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Re: Weber 40 DCOE

To: Lawrie Alexander <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Subject: Re: Weber 40 DCOE
From: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@iamerica.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 20:50:06 -0600
Forget the Webers Lawrie, tell us about the twin cam XPAG!  John

Lawrie Alexander wrote:

> Thanks to David D., I now have a happy customer who no longer has a Weber
> DGV sitting unused on his shelf. (The money came in handy for him as he
> broke his turn-signal switch today.........!!)
>
> Hearing of this successful sale, another customer has asked me to offer for
> sale another Weber that, thanks to CA smog laws, is sitting idle. It is a
> Weber 40DCOE side draft which has been fully overhauled and set up for an
> MGB, complete with Cannon intake manifold, air cleaner and all linkage. He'd
> be happy to exchange it for $400. Any takers.
>
> Still on the subject of Webers, I have in my personal stock a very rare pair
> of 40 DCO carbs., the ones made in the fifties with sand-cast bodies and all
> that period stuff. These were fully rebuilt and then fitted on a
> double-overhead cam MG XPAG engine that I played with in my TD race-car back
> in the early Eighties. The car is long gone, I'm not likely to build another
> TD special so, if anyone is looking for a pair of DCOs, make me a sensible
> offer. (If anyone knows any vintage racer types, or owners of early Alfas,
> and passes on this info, I'd be happy to pay a small commission for a lead
> resulting in a sale.)
>
> Lawrie
> British Sportscar Center




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