Re: HP per Lb. Some LBC content

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Allen:

MGA Twin Cam (Manufactured Sept. 1958)
Curb weight 2200 lbs. (source R&T)
Test weight 2480 lbs. (source R&T)
1900 lbs. (source South Dakota title)
2185 wet (source Shop Manual)
108 BHP
104 ftlbs trq.
$3673.46 (sold as new in 1961)
20.23 lbs/hp. (using 2185 lbs)

$1.68 per pound (That's 1961 dollars folks when cut rate gas was about $0.25,
Coke was 5-10 cents, candy bars a dime, Acme Wellington boots were $10.95, and
kids worked for 75 cents an hour.)

Blake