OT Constructing a Car Engine (1930-1939) | British Pa thé

[ARW]

I am pretty sure that some here will enjoy it.

[Graeme]

In message , ARW writes

Great stuff! I doubt much had changed when my Minor engine was produced, thirty years later.

[Harry Bloomfield]

ARW wrote on 22/04/2018 :

I did, thanks. How did they achieve such a high level of automation, without a transistor or microprocessor in sight?

A long film of a steam ship's inner workings, a triple expansion steam engine, which followed it, was also very interesting - where the engineer explained all of the workings. Queen Mary II and the Red Arrows were in the film, but I cannot seem to find it now?

[Robin]

I heard of a teacher who had fun with his A-level physics classes by demonstrating an old record player with an autochanger; giving them 20 minutes to write down how they thought it worked; then showing them the way the whole thing was driven by one motor and hardware.

[Andrew]

The citroen factory in Paris where they made 2CVs was so antiquated, part of the production process involved someone sitting on a plank above the part assembled body to apply some weight so the rollback roof could be fitted.

Citroen always refused entry to any camera crews or journalists.

[Andrew]

I saw something on the TV a while ago where a 9 year old was handed an old 35mm film camera and he immediately tried to take a selfie, but got confused by the lack of an lcd screen.