Bob,
Absolutely great call!
Max may also have said, "Would you believe a MKII Prototype?" "How about
the Miles Mystery #50 Tiger?" Sorry Chief.
Tim
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> From: Bob Palmer <rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu>
> To: Chris Richards <richards@northcoast.com>; Tim Jordan
<tjordan@wagnerprocess.com>; tigers <tigers@autox.team.net>; Lovelady
Diamond / A Diamond Affair <diamonds@gemgate.com>
> Subject: Re: '66 Tiger for 2K
> Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 6:17 PM
>
> At 05:03 PM 1/20/99 -0500, Chris Richards wrote:
> >.......filling the brake and clutch, pumping them up.....works
ok.....prime
> >the carb.......wow, the battary has a charge....cranking the
> >engine.....immediate firing.....die.....another
> >prime......rummmn....rummn...sounds ok....oil pressure fine.....hmmm
what's
> >this....why does the valve covers say C arr l Shel y??!!? Re-pump up
the
> >brakes.....off I go....good power....a little hesitation under extreme
> >acceleration..........I think I'll offer him $1400........he
> >accepts......(seems to hate the car).........strange Vin#.....oh
> >rats.....another damn S. African Tiger.....
> >
> >Chris in Trinidad
> >
>
> As Maxwell Smart used to say: "Missed it by that much!"
>
>
> Robert L. Palmer
> Dept. of AMES, Univ. of Calif., San Diego
> rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
> rpalmer@cts.com
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