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Re: New thread: First word, Desmodromic, sounds like....

To: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Subject: Re: New thread: First word, Desmodromic, sounds like....
From: Don Kerr <dkveuro@pop.flash.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 09:11:38 -0600
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Organization: DKV EURO
References: <385ADC88.8F963386@pop.flash.net> <385B1FCF.D00090C7@zianet.com>
No, not the Lada, I used to have customers with those.Not the Skoda
either, I thought it was a Morry Minor of the 60's.
Anybody?

Michael D. Porter wrote:
> 
> Don Kerr wrote:
> >
> > Ok....Which was the car (not the Ducati m/c)........ using desmodromic
> > valve gear .........
> 
> Mercedes F1, circa 1955, what I believe Mercedes designated the 300SLR.
> Same as the one which killed about eighty people in the stands when the
> car came apart in an accident.
> 
> >  secondly..the last car or 'LBC' to use a starting handle ?
> 
> As regards the Triumph, it was the TR4. As for other makes, who knows...
> Russian Ladas probably need one, whether equipped for it, or not.
> <smile>
> 
> Cheers.

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