[Zmagnette] Mechanics Illustrated ZA Test Part 2

franklin sprafke frsprafke at hotmail.com
Mon Mar 17 07:32:40 MDT 2014



From: frsprafke at hotmail.com
To: zmagnette at autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Zmagnette] Mechanics Illustrated ZA Test
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:30:10 +0000




Hi,
I have a reprint of the referenced road test and I'll share it for those that haven't read it or would like to read it again.  The vernacular used is so amusing that this would be worth reading even if you weren't interested in Magnettes.  The reprint I have is a 6 page folder and didn't fit my scanner very well as I'm sure you'll notice.  I'll send the scans in multiple emails and cross my fingers hoping that they will reach you.
Enjoy,
Dick


From: bachldrs at comcast.net
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:56:55 -0400
To: zmagnette at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Zmagnette] Kelvin Dodd AND "D" Panels

I confess I'm feeling awful old at times these days, but not wise. And memory fails at times - it was not Gus's Garage but Gus's Model Garage. Further, I have to confess I was not wise enough to subscribe to Mechanix Illustrated. I frequently saw issues of it and when the opportunity presented itself, I did make a bee-line for Tom McCahill; master of the metaphor. In one of his sage reviews, I recall him describing the capacious trunk (boot) of some new car in terms of how many 1956 Philco refrigerator ice cubes it could carry. My love-affair with the Magnette began in 1959. In 1954, it would have meant little to me. Except maybe McCahill's review would have stirred my garagenous zones...
Allen

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On Mar 17, 2014, at 5:56 AM, Wayne & Isabel Hardy wrote:OK aged one, Do you have the Mechanics Illustrated road test by old Uncle Tom McCahill, of our beloved little Z Magnette????? Talk about old mags, that one I read regularly mostly for the McCahill articles on cars. The guy had an XK-120 Jag of his own and knew and hung out with those early race folks in the ‘50s.By the way, It was a 1954 issue in which the ZA Magnette was tested and he loved the little car. Wombat 
 		 	   		   		 	   		  
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