Engineering conundrum

[adyParticipant @ady]

I have, In my posession, a piece of engineering history which has recently been made redundant.

 

I lack the resources to preserve this asset.

 

This asset is not British, but it is an exceptional piece of engineering.

 

Now.

 

I am an advocate of all things beautiful in engineering in recent years.

I have done a lot of “daft stuff” to secure lathes…but this is another thing which is rare, valuable and beautiful if you value these things.

 

So wtf do I do?

 

How do we preserve these things???

[adyParticipant @ady]

[adyParticipant @ady]

Say, for example it is a nsu ro 80

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSU_Ro_80

 

wtf do I do if I’m skint.

[adyParticipant @ady]

If I take this thing to a scrapyard, I am a hypocrite.

I might as well take a sledgehammer to a Hardinge HLV.

 

THERE’S NO TWO WAYS ABOUT THIS.

 

So what can I do???

 

Barrys only saved locomotives because the cash from ripping up track was so good the business of cutting up engines got shoved aside…and a few got saved.

Edited By Diane Carney on 16/05/2011 11:39:38

[adyParticipant @ady]

Another example of what I have.

This is a serious chunk of european engineering.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_Vitesse

 

Not British. But it eats entire countries, I had it on a 2000 mile tour a year ago with zero issues.

 

In a way it was scary because if it broke down I was stuffed.

(I never saw another one for weeks)

Edited By ady on 15/05/2011 02:32:52

[adyParticipant @ady]

okay, right, I’m going to have to stash it away….

 

Even if it’s a pain in the proverbial.

[Engine BuilderParticipant @enginebuilder]

ady . Please don’t use the F word on this forum.

[adyParticipant @ady]

I reported myself a few hours ago so it can be edited.

Sorry about that.

[Jeff DaymanParticipant @jeffdayman43397]

Sounds like you could use a detox clinic or a psychologist (or both), if you own both an NSU Ro80 and a Rover Vitesse.

 

By the way, what does this thread have to do with model engineering?

[Lawrie Alush-JaggsParticipant @lawriealush-jaggs50843]

By the way, what does this thread have to do with model engineering?

While we are on the subject of being off topic, I would just like to add how pleased I am to see some one using the word conumdrum rather than paradox, the incorrect use of which is all the rage in the media at the moment.

 

signed A. Pedant.

[Author]

Posts