Colin,
Yeah, I saw that issue (at a bookstore). What amazed me that he actually
got to drive the car. I was under the impression that the Geneva show model
was not driveable, but the car he drove was probably not suited for display,
what with the duct tape and all to disguise the car. The headlights look a
bit better than before but maybe I'm getting used to them already. In my
case, "the jury will be out" until I see one in the "flesh," which may be
some time yet unless I make another pilgrimage to Malvern Links.
Chuck Vandergraaf
'52 +4
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From: Colin Cobb [SMTP:cobmeister@zianet.com]
Sent: Wednesday June 07, 2000 12:31 PM
To: Morgan Mailing List
Subject: There's heat and then there's heat...
Hey Gang,
So....
Has anyone seen the latest (July 2000) "Automobile Magazine?" It
contains a
review column on the Morgan Aero 8 which goes beyond merely
scurrilous.
Robert "Chowderhead" Cumberford really trashes the car's "ham-handed
amateur" design and specifically the "blobby, cross-eyed nose."
In the column he also pretty thoroughly trashes the Plus 4 Plus.
Otherwise the mag is not very interesting, certainly not worth
buying to
just read Chowderhead's base calumnies. If you see the mag on a
newstand,
just flip to page 48, read the trash to get your adrenalin flowing,
then
leave the mag with the store, hopefully to be returned to the
publisher
unsold...
Further to our discussions on cooling the passenger compartment, I
have
located a phone number for Thermo Tec Racing Products who offers
both
insulating mat material and header pipe insulation as well as other
heat
insulating products. (NOTE that header wrap does NOT generally give
the best
results as it may accelerate deterioration of the underlying steel
but it
definitely reduces engine compartment heat.) Anyway, a free brochure
at
800.274.8437 and a website at www.thermotec.com.
Cheers!
--Colin Cobb, Las Cruces, NM, USA
'41 Chevrolet Coupe, '65 Sunbeam Tiger, '66 Morgan Plus Four, '89
Alfa Romeo
Spider
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