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Re: JCB oilburner story on Pistonheads

To: drmayf <drmayf@mayfco.com>
Subject: Re: JCB oilburner story on Pistonheads
From: Doug Odom <dlodom@charter.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:04:16 -0700
Mayf, If I thought for a minute that I could not call 3 or 4 people to 
help me and for one tenth of the money JCB spent not go out and beat 
their speed I would burn down my shop and go fishing. I'm sure Gale 
Banks or someone like that will soon do that very thing.    Doug Odom in 
big ditch

drmayf wrote:

> Sorry, but I feel a bit like sour graapes about now. Yes, the JCb 
> vehicle set the world record and did it well. All due to great 
> "british" engineering....and a boatload of money as we all saw. They 
> didn't say much about that. What is far more spectacular to me is the 
> Chassis Engineering C/DS that set the first record over 300. No big 
> money, certainly no British Engineering triumph. just good old hot 
> rodding.
>
> mayf




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