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>From: George Richardson <gprtech@ix.netcom.com>
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>To: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
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>Trevor Boicey wrote:
>>
>> George Richardson wrote:
>> > Mike, Try to get parts for the ignition control system for those cars in
>> > just 20 years. You won't be able to.
>>
>> I can still get electronic ignition modules for my
>> 20+ year old Midget. And it's a model that they made
>> about 90 thousand of.
>>
>> Like I said, with MILLIONS of Miatas out there, there
>> will be a source.
>>
>> And if the car doesn't survive and so sources don't
>> survive, then there will be millions of Miatas in the
>> junkyard just waiting to be pillaged.
>
>That ignition module is still just a glorified switch. A fuel injection
>system is not.
>--
>George Richardson
>'57 TR3, TS15559L
>(getting ready to paint - and now on the web!)
>http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
Gentlemen, please, can we put an end to this? I realize I am partly
responsible because I replied to the other Miata postings, but despite how
Trevor took my comments, I was not making an "argument" of any kind either
for or against the Miata or Miata owners (see, I'm not afraid to say "the M
word"). What I meant to say about the differences between the development
of the Miata and the LBCs is that the LBCs definitely had styling
influences (I did not mean that they came from a vacuum; that would be kind
of silly, because I would end up shaking down every electrolux I could find
to see if a TR4 would pop out), but were not so directly nostalgia driven.
Now, if someone gave me a Miata, I would probably sell it and buy an LBC,
but not because I think the Miata is a bad car (I don't); I would probably
also sell a Porsche or a Mercedes if I happened to have one, and I think
the M-Bs are mechanically the finest thing on wheels (please let's not
start another one...). Obviously, it's a matter of taste, and the
"character" that those LBCs are famous for should match your tastes, or...I
won't say you shouldn't be on this list, but I'd probably wonder why you
were.
And yes, my tastes are a bit nostalgia driven, although I barely remember
"new" LBCs; almost all aesthetic issues are driven by love of the old, love
of the new, and the synthesis thereof...oh, pardon me, my Kant is
showing...
Nevin
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