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Thank you. This video has made me very happy. Great to see the 'Whomobile' in action! I wouldn't be surprised if Jon is looking down on you with a great big Time Lord smile.
Amazing, had the privilege of having a drive about in the whomobile last week, such an amazing experience. I can still smell the fuel fumes that creep into the cockpit 😅
Was Michael C. Sedgwick related the historical Sedgwick family, with many artist, authors, entrepeneurs, but also famously fragile, such as the Andy Warhol Superstar Edie Sedgwick? Is that the same family? He appears to fit the bill?...
That was one of the funniest videos I've seen in a very long time. Did you know that an early 60's one these sold at auction for £111,000... the world has officially gone mad, although only around 50 of these early models were produced. This makes them rarer than hen's teeth.
Astonishing rebuild process. Considering the internal combustion engine for vehicles was 20 years old at the point that engine was built; makes you think a bit - some bright boys put this together.
Quite a gearbox very robust looking. It must whine quite a bit with those straight cut gears.. This is a very interesting series. I thank you for your desire to share with the world.
Yes that's not a good practice, but those two gentlemen are doing quite a sloppy job, installing bearing with a hammer like some redneck crazy mecanic!
Sliding pinion gearboxes always show chipping and rounding of the tooth leading edges - even the most skilled driver is going to crunch the gears in a crash gearbox occasionally, especially when getting used to the particular vehicle - and this, of course, was a one-off, and a pretty fearsome one at that. In fact, I was struck by how pristine the gears in this were, reflecting the relatively few miles it actually travelled - you should see the state of the teeth in a bus or lorry gearbox which has done hundreds of thousands of miles!
I am not a mechanic, but I have some machining experience and have bee through abespoke gearmaining shop in Sheffield to see some of the processes involved in making large gears like these. I did notice some edge damage to two of the gears in this box, Not that nasty but did some of the teeth need dressing to smooth them - or would that be counterproductive?
When the car was making its record passes back in the day they had issues with 2nd gear engaging. That’s the result of it. I doubt this car will go into 2nd gear again since 1st gear takes you to 70mph.
