John, I was a poor school teacher with a VW Beetle at the time. A fellow
teacher offered me the battered, clapped out, oil burning Van for a mere
£25. I had a mate who raced Morris Minors who helped me do a ring job &
fit a hot cam & manifold with twin SU's he had lying around. For the
colour scheme I was inspired by the 1275 Mini Coopers which had started
appearing. It was quite quick off the mark but the top speed was only
about 75 mph - 4.50 diff). The road holding was terrible. With a growing
family I needed something more practical so I sold it & bought a S/H
Morris Oxford S/W.
Alan C
On 19-Apr-22 02:24 AM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Hi Alan - an A35? That was possibly the most uncool car of the era - but with
that motor it would have shocked many a boy racer! Mind you, that comes from
one who had a bog standard 850 Mini. At one time the speedo jammed at 80
mph(!) and I got stopped by the police for driving too slowly (guessing I was
doing roughly the 30mph speed limit): I was silently praying he wouldn't notice
the speedo reading.
John in Brisbane
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan C<c...@lantic.net>
Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 5:35 PM
To:pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: New Toys
Long ago, in Rhodesia, I had an A35 van (1000cc BMC engine, hot cam, twin
SU's) in BRG with a light grey roof. Then came the Mini's.
Alan C
On 18-Apr-22 09:07 AM,jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Maybe - but British Racing Green is pretty cool!
John in Brisbane
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan C<c...@lantic.net>
Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:32 PM
To:pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: New Toys
Aren't sports cars supposed to be red?
Alan C
On 18-Apr-22 02:42 AM,jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
The latest version is getting great reviews in the motoring press in Australia.
Friend of mine has an older model (2005) and loves it.
Like the colour - I had my 1973 Escort resprayed in a very similar colour.
John in Brisbane
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Colen<l...@red4est.com>
Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:53 AM
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Subject: Re: New Toys
On Apr 17, 2022, at 5:25 AM, Alan C<c...@lantic.net> wrote:
Looks good, Larry. Known at the MX-5 over here - a very popular ladies sports
car, still in high demand.
This is actually my fourth Miata/Eunos/Mx-5, but my first NB, the others were
all NAs. They have a reputation here of being a “woman’s car”. I’m fine with
them being popular with women, particularly attractive women that I might want
an opportunity to chat with.
In the motorsports community there is a saying “the answer is always miata”.
They are fun to drive, get decent gas mileage and are just a little bit more
reliable than an anvil. The best racing I have ever seen is in a class called
Spec Miata. In the last race I did with the SCCA, I qualified mid grid, a
friend was gridded directly in front of me with a qualifying time .030 seconds
faster than mine, the guy next to me was .030 slower. So, on a 3 mile (5km)
track, about .060 seconds which works out to about 10ft (3m) separated the
qualifying times of four cars, or two rows of the grid.
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l...@red4est.com
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