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Re: horray for the mailman

To: "alpines@autox.team.net" <alpines@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: horray for the mailman
From: <ellis838@concentric.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 08:03:06 -0500
 I bought a copy, from somewhere in the UK, to be honest do not remember where
but spent many hours online tracking it down.  jim

Greg Locke wrote:

> I bought this book 2 years ago. It is great. If you can find it, and have
> asparitions of doing your own head job, I highly reccommend it. I think Jim
> Ellis bought it recently... Jim are you there? Where did you get it?
>
> Greg
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom Hill <tom.hill@att.net>
> To: Thomas Wiencek <wiencek@anl.gov>; Barbara Blue
> <the_blues@worldnet.att.net>; Alpine list <alpines@autox.team.net>; Greg
> Locke <glocke@ihug.co.nz>; <owner-alpines@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, 16 March 2001 04:37
> Subject: RE: horray for the mailman
>
> > I am pretty sure that Mr. Vizard covered modifications to the Rootes
> > cylinder head in the book, "THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CYLINDER HEAD
> > MODIFICATION".  The ISBN is 0851130666.  This book is out of print but
> Books
> > International (www.books-international.co.uk) claims to have copies.   I
> > ordered a reprint of the Alpine parts manual from them.  I tried to order
> > this book from them but never heard back from my request.
> >
> > Tom Hill
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-alpines@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-alpines@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Thomas Wiencek
> > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 9:21 AM
> > To: Barbara Blue; Alpine list; Greg Locke; owner-alpines@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: horray for the mailman
> >
> >
> > What's more amazing is that I live in the US and just got it yesterday!!!
> > Thank you for sending this Bill.  One question though, I have seen a lot
> of
> > books by Mr Visard, is the section you sent a chapter of a book or was it
> > from a book on Rootes engines only?  How many pages is it?  Publication
> date
> > and company?   What is the ISBN number?  Thanx.
> > Tom
> >
> > On 3/15/01, Greg Locke <glocke@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> > Bill, I received the photocopied article by mr Vizard today in the
> post....
> > It must be less than a week since you sent it!.
> >
> > Fantastic, thankyou so much. It is very interesting.
> >
> > In answer to your question, engines still rotate clockwise down here. But
> > the question really is, what way do our clocks go?
> >
> > Greg Locke, NZ
> > 63 humber 90 race car (alpine powered)
> > 3 x mark 1 humber sceptres
> > mark 2 humber sceptre
> > 2 humber 90 wrecks
> > commer bluebird highwayman

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