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Yull Brown (originally of Hungary) now of Australia developed a gas which now has become the most sought after discovery as many researchers are seeing it as a potent source to materialize the legendary “Water Car” owing to its unique properties. This gas has been named as Brown’s Gas after the name of its discoverer.

Brown’s Gas is developed from water. Water is converted into a safe stoichiometric mixture of Hydrogen and Oxygen. The flame of Brown’s gas under naked eyes is almost colorless but if proper lighting conditions are applied then it would be seen to possess a small blue cone with a longer pale red-blue extension. The overall “body” of the flame has different layers called “mantles”. Ordinary flames like our very common Bunsen Burner Flame are formed by a set of explosions which means that each component of the flame is a result of small “explosion”. On the contrary flame of Brown’s Gas is formed as a result of “implosions”. The combustion of the gas takes place in the “blue cone” region .The flame of Brown’s Gas on application to an element or substance increases its temperature due to a unique property of Brown’s Gas absent in other gas flames which is called as “interactive combustion property”. The flame of this gas has a peculiar property of changing its temperature on application to different substances. When normally burnt in air the temperature was measured in the range of 264-269F;when applied to a brick recorded a temperature of 3100F (which means that it should be handled with care in laboratories or else one mistake and the entire Lab is gone); and when applied to a tungsten wire recorded 6000°C.

Brown’s gas has many characteristic properties, some of which are:

1.      Used in a car where the gas combusts and emits water vapor as the only effluent in its exhaust.

2.       A solid-state refrigeration unit in which temperature could instantly be changed

3.      A room heater fueled with the gas will carbonize a strip of paper held near it but not create flames or smoke.

4.      Used in an acetylene torch it singed hairs from a welder’s forearm but didn’t burn the skin.

5.      Flame from this gas can glaze concrete thereby making it impervious to acids and other corrosives and greatly extending the concrete’s useful lifespan.

6.      Steel, after treatment with the flame, is much more impervious to rust and before treatment.

The most important application of Brown’s Gas is to make water an energy source and using water as fuel in cars. As already told when Brown’s Gas is sparked it forms water by implosion. This property can thus be used to replace the existing fuel run cars with “Water Cars” and make the world a cleaner and healthier place to live in.

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You push back the chair from your desk and stand up, then you take a few steps toward the window and peer out over the parking lot. As you turn your head scanning the kaleidoscope of colors and designs, one car in particular catches your eye. It’s the kind of car you always wanted, and it’s sitting right in front of you, it’s sleek red body glistening in all its sunlit glory. You sit down again and lean back. For a moment, you imagine yourself in the driver’s seat. You soon find yourself shifting gears with one hand, steering an imaginary wheel with the other, and muttering the sound “Vrmmmm” ‘hoping no one walks in and sees you!

Like everyone, you make assumptions based on your observations. You see a red sports car and immediately think: convertible – red – fun – fast.

A few minutes later, your dream “pops” when you see the owner peering down into the engine. As he comes up, he narrowly misses hitting his head on the hood. He slams the hood down and angrily walks away. The next thing you know a tow truck pulls up and hauls your dream car away. You begin to think: “expensive, not-so-fast, not-so-fun.” You actually feel a sense of relief that you don’t own the car and won’t have to pay to fix it.

Managers make the same sort of assumptions every day when they hire employees. They observe a candidate during the interview or on the job and make assumptions about his potential based on how he looks and what he claims he can do. But too many times, after the candidate is hired and on the payroll, the manager turns the “key” and all they hear is “click, click, click”. They wonder – did I hire a lemon?

I often use this car metaphor when describing how the inter-relationships of behavior, values, personality and abilities predict job fit success – and why tools like DISC and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) don’t accurately predict job fit.

The model and color of a car are observable. Its design and condition may even give away its age. Based on these observations, you will make certain assumptions about the performance, fuel efficiency and cost of maintenance for this vehicle. Managers make similar observations every day about candidates, too. They extrapolate that outgoing people naturally make good salespeople and meticulous individuals are potential accounting stars. They expect an employee to perform in a certain way based on how they’ve observed other people like her perform. They assume that if they hire a candidate who walks and talks like a previous top-performing employee, they will get the same type of performance.

But as we learned from driving cars, performance takes more than just a stylish design and a hot color. All you need to do is watch the Indy or Daytona 500 to find out you can’t predict a winner by its model and color.

Tools like DISC and MBTI were constructed and validated to predict observable behavior much like engineers and marketers design cars to sell based on eye appeal. In other words, as many managers have already painfully learned, what you see is NOT always what you get when you hire an employee. Relying on behavioral assessments (or the traditional interview alone) to predict future job performance is the equivalent of buying a used car with its hood welded shut.

What else should you be looking for as you pop the hood and kick the proverbial candidate’s tires?

The most important factor in predicting job fit is knowing what type of “engine” the employee has. Is he or she carrying a Briggs & Stratton, Honda, BMW or Mercedes engine? How many cylinders does it have? How much torque can it generate? How much horsepower can it create? How fuel efficient is it?

When assessing job candidates, we can’t measure cylinders, torque and horsepower. But we can look under his hood, so to speak, by assessing his personality and abilities.

The most accurate employee job fit tests are based on the Five-Factor Personality Factors, i.e., agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion, neuroticism, and openness. Pre-employment and leadership assessments based on this five-factor model can accurately evaluate a candidate’s approach to making decisions and solving complex problems, working and executing a business plan, and developing and sustaining relationships as part of a team or when leading others.

A good personality fit is what drives successful employee performance. A good job fit is the equivalent of having a top performing engine in a car – without it, you’ll likely find yourself wishing you never “bought” the employee in the first place and anxiously waiting for someone to come tow him or her away! Without looking under the employee’s “hood,” you might find yourself buying a BMW with a blown engine.

But that’s not all you should check. Another performance factor that can be measured is mental horsepower. Through general ability or cognitive skills testing we can assess how quickly and accurately a candidate can think on his feet, learn new things and think holistically (see the big picture). Like the driver behind the wheel of his sports car climbing a steep hill, a manager needs to know how capable an employee will be when faced with unanticipated and complex challenges.

Finally, who cares how a car looks and what it might run like if it doesn’t have any fuel. The fuel equivalent in people is motivation. And what motivates people is easily measured with an assessment called Business Values and Motivators, based on the work of Eduard Spranger.

So there you have it. Like the driver behind the wheel of a car flashing across the finish line, managers have the same ability to control their destinies when hiring top performers. The only things that concern a winning driver as he approaches the last lap is that the engine keeps running and there is enough fuel in the tank. He couldn’t care less about the model of his car if it isn’t winning the race.

By using a package of behavior, personality, abilities, and motivators pre-employment and leadership tests, managers too can “pop the hood” of candidates to ensure their employees have what it takes to finish the race ahead of the pack.

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Does your speedometer weave all over the place, or under read following a change of tyres/wheel diameter? If so, there are companies out there that can take gauges that look like they’ve spent the last millennium submerged in a peat bog, strip them down to their component parts, clean and re-work anything as required, and return it to you in tip-top condition.

As with these examples of car components, there are restorers out there who can handle the most derelict of interior trim, woodwork, engine, brake component or bodywork and breathe new life into it. It all depends how far you want to go in restoring your chosen classic – these services don’t come cheap, usually being a much specialised art, so the cost of contracting out work to these classic specialists must always be borne in mind.

How Much Restoration?

In many cases, the renovation of an old body shell will be the deciding factor in assessing how viable it really is to give the work to a professional restoration company. Despite being a fairly cheap car, the Mini for example actually has quite a complicated structure, so unless it is historically significant, or being subject to a cost-no-object restoration, tread very carefully before committing to a professional restoration. A compromise can often be reached whereby the owner does as much preparation work as possible to keep the final costs down to reasonable levels, so it’s worth having a chat with the body shop first.

Spending £3000 having a classic Mk2 Jaguar shell renovated may make some sense, as the finished article in good order could be worth anywhere between £10-20k when finished, but spending that much on a classic Mini (or any other cheaper car, say a Hillman Imp or an old Escort) may be less of a good choice.

Most restoration shops pitch at owners with more widely available cars, such as MGs, Triumphs, and Austin Healeys where the finished article may well be worth anything between £10-15k, and therefore worth spending a few quid on. The advantage with the more popular marques of classic is that body panels can often be acquired from specialist suppliers, saving money in the long run as there is no need to call upon bespoke builders of bodywork panels, with the time and cost involved that having one-off panels made will bring. However if you just want your car restoring to a solid usable condition, you’ll find many regular garages either have a guy in there handy with a Mig welder, or know someone who is.

At the bottom of the scale are the outfits, often one-man bands working from the back of a Mk3 Escort van, that will patch up your classic for the price of a cup of tea, and some beer money. The final finish will be left to you, the owner, but with repairs that are fairly workmanlike with little finesse or care; the end result will always be a compromise and should only really be called upon when money is tight.

Restoration Project Budgeting

As already mentioned, your budget is key to how far to go employing professionals to do up your car. Whereas compromises cannot really be taken with safety issues, such as the brakes and suspension, the renovation of the body shell and interior really comes down to how mad you want to go, and what you plan to do with the car once finished.

If the classic car is a family heirloom, or being restored for keeps with no view to re-sale in the near future, then throwing a good pile of money at it is probably a good way to ensure its future health (so long as it is maintained properly afterwards!). However most people do not have a bottomless pit of cash, so as always, a balance has to be found.

The more you can do yourself the better, as not only will you save money (hopefully), but you’ll learn a lot more about the vehicle than had you just sent it off to the restoration shop, without seeing it again till it rumbles into your garage, glistening and restored.

Finding a Trustworthy Company

Once you’ve decided to have work done on your  classic, how do you find a trustworthy company to restore it? With tales around of old cars being left with restoration shops, only for the company to go bust and bailiffs re-possessing everything, including your car, it is well worth taking time to identify a suitable business or individual to deal with.

Recommendations can be found in classic car magazines and by word of mouth, which is probably one of the best ways to go. Get talking to people at local shows, and see which local companies get recommended by owners who have used them before. Try to find a company that is well established, and looks like it has invested in good premises and has a reputation to protect – they are far less likely to mess you about than someone who can only be contacted on a mobile, and who works out of a unit rented weekly. That’s not to say that all coachwork restorers who have a mobile number only are sharks, but it’s one of several things to bear in mind should the worst happen, and you find yourself trying to contact the owner quickly.

With the classic car in the restoration shop, keep close contact with progress and ask to be contacted should anything unforeseen come along, that will require extra funding to fix. After all you may want to reconsider the rebuild of your Ford Pop if it turns out the chassis is terminally corroded and will cost thousands of pounds to renovate (maybe it’s better to find a better chassis instead!).

Before work commences it might also be worth drawing up a schedule of the work you want doing, and getting the garage owner to agree to it and sign the papers too – this will also help if you need to reclaim anything that’s rightfully yours should something go wrong.