Objects of Desire - Other than a 552.....

I'm a man of simple tastes, something with a Porsche badge on it oh! and  the words 911 & GT3 too.

Maybe a Corvette badge if my desire has to have a V8.

Caterham 7 superlight with six speed 'box please

+1 for me too while you're about it.

Thanks!

steve

..besides a beautiful blonde..

Probably bleached!

Try one of these...

May sound a bit geeky, but...my choice would be a 3D printer.

This technology is maturing at such an incredibly fast rate. In the next 5-10 years, an extremely wide range of consumer products will be sold in the form of designs that can be purchased online, and then printed (i.e., manufactured) either at home or, at the very least, locally (close to the point of consumption). There will be no need to mass produce consumer goods in China, and then incur the energy costs of shipping them halfway around the world.  IMO, 3D printing has the potential of disrupting the world's economy to an even greater extent than did the internet...and oh yeah, I want one.

This stuff blows my mind.  It's almost as if Star Trek's "replicator" is becoming a reality.

Hook

PS - If 3D priniting is new to you, then do some google searches. It's not all about little plastic toys.  Everything from working firearms to skin grafts for burn victims to, yes, vinyl records (!), are being printed...today.

Great stuff, Hook.

Just ordered one and looking forward to having my new Naim  500 series, top of the range, completely functional at the touch of a button.

Even more if you add the letters "RS"

Yet more again if you add the numerals "4.0"!

Peter

Can I have Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris nee Holloway please?

Thanks.

BMW HP4 - cost -  a little under 20,000 GBP in the UK

Breguet - any watch from the Classic range - cost - an arm and a leg

Arial Atom - I don't have a problem with cold weather where I live so I want one of these - cost - your life probably

Leica Noctilux 0.95 50mm lens?

1956 Telecaster. All original and near mint condition. Also my favourite colour. POA.

Kevin - All these things and 'Joan' ......leave something for us! G

You can have the other stuff G. I'll be happy to just keep Joan.

Super Record Dérailleur.

I just swapped for one - Pat 1980. It will mount beautifully on the Carlton to match the rest of the "period" Super Record group-set. Only the brake levers and callipers are Gran Sport, from the 1960s, but this is appropriate for the North road bar as the levers are shorter and more curved than the later Super Record type, and this suits the old style bar.

These ancient brakes actually work very well indeed. The rear calliper is deliberately less powerfully levered, and so gives very nicely controlled braking, while the front one really is very strong indeed. I use Fibrax brake blocks after experimentation. They don't squeal, and work even quite well in the wet. They are quite soft, so wear out quicker than more advanced ones, but seam to not wear the wheel rims much. This is a good way round, I reckon, considering the costs of brake blocks and decent wheels.

ATB from George

Now fitted on the old Carlton. I was surprised by how much lighter than the Nuovo Record the Super Record dérailleur actually is. Not that the saving will make any real difference, but nice all the same.

I think it is fair to say that refitting of the Carlton over more than three years is now complete, and I have a spare for every significant component! What is also nice is that the enamel has lost that show-room finish, which made the bike look obviously rebuilt. Now it has a mature look that I much prefer!

ATB from George

The Carlton with an almost complete Super Record group-set from the era 1970 to 1980, with 1960s Gran Sport brakes. The gear levers are "C" Record from much later - they are really good! Last of the kind.

ATB from George

Never a woman who smokes.

steve

What?! Not even La Divina Sophia Loren?!