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Coffee table

907 - 18/10/17 at 12:59 PM

I feel it's time for a new coffee table.

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nick205 - 18/10/17 at 01:39 PM

Nice - glass top?

Been hankering after making a V8 engine block one myself, but the V8 blocks seem a tad dear to me.

907 - 18/10/17 at 02:44 PM

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Originally posted by nick205
Nice - glass top?

Been hankering after making a V8 engine block one myself, but the V8 blocks seem a tad dear to me.

Yup. On the lookout for glass.

I was quite surprised at both the weight (very light) and the wheel size. 13 x 13

Who says you need big wheels? 13 inch diameter is ample.

Dingz - 18/10/17 at 03:58 PM

The regs say 13" for F1

907 - 18/10/17 at 07:57 PM

I just thought they were bigger.

They look bigger on my telly. I'll have to turn the little wheel that adjusts the size.

nick205 - 19/10/17 at 07:51 AM

quote:
Originally posted by 907
I just thought they were bigger.

They look bigger on my telly. I'll have to turn the little wheel that adjusts the size.

Not read the regs, but I also assumed they were bigger than 13". Although when you stand close to an F1 car they're smaller than you imagine them to be as well (lightness I suppose).

pekwah1 - 19/10/17 at 08:23 AM

They just look bigger due to the massive tyre profile!
should look good as a table, keep us posted

ReMan - 19/10/17 at 11:09 PM

Cool

Does it have any provenance?

907 - 20/10/17 at 07:50 AM

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Originally posted by ReMan
Cool

Does it have any provenance?

Nothing in writing, but it was given to a "publicity man" who did work for the Sauber team and he was told it came off Johnny Herbert's car.

This gentleman now lives just down the road and I have done several jobs for him.

Cheers
Paul G

David Jenkins - 20/10/17 at 08:51 AM

Years ago I bought some new tyres for my tin-top - in a corner of the garage was a stack of F1 tyres just like yours. Talked about them to the tyre man and he said "try picking one up" - it was surprisingly light, considering how big it was. Perhaps I shouldn't have been surprised, considering how F1 teams were always trying to reduce weight. Before anyone says it - I know that the teams themselves have never controlled the tyre manufacture, but I bet that they collectively hassled the companies to keep the weight down.

[Edited on 20/10/17 by David Jenkins]