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OK Harold you brought up the Romans so here is a useless but informative pi=
ece of personal transportation history for your perusal on a sunny Septembe=
r day. These guys, I think the hammer owner name was Thor Pirelli, used a h=
ammer to put their =E2=80=9Ctires=E2=80=9D on=E2=80=A6
Perry
HISTORY
Used without permission from Rosella but I will apologize profusely if thro=
wn under the bus=E2=80=A6:0
This Secret Feature Kept Ancient Roman Chariots From Crashing
Close examination of an ancient toy chariot has revealed a clue to what hel=
ped lead ancient Roman charioteers to victory.
By=C2=A0Rossella Lorenzi
Published on 1/10/2017 at 1:10 PM
When most people imagine chariot racing in ancient Rome, they likely pictur=
e the thrilling race portrayed in the epic blockbuster "Ben-Hur." Yet it's =
unlikely the heavy chariot driven by Charlton Heston would ever win a real =
race.
That chariot wasn't just hopelessly huge and heavy - it did not have proper=
tires.
A study of a 2,000-year-old toy chariot found in the Tiber River in the ear=
ly 1890's and now on display at the British Museum, has revealed a secret t=
rick. To increase the winning chances in the Formula One of the ancient Rom=
ans, an iron rim was mounted on the right wheel only of the two-wheeled cha=
riot.
"The basic wheels were always of wood, animal hide glue, and rawhide strips=
(at critical joints) that tighten upon drying, like clamps," explained aut=
hor Bela Sandor, professor emeritus of engineering physics at the Universit=
y of Wisconsin at Madison. "Any iron tire for racing would be a very thin s=
trip of iron on the outside of the wooden rim, best when heat-shrunk on the=
wood, to consolidate the whole wheel.
Adding the strip of iron to the right wheel improved a charioteer's chances=
of winning a race to roughly 80 percent, according to a study published in=
the latest issue of the=C2=A0Journal of Roman Archaeology.
"The solution makes full sense in engineering thinking, ancient or modern,"=
Sandor told Seeker.
Unfortunately no actual Roman racing chariots have survived. The archaeolog=
ical evidence for the single-tire configuration only comes from the small t=
oy model now on display at the British Museum.
RELATED: King Tut's Chariots: Ferraris of Ancient Egypt
Representing a biga, a two-wheeled racing chariot driven by two horses, the=
hand-sized bronze model is lacking one of the two galloping horses as well=
as the charioteer.
The bronze chariot was probably a toy for a rich individual, perhaps even E=
mperor Nero, who, according to 1st-century historian Suetonius, used to pla=
y with toy chariots.
"The wheels originally rotated freely on the axle. It was made by someone w=
ho knew a lot about racing chariots," Sandor said.
Using the toy model and independent estimations as a guide, Sandor was able=
to establish the major dimensions of Roman racing chariots. He concluded t=
hat a typical Roman vehicle weighed about 25-30 kg (55-66 pounds) had a tra=
ck width of about 155 cm (5 feet), a wheel diameter of about 65 cm (2.1 fee=
t) and a pole of about 230 cm (7.5 feet).
Among the details of the Tiber model, the British Museum's Judith Swaddling=
and Sandor noted a slightly raised rim only on the right wheel, indicating=
a thin iron tire reinforced the wheel.
"Two identical wheels would have been easier to produce for toys and real c=
hariots alike. But a high-ranking customer would probably demand for his so=
phisticated toy an authentic representation of reality, if indeed that was =
one tire only," Sandor said.
Since it was easier to guide the horses into left-turning bends, most races=
ran anti-clockwise.
"Indeed, the right side tire works best in oval-shaped arenas if the turnin=
g is always leftward," Sandor said.
Sandor explained that some of the Romans strengthened the right wheels only=
because all chariots leaned to the right and overloaded just the right whe=
els during the left turns.
"This makes total sense to everybody who understands the dynamics of a turn=
ing vehicle. It's a common sensation to people riding in a fast-turning veh=
icle; standing and lurching sideways in a turning bus is a good example," S=
andor said.
RELATED: Villa Owned by Ben-Hur's Rival Identified
Although the single iron tire configuration did not always produce a faster=
machine, it likely prevented wheel failure and crashes and so it was stati=
stically superior in racetracks.
"Without any iron on the wheels, the right wheel was failing often and pred=
ominantly, while both wheels having iron tires tended to be safe but were s=
eldom a winning combination," Sandor said.
Overall, Sandor estimated that chariots with no iron tires had a 50 percent=
chance to win, while vehicles with two iron tires had only 30 percent prob=
ability of success. The Ben-Hur movie chariot would have had less than 5 pe=
rcent chance of rolling to victory.
"A racing chariot with an iron tire on the right wheel only was the best co=
mpromise in terms of safety, durability and winning probability," Sandor sa=
id. "As the finest available representation of a Roman racing chariot, the =
Tiber model gives us a glimpse into the Romans' probabilistic thinking for =
winning races and bets."
According to Andr=C3=A9 Veldmeijer, visiting research scholar at the Americ=
an University in Cairo, the study reveals how much more there is to learn a=
bout the design and strategy behind ancient chariot racing. As he told Seek=
er, "Chariots, despite the numerous studies and increasing scholarly attent=
ion, have not yet revealed all their secrets, as this study clearly shows."
End END
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From: Richard Ewald
Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2020 11:45 AM
To: Harold Manifold
Cc: Perry Small; healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Taking door handle apart
=E2=80=9DHammer reseach=E2=80=9D =C2=A0reminds me of an inscription found o=
n the wall of a Roman charriot shop =E2=80=9DNolite id cogere, cape malleum=
majorem=E2=80=9D which translates to:=C2=A0
Don't force it, get a bigger hammer.=C2=A0
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 5, 2020, at 8:05 AM, Harold Manifold via Healeys <healeys@autox.team=
.net> wrote:
=EF=BB=BFPerry,
Thank-you for donating a door handle to advancing Austin Healey research.
Harold=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Perry Small [mailto:healeyguy@aol.com]=20
Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2020 6:20 AM
To: Harold Manifold
Cc: healeys
Subject: Taking door handle apart
Sometimes the only way to get to an answer is a bit of hammer research.=20
Must have about 40 pitted nasty handles in the bin so why not find out what
the middle sized pin is (or was). Picked a really corroded one to start
with. Large tube knocked out fairly easily. Same with the small diameter
pin. Middle size pin required a bit more, a drill. Small hole first to see
if indeed it was peened on the ends. Increased hole size =C2=A0and fiddled =
with
moving the pin and parts. Would not come apart until the hole was full pin
diameter. Does not appear to have been preened just corroded in place.=20
P
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ss=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal>OK Harold you brought up the Romans =
so here is a useless but informative piece of personal transportation histo=
ry for your perusal on a sunny September day. These guys, I think the hamme=
r owner name was Thor Pirelli, used a hammer to put their =E2=80=9Ctires=E2=
=80=9D on=E2=80=A6</p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Perry</p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o=
:p> </o:p></p><div><div id=3Dmain-content><div><div><div style=3D'marg=
in-top:24.0pt;box-sizing: inherit'><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'=
background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style=3D'font-size:13.5pt;f=
ont-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><a href=3D"https://www.seek=
er.com/earth-and-conservation/history"><span style=3D'border:none windowtex=
t 1.0pt;padding:0in'><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p><div style=3D'margin-=
bottom:.25in;box-sizing: border-box;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit=
;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;display:inline-block;border-radi=
us: 0px;height:fit-content'><p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'te=
xt-align:center;background:#9E4EB9;vertical-align:baseline'><b><u><span sty=
le=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro-wide",serif;color:white;text-=
transform:uppercase;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><a href=3D"ht=
tps://www.seeker.com/earth-and-conservation/history"><span style=3D'color:w=
hite'>HISTORY</span><span style=3D'color:white;border:none;text-decoration:=
none'><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></u></b></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal s=
tyle=3D'background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style=3D'font-size:=
13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Used without permis=
sion from Rosella but I will apologize profusely if thrown under the bus=E2=
=80=A6:0<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><h1 style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mar=
gin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:39.0pt;backg=
round:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: inherit;font-variant:inheri=
t;font-stretch: inherit'><span style=3D'font-size:34.5pt;font-family:"acumi=
n-pro-wide",serif;color:black'>This Secret Feature Kept Ancient Roman Chari=
ots From Crashing<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h2 style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in=
;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in;line-height:24.75pt;b=
ackground:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: inherit;font-variant:in=
herit;font-stretch: inherit'><b><span style=3D'font-size:15.0pt;font-family=
:"acumin-pro",serif;color:black'>Close examination of an ancient toy chario=
t has revealed a clue to what helped lead ancient Roman charioteers to vict=
ory.</span></b><span style=3D'font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",ser=
if;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><div><div style=3D'margin-bottom:21.=
0pt;box-sizing: inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch: inherit'><p clas=
s=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:13.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:b=
aseline'><span class=3Dbylinestylesauthor-sc-1dq0qrh-1><span style=3D'font-=
size:8.5pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;color:black;border:none windowtex=
t 1.0pt;padding:0in'>By <a href=3D"https://www.seeker.com/community/rl=
orenzi"><span style=3D'color:black'>Rossella Lorenzi</span></a></span></spa=
n><span style=3D'font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;color:black=
'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3Dbylinestylesdate-sc-1dq0qrh-2 style=3D'm=
argin:0in;line-height:13.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><spa=
n style=3D'font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;color:#787878'>Pu=
blished on 1/10/2017 at 1:10 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></di=
v><div style=3D'margin-bottom:21.0pt;box-sizing: inherit;font-variant:inher=
it;font-stretch: inherit'><p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0=
in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.5pt;background:white=
;vertical-align:baseline'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acum=
in-pro",serif;color:black'>When most people imagine chariot racing in ancie=
nt Rome, they likely picture the thrilling race portrayed in the epic block=
buster "Ben-Hur." Yet it's unlikely the heavy chariot driven by C=
harlton Heston would ever win a real race.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=3D=
'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin-left:0=
in;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: =
inherit'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;col=
or:black'>That chariot wasn't just hopelessly huge and heavy - it did not h=
ave proper tires.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;m=
argin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.5pt;bac=
kground:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: inherit'><span style=3D'f=
ont-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;color:black'>A study of a 2,=
000-year-old toy chariot found in the Tiber River in the early 1890's and n=
ow on display at the British Museum, has revealed a secret trick. To increa=
se the winning chances in the Formula One of the ancient Romans, an iron ri=
m was mounted on the right wheel only of the two-wheeled chariot.<o:p></o:p=
></span></p><p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bott=
om:21.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-alig=
n:baseline;box-sizing: inherit'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family=
:"acumin-pro",serif;color:black'>"The basic wheels were always of wood=
, animal hide glue, and rawhide strips (at critical joints) that tighten up=
on drying, like clamps," explained author Bela Sandor, professor emeri=
tus of engineering physics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. "=
;Any iron tire for racing would be a very thin strip of iron on the outside=
of the wooden rim, best when heat-shrunk on the wood, to consolidate the w=
hole wheel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=3D'margin:0in;line-height:19.5pt;=
background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: inherit'><span style=
=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;color:black'>Adding the=
strip of iron to the right wheel improved a charioteer's chances of winnin=
g a race to roughly 80 percent, according to a study published in the lates=
t issue of the <a href=3D"https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/jour=
nal-of-roman-archaeology/article/tire-choices-in-roman-chariot-racing/BEF56=
EB676DFE2E7A501C0B8A6A0EA61"><span style=3D'border:none windowtext 1.0pt;pa=
dding:0in'>Journal of Roman Archaeology</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p=
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;marg=
in-left:0in;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box=
-sizing: inherit'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",=
serif;color:black'>"The solution makes full sense in engineering think=
ing, ancient or modern," Sandor told Seeker.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p s=
tyle=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin=
-left:0in;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-s=
izing: inherit'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",se=
rif;color:black'>Unfortunately no actual Roman racing chariots have survive=
d. The archaeological evidence for the single-tire configuration only comes=
from the small toy model now on display at the British Museum.<o:p></o:p><=
/span></p></div><div style=3D'margin-bottom:21.0pt;box-sizing: inherit;font=
-variant:inherit;font-stretch: inherit'><p style=3D'margin:0in;line-height:=
19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style=3D'fon=
t-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtex=
t 1.0pt;padding:0in'><a href=3D"http://www.seeker.com/king-tuts-chariots-fe=
rraris-of-ancient-egypt-1766183355.html">RELATED: King Tut's Chariots: Ferr=
aris of Ancient Egypt</a></span></strong><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;fo=
nt-family:"acumin-pro",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=3D=
'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin-left:0=
in;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: =
inherit'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;col=
or:black'>Representing a biga, a two-wheeled racing chariot driven by two h=
orses, the hand-sized bronze model is lacking one of the two galloping hors=
es as well as the charioteer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=3D'mso-margin-t=
op-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-heigh=
t:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: inherit'><spa=
n style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;color:black'>The=
bronze chariot was probably a toy for a rich individual, perhaps even Empe=
ror Nero, who, according to 1st-century historian Suetonius, used to play w=
ith toy chariots.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;m=
argin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.5pt;bac=
kground:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: inherit'><span style=3D'f=
ont-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;color:black'>"The wheel=
s originally rotated freely on the axle. It was made by someone who knew a =
lot about racing chariots," Sandor said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=
=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin-lef=
t:0in;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizin=
g: inherit'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;=
color:black'>Using the toy model and independent estimations as a guide, Sa=
ndor was able to establish the major dimensions of Roman racing chariots. H=
e concluded that a typical Roman vehicle weighed about 25-30 kg (55-66 poun=
ds) had a track width of about 155 cm (5 feet), a wheel diameter of about 6=
5 cm (2.1 feet) and a pole of about 230 cm (7.5 feet).<o:p></o:p></span></p=
><p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;m=
argin-left:0in;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;=
box-sizing: inherit'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pr=
o",serif;color:black'>Among the details of the Tiber model, the British Mus=
eum's Judith Swaddling and Sandor noted a slightly raised rim only on the r=
ight wheel, indicating a thin iron tire reinforced the wheel.<o:p></o:p></s=
pan></p><p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2=
1.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:ba=
seline;box-sizing: inherit'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"ac=
umin-pro",serif;color:black'>"Two identical wheels would have been eas=
ier to produce for toys and real chariots alike. But a high-ranking custome=
r would probably demand for his sophisticated toy an authentic representati=
on of reality, if indeed that was one tire only," Sandor said.<o:p></o=
:p></span></p></div><div style=3D'margin-bottom:21.0pt;box-sizing: inherit;=
font-variant:inherit;font-stretch: inherit'><p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:=
0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.5p=
t;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt=
;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;color:black'>Since it was easier to guide t=
he horses into left-turning bends, most races ran anti-clockwise.<o:p></o:p=
></span></p><p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bott=
om:21.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-alig=
n:baseline;box-sizing: inherit'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family=
:"acumin-pro",serif;color:black'>"Indeed, the right side tire works be=
st in oval-shaped arenas if the turning is always leftward," Sandor sa=
id.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0i=
n;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;=
vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: inherit'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0p=
t;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;color:black'>Sandor explained that some of=
the Romans strengthened the right wheels only because all chariots leaned =
to the right and overloaded just the right wheels during the left turns.<o:=
p></o:p></span></p><p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;marg=
in-bottom:21.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertic=
al-align:baseline;box-sizing: inherit'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font=
-family:"acumin-pro",serif;color:black'>"This makes total sense to eve=
rybody who understands the dynamics of a turning vehicle. It's a common sen=
sation to people riding in a fast-turning vehicle; standing and lurching si=
deways in a turning bus is a good example," Sandor said.<o:p></o:p></s=
pan></p><p style=3D'margin:0in;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical=
-align:baseline;box-sizing: inherit'><strong><span style=3D'font-size:12.0p=
t;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padd=
ing:0in'><a href=3D"http://www.seeker.com/villa-owned-by-ben-hurs-rival-ide=
ntified-1769515684.html">RELATED: Villa Owned by Ben-Hur's Rival Identified=
</a></span></strong><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro=
",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0=
in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.5pt=
;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: inherit'><span style=
=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;color:black'>Although t=
he single iron tire configuration did not always produce a faster machine, =
it likely prevented wheel failure and crashes and so it was statistically s=
uperior in racetracks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:=
0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.5p=
t;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: inherit'><span style=
=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;color:black'>"With=
out any iron on the wheels, the right wheel was failing often and predomina=
ntly, while both wheels having iron tires tended to be safe but were seldom=
a winning combination," Sandor said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=3D=
'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin-left:0=
in;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: =
inherit'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;col=
or:black'>Overall, Sandor estimated that chariots with no iron tires had a =
50 percent chance to win, while vehicles with two iron tires had only 30 pe=
rcent probability of success. The Ben-Hur movie chariot would have had less=
than 5 percent chance of rolling to victory.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=
=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin-lef=
t:0in;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizin=
g: inherit'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;=
color:black'>"A racing chariot with an iron tire on the right wheel on=
ly was the best compromise in terms of safety, durability and winning proba=
bility," Sandor said. "As the finest available representation of =
a Roman racing chariot, the Tiber model gives us a glimpse into the Romans'=
probabilistic thinking for winning races and bets."<o:p></o:p></span>=
</p><p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0p=
t;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseli=
ne;box-sizing: inherit'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin=
-pro",serif;color:black'>According to Andr=C3=A9 Veldmeijer, visiting resea=
rch scholar at the American University in Cairo, the study reveals how much=
more there is to learn about the design and strategy behind ancient chario=
t racing. As he told Seeker, "Chariots, despite the numerous studies a=
nd increasing scholarly attention, have not yet revealed all their secrets,=
as this study clearly shows."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=3D'mso-ma=
rgin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin-left:0in;line=
-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style=3D'fon=
t-size:12.0pt;font-family:"acumin-pro",serif;color:black'>End END<o:p></o:p=
></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Sent from <a=
href=3D"https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3D550986";>Mail</a> for Win=
dows 10</p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style=3D'mso-elem=
ent:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0p=
t 0in 0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'border:none;padding:0in'><b>Fr=
om: </b><a href=3D"mailto:richard.ewald@gmail.com";>Richard Ewald</a><br><b>=
Sent: </b>Saturday, September 5, 2020 11:45 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href=3D"mai=
lto:manifold@telus.net">Harold Manifold</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href=3D"mailto=
:healeyguy@aol.com">Perry Small</a>; <a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.n=
et">healeys</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Taking door handle apart</=
p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>=E2=
=80=9DHammer reseach=E2=80=9D reminds me of an inscription found on t=
he wall of a Roman charriot shop =E2=80=9D<strong><span style=3D'font-size:=
11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Nolite id cogere, =
cape malleum majorem=E2=80=9D which translates to: </span></strong><o:=
p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-size:11.5pt;fo=
nt-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Don't force it, get a bigge=
r hammer. <br><br></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>=
Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><br><br><=
o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style=3D'margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p=
class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Sep 5, 2020, at 8:05 A=
M, Harold Manifold via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:<o:p></=
o:p></p></blockquote></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-t=
op-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'>=EF=
=BB=BFPerry,<br><br>Thank-you for donating a door handle to advancing Austi=
n Healey research.<br><br>Harold <br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From=
: Perry Small [mailto:healeyguy@aol.com] <br>Sent: Saturday, September 05, =
2020 6:20 AM<br>To: Harold Manifold<br>Cc: healeys<br>Subject: Taking door =
handle apart<br><br>Sometimes the only way to get to an answer is a bit of =
hammer research. <br>Must have about 40 pitted nasty handles in the bin so =
why not find out what<br>the middle sized pin is (or was). Picked a really =
corroded one to start<br>with. Large tube knocked out fairly easily. Same w=
ith the small diameter<br>pin. Middle size pin required a bit more, a drill=
. Small hole first to see<br>if indeed it was peened on the ends. Increased=
hole size and fiddled with<br>moving the pin and parts. Would not co=
me apart until the hole was full pin<br>diameter. Does not appear to have b=
een preened just corroded in place. <br>P<br><br><br>______________________=
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