On Aug 30, 2012, at 2:04 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Utter nonsense. It's one nincompoop's list. The 1961 Corvair, for example, > is there only because an idiot wrote a book. And the 1995 Explorer is there > by virtue of some bad tires. But since these cars are so awful, I'll take the > Series III XKE V12 off someone's hands or that Biturbo Maserati. Hell, I'm > even willing to shoulder the burden of a Ferrari Mondial.
My understanding is that there were indeed some issues with the early corvairs, though not nearly as bad as a particular egocentric attention whore would have liked you to believe. As I said, some of the most interesting cars were also on the list. The elite was designed to win races, and it has been argued that if a racecar didn't fall apart on the cool down lap, then it was too heavy making it more robust than it needed to be. Chapman was absolutely brilliant in that way, and I'd love to see a modern version of the Elite, made with modern materials and technology. Out of a motor the size and weight of the Coventry Climax 1.3 (originally designed for water pumps for fire fighting) you could probably get two or three times the horsepower today, on street fuel, without forced induction. I'd much rather have a six cylinder e-type (Jag never made a car it called the XKE) than a v-12. They were faster. I'd love to upgrade one with modern engine management, and a few other tech upgrades as a track car. > Paul > > On Aug 30, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1658545,00.html >> >> They also have some of the most interesting cars on this list too. >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
