James,
I am counting Canada as well, my friend Dan Suter from New York has done the
most work to research and put the current list together. I know that some
of the cars (including mine!) are not currently on the road. As for the rest
of North America, we have no reports as yet of any Factory V-8s in Mexico.
The most ironic thing is that none of the original 7 "Federal spec" V-8s are
in North America! When BL pulled the plug on North American V-8 sales, all
7 Federal cars were re-engined with British spec engines and were sold in
Continental Europe (Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, and Italy). The closest
thing to a Federal spec car here in the States is a prototype car that was
discovered as a bare bodyshell and built up for Lyle York in Massachusetts.
This car was believed to have been used by the Factory for brake cooling
research prior to construction of the pre-production series.
Cheers,
Paul Kile
-----Original Message-----
From: James Nazarian Jr [mailto:James.Nazarian@Colorado.EDU]
Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 1:39 PM
To: KILE, PAUL D
Cc: 'Paul Hunt'; MGS Digest; V8 list
Subject: RE: Fuel Pump
On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, KILE, PAUL D wrote:
> (but with a total field of 20 cars there will be precious few to
>compare!).
>
> Cheers,
> Paul Kile
I was under the impression that there were only 10 or 11 in the states,
or are you counting Canada too?
James Nazarian
'71 B roadster
'74 BGT bastardization with big alluminum heart :)
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