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Oliver Pickard

@oliverpickard.bsky.social

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Design and engineering obsessed Englishman living in France. Designer and Co-Builder of the Pickard Mosquito. Watch the stuff I make here www.youtube.com/c/TheOliverPickard

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Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 1d

Plumbing Our Adjustable Pedal Box
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Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 10h

Good colour

Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 10h

I think the people who like both are far more numerous than you might think

Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 10h

Borbets are an interesting wheel choice here

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Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 1d

Plumbing Our Adjustable Pedal Box
youtu.be/DFhneMb-5sc

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Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 1d

It's basically what that daft thing in my garage is for

Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 1d

I've always wanted to drive the Targa Florio route

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Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 1d

I will also say that the earlier Esprit uses the gearbox from the Citroen SM/ Maserati Merak and 205t16 which could have handled the extra power obviously but they stopped making it

Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 1d

Years ago I wrote a tweet saying that the correct plural of Lotus is Lotus and it was apparently the most controversial thing I ever posted however Throttle House just made a video on the Esprit V8 in which Hi I'm James says the official plural of Lotus is Lotus. Not Lotuses, not Loti, Lotus

a cartoon of spongebob squarepants holding a remote control

ALT: a cartoon of spongebob squarepants holding a remote control

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Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 4d

There must have been a LOT of vibration at some point

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Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 4d

Some weeks the video just clicks together and it all just works. Yesterday was not one of those days, I started editing first thing in the morning and after 3 failed attempts I finally gave up on it at 3am 😩 but it's finally up for you all to enjoy.

Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 4d

AN Plumbing | Project Mosquito Ep147
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Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 6d

I love woodies I'd like to build/restore one at some point

Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 8d

The Rear Window Conundrum | Project Mosquito Ep146
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Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 12d

Cutting Windows of Opportunity | Project Mosquito Ep145
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Cutting Windows of Opertunity | Project Mosquito Ep145

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Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 11d

Before that it was the Opel zafira

Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 11d

Yeah this is a better answer than mine

Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 11d

#Qotd Question of the day!

For me it's any 4x4 coupé. The automotive equivalent of mixing all the colours together and getting diarrhoea brown

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Oliver Pickard @oliverpickard.bsky.social · 11d

That'll never do. I'm a coffee and tea drinker but I'm very broken, I could drink a triple espresso before bed and get a full 12 hours the issue is I've been burning the candle at both ends.