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Waterford Village Homeowners Association board members face a recall following their approval of composition roof in the otherwise tile and shake shingled El Dorado Hills neighborhood.
Ballots will be counted during a Waterford residents only meeting at 7 p.m. on Jan. 31 at Fire Station 85 on El Dorado Hills Boulevard. Ballots can be carried in that evening. Spare ballots will be available.
Most of Waterford's 393 homes, located along Sheffield Drive in northern El Dorado Hills, are sizable but not ostentatious. Built in the late 1980s and early 1990s, their original shake shingle roofs show their age and, according to El Dorado Hills Fire Marshal Brad Ballenger, "present a significant (fire) hazard."
"The sooner we lose the original shake shingle roofs the safer this place is," Ballenger said.
Earlier last year 22-year Waterford resident Tony Marchionna, who lives with his wife Sara at the corner of Sheffield Drive and Yardley Place, decided to replace his roof. "It was tinder dry," he said, "a real firetrap."
A former cabinetmaker turned developer, Marchionna built hundreds of homes on the coast before retiring in the 1980s. He still builds award winning bird and doll houses, and has served on Waterford's architectural review committee since its inception.
After doing his research Marchionna decided he didn't like tile, "especially what you have to do to put it on." His roof structure would have needed expensive reinforcements to bear the added weight of tile, he said.
Also, he pointed out, "You can't walk on a tile roof, it costs a fortune to install and a lot of people around here have had problems with them."
Marchionna preferred the top-of-the line CertainTeed product, "Presidential TL," which is designed to emulate the look of a shake roof and has gained wide acceptance in affluent communities.
The Waterford HOA architectural review committee denied his application for a CC&R variance.
Opponents of composition roofs argue that their HOA's high roof standards, contained in the Covenants Conditions and Restrictions (CC&Rs), are an important part what what makes the Waterford formula work, and a big reason why Waterford homes hold their value.
The CC&Rs, amended in 1999, allow fire retardant shingles, tile or slate. Composition shingles are strictly verboten. Over the past several years, the HOA's architectural review committee fielded several residents' requests for permission to install the new generation of architectural grade, dimensional composition roofs. All were denied.
The HOA board formed an ad hoc roofing advisory committee to study the issue several years ago.
Waterford resident Rob George, the local Bartile distributor who has supplied the majority of the new tile roofs in Waterford, was on the architectural review committee at the time, and volunteered for the ad hoc roof committee, which eventually concluded that the CC&Rs should be softened to allow high quality composition shingles. George and architectural review committee member Ray Myers vehemently opposed the change despite a 2007 survey of residents and area appraisers that found that 74 percent of the residents favored allowing high quality composition roofs.
"These products didn't even exist when those rules were written," said former HOA board president Paul Raveling. "We originally interpreted 'composition' as the old fashioned three tab asphalt jobs, but there's nothing wrong with these new dimensional products, which seem a lot more practical, and there's absolutely no evidence of harm to property values."
Marchionna appealed his 2010 case to the Waterford board. After hearing his arguments, the board allowed the roof over the objections of George but has remained mum on their reasons. Board President Diana Vaughn wouldn't confirm rumors that a hardship claim and ADA compliance issues were at stake, both of which require confidentiality and can get litigious quickly, other than to say, "He presented a set of facts so compelling that we felt obligated to act to protect the best interests of the residents."
Approvals from the El Dorado Hills Community Services District and the county followed.
Myers made a personal appeal to Marchionna and his wife not to go forward with the composition roof. "He told us there would probably be a lawsuit over it and that it might involve us," said Marchionna. "We were good friends until that time."
Marchionna's roof cost roughly $25,000, he said. It comes with a Class A fire rating and a 50-year warranty. The material is three times the price of tile but costs much less to install. "They took my roof off on a Tuesday and on Thursday they were putting the new one on," he said. "Tile would have taken 10 to 14 days of preparation.
"Look at this roof and tell me its devaluing the homes in Waterford," said Marchionna. "I think that's a big hoax."
"It's not a matter of personal opinion," countered Myers. "We have a set of rules, developed in 1988, that we agreed to. If you want to change them there is a process. They tried that twice and it failed both times. The system is working."
The recall effort has already cost Waterford two-fifths of its board. Rob George resigned in protest when the board allowed Marchionna's roof. Longtime board president Paul Raveling resigned his position so he could "speak freely" to fight the recall effort and support his board.
The remaining three directors — Jeff Wilcox, Paul Matloff and Diana Vaughn — are the targets of a recall effort lead by Myers, who is insists the recall is about much more than the impact of composition roofs on home values.
"I absolutely believe they do (affect home values negatively) but our individual opinions on roofing aren't the issue here. When I signed the CC&Rs I accepted them and I will live by them," Myers said. "We have residents with all types of hardship here that still comply with the rules we all agreed to. Once you allow variances, everyone has a good reason for a variance."
Several villages north of Green Valley Road now allow dimensional composition roofing, said Raveling, and all have higher property values than Waterford.
"When it comes to lowering property values how about an HOA board recall?" asked Marchionna. "That seems like a far more negative reflection on the neighborhood than my roof. I've had people knock on my door and tell me how nice it looks."
"People tell me they think it's ugly," countered Myers.
Only 25 percent of the 393 potential votes — 98 votes — are required to make the upcoming recall election valid. A simple majority of the turnout, as few as 50 votes, can recall a board member.
The sames rules apply to fill any recalled seats. Once the 98-vote quorum is reached the election becomes valid. A candidate must also receive a simple majority of the votes cast. With those two conditions met, the highest vote-getters win any vacant seats.
Candidates for any newly opened seats include current and former board members Vaughn, Raveling and Matloff. The recall committee supports Sean Hansen, Larry Klein, Ray Myers, Gabrielle Guest and Rob George. Robert Hoffman has also tossed his hat in the ring.
When the recall dust settles the three elected board members are free to fill the two vacant seats by appointment.
With the community bitterly divided — vandalism was reported at both Marchionna's home and the home of one board member — one thing all parties agree on, besides wishing the local newspaper hadn't heard about their squabble, is that they wish it was over.
"These gentlemen have been been bickering over this and other things for years," said Vaughn. "We need to stick to the business at hand."
I used to be an HOA manager...several of my associations had wood shingle roofs. At one association an ember from a wood stove ignited a roof. Within minutes the whole roof had become engulfed. The fire marshall sadly shook his head when poking through the smoldering remnants of the house. A class a roof would have resisted the embers he told me. A week later the BOD allowed comp roofs. Shake roofs look nice but they'll burn your house down WHEN the fires come. Life safety first aesthetics second.Reply
The recall effort has already cost Waterford two-fifths of its board. Rob George resigned in protest when the board allowed Marchionna's roof. Longtime board president Raveling resigned his position so he could "speak freely" to fight the recall effort and support the board.Reply


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Bring back the battleships?
From an earlier friendly PM discussion between What Exit? and me, posted here with his consent:
Elendil's Heir
An interesting idea... what do you think?
What Exit?
An old subject that came up often while I was serving. The basic reasoning was Battleships have little real purpose other than Flag Waving and Beach support. They require a huge crew which is a bigger problem than the fuel needs. Basically there was no need for Nuclear powered BBs and little need for the ones we had back in service. They were cool and fun and I would have loved to serve on the USS New Jersey but they had little real value to the USN. They were not worth the expense of the massive retrofit.
That said, a Nuke BB would be very cool.
There is a silly little but fun book I read when I was in the Navy where the put Nukes on the USS Texas and high powered particle guns and used the Texas to fight of commy invaders. I remember it being a fun read but highly illogical. Google has failed me in finding the name of the book or author.
Wow, through a convoluted Amazon search I found it.
THE AYES OF TEXAS (Paperback) by Daniel Da Cruz (Author)
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Now you have to post a review!
I'm a big battleship fan. IMHO, bringing back the battleships was the best thing Reagan did in eight years. Even with their high operating costs, there's no better way, ton for ton, to have that kind of both firepower and survivability. Hell, I think we should build a new class of battleships - and the first should be the USS Monitor!
Also, see the "In fiction" subheading here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_California_(CGN-36)
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I don't remember the book well enough to review it. I think you would enjoy it but I would not say it was a good book. Just a fun read.
What does the fire power do for us? Ship to Ship combat is extremely rare. The beach bombardment it very useful when we need it but I am not convinced that justifies the cost of the crew. If you could build a new crew efficient one that had some 16" guns, missiles and effectively Aegis electronics it might make an excellent multi-purpose flag ship. However, there just aren't any real Navies to fight* and the main purpose of ships now is to protect the carriers. So the armor & size seems like a luxury that is not justified. I love them, don't get me wrong. I just don't see the cost justification for them in these days. I would guess you could build a carrier for the same cost.
The key to the CGN success and use is that the crew is roughly ¼ that of the BBs. All they lack are big guns and armor. They actually have a lot of fire power though in their missiles.
* I think we could put out to see 3-4 fleets at any one time that are more powerful than the next best Navy. I might be underestimating the USN in saying that.
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"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." - George Washington, 1790
"...only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed." - John F. Kennedy, 1961
I like having a navy of unquestioned dominance. So did Great Britain, for more than a century.
The Marines are on record, not surprisingly, in favor of a robust shore-bombardment capability; you can never tell when you might need it. And shipkiller missiles have only grown deadlier since the Falklands War and the USS Stark incident, so armor is a definite plus. I strongly believe there's still a place for battleships in our mix of naval forces (we don't have CGNs anymore, either, alas).
Greater efficiency and smaller crews through smart, cost-effective automation would certainly be a good idea, though.
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Wait, the CGNs are gone? Holy Cow, I had no idea. I see they've been gone for a while now.
I thought the only purpose of the Cruiser in today's Navy was to carry the Aegis combat control systems. They stopped being combat ships long ago. Basically missile platforms. As they now build smaller, better and more advanced Aegis systems on Destroyers, the Cruiser is probably dying off. Beside those Arleigh Burkes are as big or bigger than most of the past Cruisers.
The Zumwalt-class destroyer will look almost like your Monitor and be heavier than the CGNs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumwalt_class
I guess my only concern with Cruisers were the fact that the Aegis one kept me safe on the Ranger.
Destroyers generally do everything a Cruiser use to do.
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Feh. According to that Wiki article, we're going to have two or three Zumwalt-class destroyers, at most. Congress, not for the first time in naval funding, is being penny-wise and pound-foolish.
What Exit?
I actually sent that before reading the article. I had no idea the order had been dropped to 2-3 Zumwalts.
It still seems like the Cruiser need is simply being replaced by large Destroyers.
I agree we need the ability to rapidly deployed a beach softening ship. The answer there has always been BB and we still have nothing better though if you can get a flight of B52s** nearby they were nearly as good.
What are the current plans for a beach invasion? Just don't bother? Use Copters? Smart Bombs from Carrier Jets?
** The Air Force is planning to keep the B52s flying until 2040. The B52H are now approved to fly on FT jet fuel.
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Air Force jets are going to be subject to flak and SAMs, and the Marines are historically leery of relying on anyone other than the Navy to supply their needs (transport, medical, etc.). I don't think that's the answer.
Amazing that B-52s are going to be aloft for so long. It'll far and away be the longest-serving active-inventory U.S. warplane, I'd guess.
What Exit?
True on both counts.
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So now we throw the topic open for GD Dopers. What do you think?
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There is no conceivable realistic situation in which we would have to invade a country with marines landing on a beach. I vote we build a government-funded university with free tuition for 10 thousand kids a year rather than build and maintain a lumbering monstrous floating behemoth just because it's scary and looks cool. Almost anything we could do with that money would be better than building giant slabs of metal with no greater purpose than launching a bunch of shit really far.
How about Marines in power armor instead?
Consider this for a moment. Suppose that America spent $500,000,000,000 dollars a year on its military, and that military just sat around year after year without doing anything. What would happen? Obviously the American taxpayers would wonder why they were spending so much money on an institution that accomplished nothing. They would would demand that the military budget be cut.
There are powerful interests who are interested in maintaining a large military. Those would include the actual soldiers, the commanders, companies that contract with the military, and politicians who want to brag about how much they spend on the military. Since these people don't want budget cuts, the result is obvious: war. We'll go to war for the purpose of justifying our large military. Indeed, since the creation of a standing army in the 1840's, America has been going to war with remarkable regularity. Sometimes the war came to us, but that hasn't happened since 1945. Since that time, it's always been us going out of our way to start the war.
Of course I do not mean to suggest that everyone who supports any war does so just to justify a large military. I merely mean that for some people, including some powerful people, a large military provides an incentive to lean in that direction. Shrink the military, and you'll get fewer wars.
Consider the Second Iraq War. Having a large military was a necessary condition for starting that war. If our military was a more reasonable size, we wouldn't have gone to war, and a million lives would have been saved.
Personally, I think that the U. S. military could be reduced by ninety percent. This would also have another obvious advantage: it would save money. We've agonized over the $400,000,000,000 deficits for the past few years, but few people realize that we could have had balanced budgets if we weren't spending all that money on the military. Even in our current crisis, trimming the military could take us half the distance to a balanced budget.
I'm also in agreement with Mosier about battleships being useless. It amazes me how many people still think that WWII is going on, or could flare back up again at any moment. In reality, it's been more than fifty years since the last time armies clashed in the field for control of territory. Modern warfare is guerilla warfare. There is no exception. There is zero possibility of the United States ever having to make an amphibious landing under fire.
The Confederacy firing on Ft. Sumter, or the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, or the 9-11 Al Qaeda attacks were all equally far-fetched, almost impossible even, a decade before they happened. We cannot know what the future holds.
I was temporarily attached to a Marine unit on the New Jersey - awesome experience.
I wonder if the Battleships would be of help in some of the Middle East / Africa patrolling? As foreign nations buy old ships, would a Battleship help in keeping things safe?
For beach assaults, that was part of Iraq. I could see needing it in Iran for a second front. We went ashore in Somalia, but that was a photo op. The question of a beach assault is really a question of how we will use our military in the years to come.
I can think of one possible scenario where a beach invasion might make sense. If the US did end up in an armed conflict with North Korea, I'd think a invasion well north of the DMZ might make sense to avoid a long and costly fight throught the North Korean DMZ defences...
But as others have stated earlier - BBs are far to expensive, and the idea of a battle ship has been obsolete since the Prince of Wales was sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1942. You'd have to pour way to much resources into a platform that can be taken out through low cost means, particulaily today with the plethora of very good anti-ship missiles. Apart from carriers, no ships today has any reason to be bigger than a destroyer/frigate class.
As for shore bombardment - why not bring back some sort of gunboat. A small vessel with one large gun - a fleet of eight of these would be equal in firepower to a battle ship, and they would be very cheap and the Navy could easily afford the cost of loosing a few.. (In terms of monies, not man power)
It's not insane to think that in the next twenty years or so, US Marines would make landings in Somalia, Pakistan, or Iran. I would rate that as a "low probability" scenario. That said, couldn't that sort of beach support fire come from a small group of smaller ships designed to do the same thing?
You know what can also soften a beach? Aircraft. A flight of Apaches can support a beach landing just as well as a floating artillary battery.
And if you really want ships bombarding the shore, stick an MLRS on a frigate. You'll have all the fire support you'll need.
Yes, battleships are good for softening up a beach for a landing, but you could also do that job with missiles or planes. The usual objection to this is that 16" shells are cheaper than missiles, and that's true, if you get to the point of actually using them. But given that the expected probability of needing a beach assault is low, we have to figure that into the cost-benefit analysis. Battleships are great for beach assaults, but a waste of money if we don't, but the same planes and missiles that could be used for landings could also be used for other purposes.
The only times of relative peace in modern history were during the Pax Brittania and the Pax Americana, when a relatively benign government had overwhelming military strength. The existence of the U.S. carrier fleet acts as a curb on violence around the world. The knowledge that the U.S. will intervene in conflicts keeps a lot of them from starting.
"If you wish for peace, prepare for war."
Countries aren't attacked because they are too strong - they are attacked because they are weak.
Also, forgive me if I'm misremembering, but going back to the WW2 archetype, didn't a lot of pre-invasion "softening" bombardment (both naval and air) in various fronts of that war turn up to not "soften" the defenses quite as much as expected? Then again, that may have come from a lack of precision munitions, wherein a majority of your shells/bombs would not even come close to an actual enemy position and just blew sand in the air ...
Nevertheless, one does understand the conceptual attractiveness of a shore-bombardment system that does not require a crew to actually overfly the hot zone (bomber) and where you can have a large amount of less-expensive warheads on a fast-reloading launch device. As suggested by the concepts brought up by both abel29a and Alessan, THAT could be addressed instead through the creation of an actual Naval Fire Support Bombardment System, either on a dedicated vessel or as a module that takes the place of part of the weapons suite on a multipurpose platform. You'd probably get away with putting that on something Cruiser-class, or even on something LSD-class (which ISTM the Marines would love); going the whole Battleship megillah would be an inefficient use of resources for this type of contingency. IMO battleships, in their day, were huge and mighty and awesome because they had to be to pack the kind of shell-and-powder-based weapons suite and armor to be able to take on ANY other major surface vessel, while on high seas deployments, and as a bonus provide shore bombardment support in the kind of quantities that older carrier-based bombers could not deliver. Under current naval doctrine, though, there is no call for a vessel that would be expected to be able to slug it out against all comers.
Basically, a wealthy Texan industrialist thinks the US is headed the wrong way and is giving in to the dirty Russian commies. The Soviet fleet is coming to Houston as part of a 'showing the flag' tour. Our hero pays for and directs the restoration of the Texas, where it sits in the Houston Ship Channel. Under cover provided by this project, he actually establishes a secret project to re-engine and re-arm the Texas as a supermodern, superfast nuclear powered battleship cum hydrofoil armed with energy weapons.
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The Texas takes on and destroys the Soviet fleet in a battle in the ship channel which includes the explosion of the Texas's reactors.
There was a sequel (not involving the Texas, but including some of the characters from the first book) called Texas on the Rocks. That one has some cool Flettner sail action.
Would it be better to say that battleships as mounts for big guns are a waste of money?
BBs have two big weaknesses: above and below. WW2 showed that they were vulnerable to air attack and WW2 and the Falklands War demonstrated how effective torpedoes were against them. However, the same could be said about aircraft carriers.
So, what if we put them in the centre of the battle group with the carrier and re-cast them as a platform for large weapons? Weapons too large to be carried on smaller ships. Are there such weapons? Nuclear missiles come to mind.
This isn't '44 or '51. Aircraft with precision attack munitions flatten all defences.
This argument goes on and on.
It is simply impossible to restore an old BB to operation. Such a ship would require too many expensive sailors. Darn shame, but that is that.
A new ship designed to do shore bombardment would be way cool, but would not be a battleship. No acreage of armor. No vast secondary batteries. No anti-air guns.
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I don't think so. It couldn't hurl nearly the amount or weight of ordnance that a battleship could, nor would it be armored as a battleship would be.
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It's a moot point - no-one would ever perform a landing without air supremacy anyway.
I've got a lot of nostalgia for battlewagons myself, but their day came and went. They had their heyday as the queens of the sea before carriers began to replace them. They were once the epitome of technology, a heavily armored warship able to fire the largest of caliber shells further than any other ship could reach with a pretty good accuracy for the day.
Much as there is a conventional wisdom that battleships were obsolete in WW2, they were anything but. They were no longer the queen of the seas, that mantle was passed to aircraft carriers, but there were a lot of surface engagements that occurred, particularly during nighttime. For example 4 of the 10 battleships lost by Japan during WW2 were lost to nighttime surface engagements. These were days when aircraft were pretty much neutered at night. Even without that, the days of the battleship were clearly numbered; nobody built battleships after WW2 ended. Post WW2, the entirety of their reason for existing became shore bombardment.
While nothing can beat the crap out of shore targets like a battleship can, its become a very niche role. The cost of maintaining a battleship for service is very high, in large part due to their age and manning requirements. No doubt a purposely designed battleship from the ground up today would require far less crew, and maintenance might be lower, but it would require a huge investment, and the only return would be shore bombardment. Again, its a very niche role in the modern world for a very large cost
Much as I get nostalgic about battlewagons, even the reactivation of the Iowas during the Reagan administration was probably anachronistic and a huge waste of money in the end. Their only real combat use after reactivation was to bombard Kuwaiti shores as a diversion, no amphibious assault was planned.
Battleships no longer control the seas, they are very expensive to maintain, and the only thing that they can do better than any other naval ship is shore bombardment - though with the advances in technology, it's far too close of a game with carrier aircraft that now can operate at night and in all weather conditions and can drop ordinance far, far more accurately than in WW2. For the very ,very few countries that can afford to build carriers or battleships, what would be the more logical choice for the investment - a battleship which can only beat a carrier (possibly) at shore bombardment or an aircraft carrier which is extremely versatile and very good at pretty much anything it can do - which cover a lot of ground, from sea denial to sea control to tactical air strikes to strategic air strikes far, far out of range of a battleships guns.
From pure nostalgia for all that they did at one time, I'd love to see a role for battleships in the modern world, but frankly there isn't one.
Sorry, I just can't let the abomination of the constant misspelling of "lose" and "loosing" go by without comment. It is a far greater threat to the USA than any anti-ship missile. Please stop this NOW (everyone-- not just you abel29a).
"To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they (Rome) call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace. " - Gaius Cornelius Tacitus
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Revive the battleship? It would be stupid beyond belief. There is no role for these things anymore, and they are vulnerable to cruise misiles. The battleship was obsolete by 1930. So are most surface ships (except for carriers). We ought to reduce the surface fleet to carriers and destroyers and some fast gunboats (like the Swedish navy has done). There will NEVER be another fleet-fleet slugfest on the high seas, because no other navy has them (unless you count the UK and France, who are unlikly to be enemies).
As for getting involved in 3rd-world civil wars, you WOULD THINK we might have learned a few lessons from Somalia, iraq, Afghanistan...
This was discussed while I was serving and was fairly well known in the service and I thought outside of it by those interested in the military. The BBs were brought back primarily as big impressive flag-waving flag ships. It was much the idea of the "Great White Fleet". It was meant to impress and awe. The cost to bring them back was actually cheaper than building a state-of-the-art Cruiser of the time though of course operational expenses were huge.
The other part was the the Iowa's class armor was much greater than that of any other ship floating in the 80s except for some of our carriers. What I recall and it might be off, is very few of the nations that were not our allies had Torps and Missile that could disable or sink an Iowa class. Maybe this was hype or pure scuttlebutt but the idea was the BBs were for 3rd world nations and never the USSR or China.
Battleships have been sunk by very primitive ASM's
By Torpedos from Submarines
By frogmen
Why do you want 2000+ casulties for free?
Hmm. Let's see...
- firepower
- armor might increase survivability (though I'd like to see how thick it needs to be to survive direct hit from Mach 2.5 anti-ship missile)
- big platform allows for variable equipment and armament
- cost
- huge operation cost means you need to keep it safe at home rather than risk loosing it to terrorist explosive-laden boat somewhere at the shores of Somalia
- needs battle-ship group akin to carrier group for it defense, which further restricts possible mission scenarios and increase operation costs
- huge signature means it can be detected and targeted from very far
- probably rather slow, even with nuclear power
- no or very limited stand-off capability
- lack of precision bombardment capability (though it can be eventually solved through development of guided 16inch munition)
So, we would need to throw A LOT of money at something that we wouldn't use anyway. I'm not convinced.
A multilateral equilibrium is probably better for peace. A multilateral equilibrium with treaties agreeing that anybody who starts shit gets knocked down by everybody else would be best but that is still some ways off.
(Besides, if the enemy is able to project ship-killing munitions out to battleship gun range, your invasion fleet with its thin-skinned landing craft is doomed.)
As for weight of shell, easily available data (Wikipedia, natch) says that a 12-round MLRS launcher salvo firing the M31 rocket (actually, I guess, missile) puts 2400 pounds of HE on target, guided, with a 20-mile range. Decent enough, compared to the 2700 pound free-flight shell and 23-mile range of the battleship gun. But then the gun and breech alone weigh 120+ tons, not counting the turret and gunlaying mechanism etc. It is a beast of a weapons system to drag around.
An entire MLRS vehicle weighs 28 tons. We can probably strip off the tracks and engines for shipboard use, and use some of the weight for a better reloading system, the high reload time being a bit af an Achilles' heel for the MLRS.
The only thing the battleship gun delivers that can't be matched otherwise is the pure weight of the 2700 pound shell - but if I was the one needing super-heavy fire support, I'd take a 2000 pound JDAM or LJDAM with its much higher precision. If I didn't have a target that explicitly needed a 2700 pound warhead, I'd much rather have the ability to engage 12 targets with 200 pounds each.
If you were to sit down in 2009 and design a coast bombardment ship, you wouldn't end up with a battleship.
All the armor of a battleship is in the wrong location. It was designed to fight other ships armed with naval rifles - low trajectory high speed shells so armor was concentrated on the sides. Teak decks. Modern anti-ship missiles and guided bombs have top attack trajectories (similiar to anti-tank missiles which attack the thinner top armor). Relatively easy to penetrate into the depths of the ship to deliver a lethal blow.
Torpedoes used to impact the side of ships below the water line hence battleships had thicker belts of armor placed below the water line. Current torpedoes (and underwater mines) destroy the ships by detonating below the keel breaking the back of the ships. Other torpedoes have multi-stage shaped charges to penetrate conventional armor and then produce additional after-armor effects.
Backers say we can add all kinds of anti-missile missiles, self-defense guns but the this entire makeover drives costs completely out of the ballpark and doesn't address below water attacks.
New projectiles would need to be developed. The only current projectile is the MK19 Mod 0 which has grenades same as the MLRS (rocket/unguided is correct). 400 total for an explosive weight of "ta da" nineteen pounds out of a total shell weight of 1880 lb. Former Navy depots like Crane, Hawthorne, and McAlester might find some old common, AP, or HC (high capacity) rounds rusting away that haven't been destroyed yet but the explosive weight is actually less than 10% of the round's total weight. Range is 36km.
Couple of other notes. the guided version of the MLRS called the GMLRS has two warheads with the biggest bang being a <200 lb explosive weight unitary warhead. It also has a reduced grenade warhead with 400 grenades. Range is approx 70km max.
I understand how fads start--people see other people wearing huge sunglasses (or some such) and think: "Hey that's cool! I want to be just like them!". I don't understand people seeing a misspelling and thinking: "Wow! Using "loose" when the writer really meant "lose" is pretty hip! I think I'll start spelling it that way!"
Rant concluded.
I rather favor the railgun variety. 290 miles, mach speed, time on target in minutes. Still faster than airplanes, especially in cases of multiple targets. Fire, change target, fire, change target, fire...
The 1940s Battleship is dead. The 2009 one is just being reborn.
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To celebrate, pick up this limited edition of 12 classic tales with colorful covers and notes explaining the history behind each story. The Tale of Peter Rabbit $7 from peterrabbit.com Buy Now 74 Vintage Bunny and Chick Motifs Go retro with these old-school Easter Bunny and chick motifs. Print them on adhesive paper and stick to Easter eggs for a vintage vibe. Source: Scribd 75 Hatching Peeps Does it get any sweeter than these hatching Peeps on a table? On Home Is Where the Boat Is, the marshmallow sweets appear to be coming right out of some hollowed-out eggs. Source: Home Is Where the Boat Is 76 For His First Neckwear Little boys in grown-up neckwear can look off-kilter. Tadpole & Lily averts that problem by scaling its neck and bow ties down to an age-appropriate size and style ($30). age-appropriate size and style $30 from tadpoleandlily.com Buy Now 77 Baby CZ Striped Pintuck Dress If florals and pastels aren't your thing, consider Baby CZ's Striped Pintuck Dress ($166) for your baby girl. Baby CZ Infant's Striped Pintuck Dress $166 from Saks Fifth Avenue Buy Now See more Baby CZ Girls' Dresses 78 Cadbury Easter Egg Bark Chocolate bark is a popular treat around Christmastime, and Tutti Dolci has discovered that it works just as well with Cadbury Mini Eggs as it does with crushed candy canes. Source: Tutti Dolci 79 CR Originals Easter Chick in Bunny Ear Hoodie We can't imagine a cuter chick than the one created by Etsy seller CR Originals. The crocheted Easter chick ($36) stands 7 1/2 inches high and comes with a removable bunny-eared hoodie in lavender, aqua, or pink. crocheted Easter chick $36 from etsy.com Buy Now 80 Sweetly Sprinkled Cake Journal's delicately sprinkled pops are sophisticated enough for adults but would still make a perfect addition to a little one's Easter basket. Source: Cake Journal 81 Pretty Pots Decoupaged flower pots by Christine Chitnis cost just a few dollars each to make and are great gifts when paired with a plant or seed packets. Source: Christine Chitnis 82 Peeps Sunflower Cake This Peeps sunflower cake is a sure sign that Spring is on its way! Source: Noble Pig 83 Brown Sack Easter Masks Oh Happy Day's fun Easter animal masks are easy to make and oh so cute. Source: Oh Happy Day 84 Plastic Easter Egg Tea Cups Designs by Sunghee took a creative approach to recycling plastic Easter eggs — how sweet are these tiny tea cups? Source: Creativity in Progress 85 The Animal Print Shop Baby Chick Close-Up The Animal Print Shop's baby chick and bunny prints ($25 each and up) are the perfect Easter present. Photographer Sharon Montrose never fails to delight! 86 Cadbury Egg Oreo Cookie Bars Never thought of combining Oreos and Cadbury Eggs before? We suggest you give Something Swanky's recipe a try! Source: Something Swanky 87 Bunny Cake and Cupcake Toppers The Celebration Shoppe's Easter Bunny printables add some Easter style to cupcakes or a simple cake. Source: The Celebration Shoppe 88 Romp Sweet Dreams Bunny Bedtime is much more fun when there's a little bunny sleeping beside you. This sweet stuffed animal comes with a painted wooden cradle — complete with patterned bedding. 89 A Simple Spring Basket A sweet and simple felt basket from Maya Made is perfect for Easter egg hunts. Source: Maya Made 90 Bunny Cupcakes There's something delightfully whimsical and retro about these bunny cupcakes. Source: Bite Delite 91 Peeps S'mores Little ones won't mind their favorite Peeps melting when they taste these yummy Peeps s'mores! Source: Eclectic Recipes 92 Printable Spring Gift Tags These charming Spring gift tags were created by Sara of Confetti Sunshine for Whatever Dee Dee Wants and can be used well beyond Easter for birthday parties, baby showers, or hostess gifts. Source: Whatever Dee Dee Wants 93 Printable Bunny and Lamb Ears What could be sweeter than capturing your little ones' Easter photos in these easy-to-make bunny and lamb ears by Ellinee? Source: Ellinee 94 Woodland Creatures Party Ensemble Another beautiful set of printables from TinyMe, this group is inspired by woodland animals and a soft, muted color palette. Source: TinyMe 95 Tracy Scott Designs Easter Onesie Etsy seller Tracy Scott Designs' Easter chick onesie ($19) comes with short or long sleeves for babies 0 to 18 months old. The onesie features your child's first initial on an egg hatching a cute chick! Easter chick onesie $19 from etsy.com Buy Now 96 Bunnies by the Bay Beanie Hat It doesn't get much sweeter than this infant beanie ($14) — also available in baby blue! infant beanie $14 from whatshebuys.com Buy Now 97 For Your Boy to Wear: The Traditional Type If every holiday in your household merits a themed ensemble for each family member, consider Bella Bliss's Intarsia Bunny Sweater ($72) — his sister can match in coordinating pink, too! Intarsia Bunny Sweater $72 from bellabliss.com Buy Now 98 Easy Painted Egg Cartons Have your kids help create Design Mom's painted egg cartons, then fill them with treasures for their Easter. Source: Design Mom 99 Paper Plate Easter Bunny Mask Use My Little 3 and Me's simple instructions to create your own cute bunny mask using a paper plate, straws, markers, and a few other common craft supplies. Source: My Little 3 and Me 100 DIY Glitter and Confetti Smash Eggs If you're looking for a fun Easter egg activity that doesn't involve candy, we highly recommend you consider making smash eggs, also known as confetti eggs or cascarones. The idea is simple: hollowed-out, refilled eggs are broken over the heads of friends, showering them with confetti . . . and, according to tradition, good luck. Kids might need some simple instructions and oversight (egg-smashing etiquette requires eggs to be broken directly on a person's head — it sounds rough, but it actually makes for a gentler and safer experience). Jordan Ferney from Oh Happy Day shared photos of her amazing glitter and Fruity Pebbles eggs with us. Want to make your own? Follow her easy DIY instructions! Source: Robyn Kessler for Oh Happy Day 101 Easter Egg Terrariums The House That Lars Built's amazing Easter egg terrariums may look complicated, but they just use clear plastic eggs, moss, dirt, and gold spray paint. Source: The House that Lars Built 102 Felt Watering Can Who says your Easter basket has to be of the traditional variety? The Crafters Merchant's felt watering can ($14) simply screams Spring. Note that it's smaller than most Easter baskets, so be selective in your stuffing! 103 The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes Originally published in 1939, this edition of The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes ($10) comes with a golden shoes charm. The classic story tells the tale of a mother bunny who dreams of being one of the official Easter Bunnies but must first prove herself. The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes $10 from amazon.com Buy Now 104 A Bunny-Filled Easter Celebration Bird's Party has just introduced the most adorable Easter printable collection, guaranteed to please all the little bunnies in your house, and also included some awesome DIY projects, including plush potted paper flowers and beautiful tissue-paper flower pomanders. Click here for all the details, and get ready to be inspired to create your own adorable Easter party! Source: Bird's Party 105 Garden Roses Floppy Hat Kissy Kissy's soft, sweet floppy hat ($16) is adorned in garden roses and trimmed in pink for your baby girl. floppy hat $16 from green-daisies.com Buy Now 106 White Chocolate Puppy Chow With Cadbury Eggs Incorporating Cadbury Mini Eggs into puppy chow mix makes for an addictive Spring snack. Source: Design Eat Repeat 107 Bunnies For Tea Kate Brown's Bunnies For Tea ($8) comes in a cute tea cup shape and tells the story of three bunnies who dress up in their fanciest clothes to get ready for a tea party. Soft watercolor illustrations and sweet rhyming text will make this an Easter favorite for little kids. Bunnies For Tea $8 from amazon.com Buy Now 108 Crunchy Birds Nests Frosted chow mein noodles are the unexpected secret ingredient to these little nests. Source: Better Homes and Gardens 109 Easter Stickers Mer Mag's sweet Easter stickers are pure hand-drawn cuteness, featuring chicks, bunnies, eggs, and more. Source: Mer Mag 110 A Simple Spring Basket A sweet and simple felt basket from Maya Made is perfect for Easter egg hunts. Source: Maya Made 111 Easter Bunny Cupcake Wrappers Dress up your cupcakes for Easter with these goofy, fun printable wrappers and ears from Bird's Party. They're sure to bring a smile to your kiddos' faces. Source: Bird's Party 112 Milly Minis Neon Flecked Tweed Dress Neon and tweed merge trendy with traditional in the case of Milly Minis' Flecked Tweed Dress ($195). Milly Minis Neon Flecked Tweed Dress, Multi, Sizes 8-10 $195 from Neiman Marcus Buy Now See more Milly Minis Girls' Dresses 113 Cadbury Egg Chocolate Lava Cake It doesn't get much more decadent than Tasty Trials' recipe for Cadbury Egg chocolate lava cake. Kids will love how they can see the inside of the egg atop the luscious chocolate cake. Source: Tasty Trials 114 Coconut Macaroon Nutella Nests Two Peas & Their Pod's coconut macaroon Nutella nests take the cake for the cutest Cadbury dessert treats. The combo of light and flaky coconut and rich, decadent Nutella complement one another perfectly. Source: Two Peas & Their Pod 115 For Dad's Mini Me He can't go wrong with a classic checkered shirt ($27) — just like his Pop's. Gap Checkered shirt $26 from Gap Buy Now See more Gap Boys' Shirts 116 Pink Jute Easter Basket Paper Source's Jute Easter Basket comes in both boy- and girl-appropriate color combos and rings in at just $10! 117 2 Hip Chix Designs Easter Chick Shirt Available in sizes for girls 3 months to 6 years old, Etsy seller 2 Hip Chix Designs' Easter chick shirt ($22) features a cute bow-topped chick. Add your child's name for $3. The chick design is stitched onto the garment, then fused with a protective stitch cover on the underside to make sure it's comfortable on your little one's skin. Easter chick shirt $22 from etsy.com Buy Now 118 Rice Krispie Treat Peeps As if Rice Krispie Treats weren't sweet enough to begin with, these Rice Krispie Treat Peeps will keep 'em full of sugar! Source: Love From the Oven 119 For Your Boy to Wear: The Trendsetter Appaman's khaki cotton suit ($145) will ensure he's the most dapper dude at Easter brunch. Appaman Kids Classic Mod Suit Set w/ Lined Jacket (Toddler/Little Kids/Big Kids) $145 from Zappos Buy Now See more Appaman Boys' Matching Sets 120 For Your Boy to Wear: His First Easter You can't go wrong with an easy-to-wear plaid romper ($35) for your baby boy's first Easter holiday. Ralph Lauren Plaid Romper (Baby Boys) $23 from Nordstrom Buy Now See more Ralph Lauren Infant Boys' Onesies 121 Decorate Your Own Cake Ball In this great Easter activity to do with your little ones from One Charming Party, food decorator pens allow budding pastry chefs to make their Easter cake pops extraspecial. Source: One Charming Party 122 Easter Brunch Name Cards Download bunny-shaped place cards from The Pretty Blog. If you have access to Adobe Acrobat Pro, you can even customize the cards with your guests' names. Source: The Pretty Blog 123 Egg-straordinary Another Bakerella fave, Easter egg cake pops are as much fun to decorate as they are to eat! Source: Bakerella 124 A Modern, Festive Easter Party We haven't met an Anders Ruff event we didn't love, and this bold Easter party is no exception. Full of awesome decor; supercute carrot-, bunny-, and chick-topped desserts; and one egg-cellent chandelier hanging over a dreamy table, this party only had one flaw: we weren't invited! But lucky for you, you can re-create this modern bash with Anders Ruff's new printables. Click here to check out all the "chick" details, just in time for the Easter Bunny's arrival! Source: Anders Ruff 125 Where Are Baby's Easter Eggs? Karen Katz's Where Are Baby's Easter Eggs? ($8) is a fun lift-the-flap book. Little kids will love discovering the colorful Spring objects under each of the six sturdy flaps and finding baby's Easter eggs at the end. Where Are Baby's Easter Eggs? $8 from amazon.com Buy Now 126 Peeps Toppers Peeps make the perfect Easter favor for kids, and they're even cuter when topped with this clever printable from Eighteen25. Source: Eighteen25 127 Easter Peeps Garden Centerpiece Why not put your Peeps front and center this Easter? Over on Celebrations at Home, the Peeps appear to be hopping along a bunny trail, making a cute centerpiece for the day. Source: Celebrations at Home 128 That's a Wrap For these cool textural eggs, Robert and Cortney Novogratz suggest thinly coating a piece of bubble packaging with acrylic paint, then rolling your egg over the paint. Let the paint completely dry on the egg, then repeat with another color if desired. Source: HGTV.com/Home by Novogratz 129 Zara Dress With Appliqué Zara Kids is the style secret that fashion-forward moms everywhere share. This soft pink quilted dress with appliqué ($40) looks luxurious, but it won't break the bank. Zara Dress With Appliqué $39 from Zara Buy Now See more Zara Girls' Dresses 130 Bunny Hop Sugar cookies make the most realistic-looking bunny ears on these cute cupcakes. Source: Jenny Cookies 131 Easter Garden Party Invitation Whip up a last-minute party invite using One Charming Party's adorable garden-party invitation. We also love the printable seed packets, which would make a great favor for guests of all ages. Source: One Charming Party 132 Flower Garden Easter Printable Collection The TomKat Studio makes it oh so easy to replicate this pretty-in-pastel Easter party. You can download the printables for everything shown here and shop coordinating supplies to get the look. Source: The TomKat Studio 133 Easter Egg Truck Mr. Printables' Easter egg truck will be a kid favorite long after the holiday is over. Source: Mr. Printables 134 Paper Plate Easter Bunny Mask Use My Little 3 and Me's simple instructions to create your own cute bunny mask using a paper plate, straws, markers, and a few other common craft supplies. Source: My Little 3 and Me 135 Little Peep Pal Use Michael Ann Made's PDF pattern to create your own pocket-sized Peep pal! Source: Michael Ann Made 136 Peeps Sushi For a slightly more modern take on the use of Peeps, try whipping up some Peeps sushi. Add the marshmallow chicks to Rice Krispies Treats — secured with Fruit by the Foot — for some tasty fun! Source: Serious Eats 137 Little Lambs Marshmallows give these little lambs' "wool" plenty of pouf. Source: Land 'O Lakes 138 For Your Boy to Wear: The Casual Kid Baby Gap's Bunny Ears Graphic Tee ($17) gets into the seasonal spirit — sans the pastel and plaid. Gap Bunny graphic T $16 from Gap Buy Now See more Gap Boys' Tops 139 Mud Pie Lily Pad Floral Sun Hat A reversible sun hat ($20) features a splashy floral print on one side and teal seersucker on the other. reversible sun hat $20 from patticakeposh.com Buy Now 140 Floral Floppy Hat Make her head look like a garden with Jacadi's full-bloom sun hat ($32). Jacadi Liberty print sun hat $32 from Jacadi Paris Buy Now See more Jacadi Clothes and Shoes 141 Rabbit Ears One Charming Party has a range of Easter printables, but these sweet rabbit ears are guaranteed to put a smile on all your guests' faces. Source: One Charming Party 142 Peeps Play Dough This may be one of the craziest things we've ever seen done with Peeps, but it seems to work. With a little oil and cornstarch, you can easily transform your Peeps into edible play dough, according to Still Playing School. Source: Still Playing School 143 Owen's Marshmallow Chick Perfect for Easter, Owen's Marshmallow Chick ($7) tells the story of blanket-toting mouse Owen, who adores Easter — especially the holiday's accompanying jelly beans, gumdrops, buttercream eggs, and chocolate bunnies. But when Owen is introduced to a little yellow marshmallow chick, he finds a new favorite and spends a day playing with his sugar-covered new friend. Owen's Marshmallow Chick $7 from amazon.com Buy Now 144 Bunny Silhouette Custom Burlap Bin Not only is A Southern Bucket's burlap bin ($42) perfect for stashing Easter goodies, but it's also cute enough to be used year-round for toy or book storage. burlap bin $42 from etsy.com Buy Now 145 Bunny Masks Large popsicle sticks, white pipe cleaners, and pink fluffy pom poms are the only three items needed to re-create Kailo Chic's cute bunny mask. Source: Kailo Chic 146 Nature-Inspired Eggs Use leaves or flowers to create a unique natural design. Place your chosen found objects on the outside of an egg, and slip it into pantyhose, tightly securing the hose with a knot. Lower the egg into your chosen color. Leave eggs in the dye until you've achieved your desired brightness, then remove. Source: HGTV.com/Home by Novogratz 147 Easter Cake Kitchen Karate's Easter cake makes a most festive centerpiece for your Easter table. Source: Kitchen Karate 148 Piggy Bunny Most piglets want to be pigs when they grow up, but Liam, the main character in Rachel Vail's Piggy Bunny ($15), wants to be a bunny. It will take a lot of hopping practice and salad eating to make his dream come true, but this cute story teaches kids (ages 4 to 6 will relate the best) to believe in themselves, no matter how crazy their dreams might be. Piggy Bunny $15 from amazon.com Buy Now 149 Twin-Set Simona Barbieri Dress Twin-Set's ruched dress ($65) comes in gray, coral, and periwinkle and is perfect for twirling (and for Easter egg hunts!). Twin-Set Dresses $65 from yoox.com Buy Now See more Twin-Set Girls' Dresses 150 For Your Boy to Wear at a High-Action Egg Hunt These Carter's Relaxed Checked Shirt ($17) and Flat Front Shorts ($18) come in a variety of different colorways, and at these prices, Mama won't freak out over grass stains. Carter's Relaxed Checked Shirt $8 from Carter's Buy Now See more Carter's Boys' Shirts Carter's Flat Front Shorts $8 from Carter's Buy Now See more Carter's Boys' Shorts 151 Simply Sweet The contrast of chocolate and soft pastels makes for a pretty sweet treat. Source: Bake Love Not War 152 For Your Good Old (Baby) Boy to Wear It's impossible to go wrong with Ralph Lauren's Seersucker Preppy Pants ($33, originally $50), especially in adorable infant sizes. Ralph Lauren Seersucker Preppy Pant $49 from Ralph Lauren Buy Now See more Ralph Lauren Boys' Pants Family LifeFood And ActivitiesKid PartiesPrintablesCake PopsEasterSpringCupcakesHoliday


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Surat al-Ankabut, Verse 14
"We sent Noah to his people and he remained among them for fifty short of a thousand years; yet the Flood engulfed them while they were wrongdoers." That is irreligion that is coming to an end. 950 years. As you know, Turks are from the descent of Prophet Noah (as). As you know, Prophet Noah (as) had sons and one of them was Yafes. It is said that Turks descended from him. Indeed, everyone is from the lineage of Prophet Noah (as). Everyone in this world is from the lineage of Noah. We Turks came to Anatolia in 1071, as you know. We settled in Anatolia. Allah granted this country to us in 1071. 1071 plus 950 equals to 2021. What does this mean? Irreligion ends in 2021, by the leave of Allah. Neither Darwinism, nor materialism, nothing of that sort remains by 2021. This is the wisdom in those 950 years, insha'Allah. We, who are the sons of Prophet Noah (as), will spread the Unity of Islam to Anatolia 950 years later. 2021 is the date of victory, insha'Allah. 1071 plus 950. Those dates are not given for no reason in the Qur'an. They definitely mean something. There is reference in this verse that there will be something in 1950s, for there is 1000 and we subscribe 50 from 1000, which means 1950. In 1950s, there is something. The verse gives special codes.
Surah Muhammad, Verse 24
Will they not then ponder the Qur'an or are there locks upon their hearts?
"Will they not then ponder the Qur'an?' because when we think deeply, much wisdom, many secrets appear. "...or are there locks upon their hearts?" They can not see because their hearts are locked.
Surah Muhammad Suresi, Verse 25
"Those who have turned back in their tracks after the guidance became clear to them, it was Shaytan who talked them into it and filled them with false hopes."
Guidance has become clear: Darwinism and materialism are abolished, materialism is abolished, the miracles of the Qur'an have appeared. Allah says that despite all these, those who revert to irreligion have been provoked by evil and filled with false hopes. They are grabbed by the vain deeds of this world.2013-05-13 12:49:38


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We undertake the full or partial restoration of Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Jaguar classic and performance cars as well as Vintage car restoration. We are good at listening to the owners' exact requirements, and pride ourselves in keeping clients updated with restoration progress.
The majority of the required restoration operations are undertaken in house, and where necessary, we outsource specialist skills to the best and most appropriate people for the requirement - such as chrome or nickel plating, trimming and wood re-finishing.
Utilising our own specialist machine shop, we can remanufacture small parts to help your car restoration project as required.
We are experieinced at re-building rear axles and have extensive knowledge of the processes and parts requirement for undertaking ratio changes, which is all done in-house.
If you are considering a full or partial restoration of your classic or vintage car, please give us a call and we will be delighted to discuss your requirements and answer any questions you may have.
We have been asked to complete a restoration already started by the owner. Due to a change of circumstances, we were tasked to complete the restoration and get the car on the road. Tasks required involve the specialist repair of rusted sections to the underside of the chassis, and a general overhaul of the mechanical aspects of the car. We hope to complete the restoration project by presenting the car for MOT in due course.
We have been commissioned to restore this car to its former glory, while keeping the originality and patina of the interior trims. The car has been delicately stripped, preserving all window glasses and chrome. New running boards have been re-created using the original panels where possible and replacement Ash framework where required. View more images on our gallery.