I think his name is John Burnham and he had a collection of oddball front
wheel drive racecars............I think he's still around............Henry
Morrison, Albuquerque
----- Original Message -----
From: "R. John Lye" <rjl@gt-classics.com>
To: <GRMTim@aol.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: Bought a Berkeley
> At 06:57 AM 10/23/03 -0400, GRMTim@aol.com wrote:
> >While visiting Kip Motors in Dallas a couple of weeks ago I fell in love
with
> >the very rough but restorable 1958 Berkeley that he ahd out front. After
> >you've had about six beers, this thing looks like a miniature 289 Cobra.
> >It is
> >bike powered and front wheel drive and will just about fit in the trunk
of
> >my TR3.
>
> They're pretty neat little cars - I came close to buying one about 12
years
> ago or so.
>
> >Anybody know anything about these cars, or have a spare bike engine lying
> >around. I was thinking of upping the power a bit from the original 2 cyl,
> >2 cycle
> >Excelsior engine that came with it. I don't think I will race it. I am
crazy
> >enough to race a TR3, but not a Berkeley.
>
> There's a guy who used to race one with RMVR, but I have no idea if he's
still
> doing so. As I recall, he was using a Honda M/C engine. I can't remember
> his name, but might be able to find it if you need it.
>
> Have fun,
>
> R. John Lye
>
> rjl6n@cstone.net
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