Re: [CR] If You Are Visiting The UK

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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 16:05:57 -0800 (PST)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] If You Are Visiting The UK
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <BAY16-F12KYVpMmOlbc00006b28@hotmail.com>


I realize this is off-topic bu in addition to everthing mentioned by Mick, you can't forget the Coventry Climax motors that powered so many racing cars in the ,50s and '60s (including, if I remember correctly, the Lotus driven by Jim Clark to his first F1 World Championship). Amazingly, these motors were originally designed to power the pumps of fire trucks!

Perhaps this isn't so off topic in the sense that whatever attracted me to Euro style auto racing also attracted me to bicycling. Lord have mercy, this makes me nastalgic... Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
> Thought this might be of interest to anyone of you visiting
> the United
> Kingdom. After a four-year multi-million pound refit Coventry
> Transport
> Museum is an absolute must see attraction.
> Coventry might not appear to be the ideal tourist attraction
> but you should
> really think again about visiting this interesting city.The
> city was the hub
> of Britain's motor industry, ever since the Daimler Motor
> Company began
> making cars in an old cotton mill in 1896.
> It was also home to 111 motorcycle makers, 136 car and
> commercial vehicle
> manufactures, as well as 271 CYCLE MAKERS. Plenty to offer
> the transport
> nut.
> This collection was started in the 1930's by the well known
> cyclist and
> motoring enthusiasts Horace Wilton "Sammy" Bartleet. Who was
> a member of the
> famous Bath Road cycling club.
> >From April 1st there will be the added attraction of a
> "Sporting Speeds"
> exhibition followed some time later by a Rover Centenary
> celebration.
> Coventry was the birthplace of Britain's Bicycle, Car and
> Motorcycle
> industry and this museum reflects the proud heritage of this
> city.
> There are on display 240 cars, 94 motorcycles and more than
> 200 bicycles.
> Best wishes and be lucky. Michael Butler Huntingdon UK.
>
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