OK, heres a first, after reading Daves post and yours. I can now claim this
months DPL(Dumb Present Lister) award. I put 1 and 1 together tonight and just
realized jonmac is not just an alias or someones last name. Scary....I know as
I've been on the list for a whole year nowbut hey, just glad the light bulb
finally went off. The old battery can still float a few balls after all.
;-)
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On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 20:54:04 jonmac wrote:
>
>Someone wrote:
>
>How can we expect car critics to be any different even
>though Triumphs have
>a couple of firsts (front disc brakes on a production car,
>the wedge shape on
>an affordable sports car 'if you exclude high priced exotic
>sports cars').
><==I've read that stuff somewhere (VTR, posts, ect.)
>
>At least three other firsts spring to mind - by dredging the
>memory banks I might come up with more.
>
>First British manufacturer to standardise fuel injection on
>two individual models - 2.5PI saloon and TR5 in 1967
>First British manufacturer to offer independent suspension
>on all four wheels across the whole product range by the
>mid-1960's
>First British manufacturer (possibly first in the world?) to
>mass produce a 16 valve engine - Dolomite Sprint
>
>Jonmac
>
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