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Re: Weber 40 DCOE

To: Lawrie Alexander <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Subject: Re: Weber 40 DCOE
From: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@iamerica.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 12:29:34 -0600
Yes.  that's one.  John

Lawrie Alexander wrote:

> John, it was a long - but interesting - story. Too long to post here.
> Actually, I wrote an article about XPAG twin-cams (there were at least four
> variants done by private individuals) for Moss Motoring back when I was the
> editor of that publication around 1984. Possibly Ken Smith at Moss could
> research the archives and dig a copy out; I no longer have one.
>
> If I receive more than a couple of other "Yes" responses to indicate
> sufficient interest, I'll take a rainy weekend sometime soon and write the
> history of my involvement with the "PUMA" twin-cam and post it on my
> web-site.
>
> Lawrie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@iamerica.net>
> To: Lawrie Alexander <Lawrie@britcars.com>
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, November 13, 1998 6:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Weber 40 DCOE
>
> >Forget the Webers Lawrie, tell us about the twin cam XPAG!  John
> >
> >Lawrie Alexander wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks to David D., I now have a happy customer who no longer has a Weber
> >> DGV sitting unused on his shelf. (The money came in handy for him as he
> >> broke his turn-signal switch today.........!!)
> >>
> >> Hearing of this successful sale, another customer has asked me to offer
> for
> >> sale another Weber that, thanks to CA smog laws, is sitting idle. It is a
> >> Weber 40DCOE side draft which has been fully overhauled and set up for an
> >> MGB, complete with Cannon intake manifold, air cleaner and all linkage.
> He'd
> >> be happy to exchange it for $400. Any takers.
> >>
> >> Still on the subject of Webers, I have in my personal stock a very rare
> pair
> >> of 40 DCO carbs., the ones made in the fifties with sand-cast bodies and
> all
> >> that period stuff. These were fully rebuilt and then fitted on a
> >> double-overhead cam MG XPAG engine that I played with in my TD race-car
> back
> >> in the early Eighties. The car is long gone, I'm not likely to build
> another
> >> TD special so, if anyone is looking for a pair of DCOs, make me a
> sensible
> >> offer. (If anyone knows any vintage racer types, or owners of early
> Alfas,
> >> and passes on this info, I'd be happy to pay a small commission for a
> lead
> >> resulting in a sale.)
> >>
> >> Lawrie
> >> British Sportscar Center
> >
> >
> >




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