I'm not actually trying to slag e-types, just trying to keep things in
perspective. We love the historic machines, but time has marched on.
Robert Duquette
Ottawa ON Canada
1965 RHD BRG Austin-Healey Sprite ( project )
1967 RHD MG Midget ( aka: Miss Marple )
1955 Austin-Healey 100 BN1 ( aka: Carmen )
http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/2009FallTour.jpg
> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 07:02:54 +0800
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] What a great day!
> From: healey.nut@gmail.com
> To: robertduquette@sympatico.ca; healeys@autox.team.net
>
> My Toyota Sienta MPV can take on the e-type. That Moss Box is like
> shifting a bag of rocks, and that's after it's been rebuilt!
>
> Alan
>
> On 9/7/10, Robert Duquette <robertduquette@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > a localish guy locally told me that he could make my Midget take a jag e
off
> > the line and I replied that my ford 3.8L station wagon ( at the time )
could
> > take an e. He conceded silently.
> > ( and I'll never buy another ford. )
> >
> > Robert Duquette
> > Ottawa ON Canada
> > 1965 RHD BRG Austin-Healey Sprite ( project )
> > 1967 RHD MG Midget ( aka: Miss Marple )
> > 1955 Austin-Healey 100 BN1 ( aka: Carmen )
> >
> > http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/2009FallTour.jpg
> >
> >
> >> OK----at the risk of POing someone, let me just say--I'm a skeptic here.
I
> > live in Western Pa with many hills. I also have an E-Type. Although my
> > Healey
> > pulls these hills nicely, it is not as agressive on them as the E-Type
(not
> > close), and neither of them will take on a 5L V8.
> >>
> >> My guess is that the guy in the 5.7L V8 was not trying.
> >>
> >> OK---flame suit on.
> >>
> >> tom
> > _______________________________________________
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