hello... I see you made a couple of very useful additions to hillclimbing articles (though I'm not sure why you marked the Gurston one as "minor", which it wasn't). I don't know if you're still around on Wikipedia, but if so: do you know what the current status is with regards to Graeme Wight Jr and his GWR Predator? He seems to have dropped off the map completely in 2006. Loganberry (Talk) 14:52, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
--b1ackcr0w 13:37, 25 July 2006 (UTC)Hi,
Thanks for that :)
The Predator is somewhat in limbo at the moment. Over the Winter of 2005/6, there were lots of snippets of information surrounding Graeme and the car. Most of them suggested that the Engine had suffered a serious problem on the Dyno after a rebuild. There also appears to have been a deterioration in the relationship between him and Pride Engines. The facts of the matter are difficult to distil from the rumour borne of personal motivations, and therefore not a good subject for entering on the Wiki.
The last I heard, The Engine had been taken to Judd Engineering for remedial work. As a purely personal point of view, I feel that it's becoming evident that the F1 V10 may have been a mistake. It's design was so specific to it's original purpose, that there were was no latitude for engineering it for a different application. I really, really hope I'm talking nonesense here, because not only was it one of the most wonderful noises ever heard, Graeme is also a friend and a competitor I respect hugely.
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