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41. Tiger coupes (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 29 Jun 94 11:27:17 BST; Back in the 70s, a friend of mine, Paul Craigen, had an alloy shell hanging in his barn which I think he said was one of the Le Mans Tiger coupes. Are these related to the Harrington coupes, or somet; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00880.html (6,442 bytes)
42. Re: Ford and Jaguar (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 04 May 94 10:15:56 BST; Jay Nemeth-Johannes worries about the restructuring at Ford: They have decided to eliminate the European car operation and instead create the Passenger Car Operation. This means that there will be a; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00072.html (7,687 bytes)
43. Lotus blossom to Lotus Seven (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Fri, 20 May 94 11:16:51 BST; I work in Histon, a suburb of Cambridge, so if you would like to meet up for lunch one day, give me a call on Cambridge 254347. I'll ask around if anyone has a garage to let in Cambridge. My address; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00554.html (6,485 bytes)
44. UK Fords (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 06 Apr 94 12:44:04 BST; Yes, there was a Mk I Twin Cam Escort, but it wasn't the RS2000. The Twin Cam used the usual 1558 as seen in the MkI and MkII Lotus Cortina and Cortina Lotus and other cars. Two valves and chain-dri; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00094.html (7,536 bytes)
45. Escort twincam (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Fri, 08 Apr 94 12:16:37 BST; Kazuhiro IGETA - you ask: No, the RS1800 was an Escort MkII with 1800 alloy BDA and two downdraft carbs. Just to summarise the production RWD RSs (from memory): RS1600 : 1601 BDA (iron, then alloy) i; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00174.html (7,326 bytes)
46. US victims forced to buy UK sports cars (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 14:11:33 BST; I believe you are wrong. Cars originally sold new to the US attract 25% import duty plus 17.5% VAT when reimported here. attitude. couldn't syrupy thousand they Hey! Who got out of the bed the wrong; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00281.html (8,204 bytes)
47. Torquing Heads (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 14:46:43 BST; Michael G Hering asks: Yup, any bolt you're torquing, you must break the "stick" first before torquing, otherwise you'll undertorque. Try it and see - you'll do the bolt up more when you've backed it; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00284.html (6,635 bytes)
48. Morse the pity (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 20 Apr 94 11:33:28 BST; Someone was asking about Inspector Morse's car. It appears to be a MkII Jaguar, of course, with a horrible vinyl roof. I have heard rumours that it's not a Jaguar MkII at all, but a Daimler with a Ja; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00502.html (6,730 bytes)
49. Dudley's Sprite (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Fri, 22 Apr 94 12:01:50 BST; Gregory Petrolati says: "It's not an MG" I replied, "It's a Triumph" and pointed to the blazon and lettering on the boot lid next to where he stood. "Oh," said and then as if deep in thought he asked; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00606.html (6,797 bytes)
50. Bentleys (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 16:46:22 BST; It must be advancing years, but I'm increasingly interested in something big and stately, viz a Bentley; something with a chassis and (preferably) a big 6-cylinder engine and probably coachbuilt. I g; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00768.html (6,519 bytes)
51. Assorted puzzlers (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 16 Mar 94 11:53:39 GMT; 1. 1939 German Grand Prix: English winner would have been Dick Seaman. 2. John Dombey's Mayonnaise in rocker cover: could just be harmless condensation. Have you had a cold winter there, and been dri; /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00377.html (6,798 bytes)
52. Trouble in the Flagstaff boating lake? (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Thu, 24 Mar 94 10:30:10 GMT; Now, my knowledge of US geography is a little sketchy, but I'm not sure I recognise Flagstaff Arizona as a well-known seaside resort. Norfolk, Va, yes, San Diego, Ca, most definitely, but Arizona - y; /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00553.html (6,906 bytes)
53. Re:Digest of british cars (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 30 Mar 94 17:43:41 BST; Here's some help with Fords 1968 to 1978 or so: It's difficult to know where to start... but here goes: Escort Mk I: Mainly right, but RS2000 was SOHC (Pinto), not DOHC; there was also the Popular m; /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00681.html (7,194 bytes)
54. Rover K series (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Mon, 17 Jan 94 10:06:33 GMT; ajb@oasis.icl.co.uk (Adam Buckley) asks: No. Rover's engine range is very complicated at the moment, consisting of: A-series: (yes, folks, still going strong since 1949) : Maestro, Mini K-series: 1.1; /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00310.html (7,214 bytes)
55. Re: New Arrival (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Fri, 21 Jan 94 11:37:04 GMT; Congrats on your daughter, Anthony! Nice names, by the way. But how did you get round the Federal Law requiring weird names, like Chelsea, Fallon, Trunnion and Formaldehyde? Paul.; /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00420.html (6,563 bytes)
56. Re: Ever seen one of these? (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 09:25:25 GMT; Yeah, Sabra - there's an article about it in the December Classic and Sportscar mag. It was designed for production in Israel by Autocars. It had a wierd front suspension - leading arm or something,; /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00501.html (7,108 bytes)
57. Re: U.S. Spec Fiesta - What to do? (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 10:43:44 GMT; I have a 1979 U.S. specification Fiesta S (yes it's pumpkin orange) that I really want to go a bit faster. What are some cheap and easy mods I can do? If I remember from my days at Ford, the US Fies; /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00502.html (7,033 bytes)
58. Re: Log books (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 26 Jan 94 16:01:36 GMT; Ray Gibbons asks about log books: British cars used to have green documents which were like the title deeds of a house - I think, but I may be wrong, that possession of this "log book" was tantamount; /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00548.html (6,855 bytes)
59. Re: Supercharged MGs? (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Thu, 27 Jan 94 11:53:50 GMT; Felix asks about blown MGs: The last _supercharged_ MG must have been the K3 or something, definitinely pre-war (1939-45 war, by the way; this expression probably means something different to others); /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00571.html (7,197 bytes)
60. Goodbye Land Rover, MG (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Mon, 31 Jan 94 09:15:38 GMT; Farewell Land Rover and MG. British Aerospace are selling the Rover Group to BMW, for L 800m. My guess is that they only want Land Rover, so car production may be allowed to wither away. Great shame.; /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00681.html (6,464 bytes)

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