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Re: Alpine royally trashed

To: Bob Douglas <b_s_d@ureach.com>
Subject: Re: Alpine royally trashed
From: Ian Spencer <ian@sunbeamalpine.org>
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 16:39:49 -0500
>>>As far as the steering, it seems some people just have hang-ups about
anything other than rack and >>>pinion.

I don't know about you, but I'd take Alpine steering over the Tiger
steering anyday. :-) Talk about bad steering... - Ian


Bob Douglas wrote:

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> ---- On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
> (Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com) wrote:
>
> > They said very little about the engine, and raved about the
> Fairlady engine
> > - but heck that's a 2 liter overhead cam engine.
>
> Well, for '67-'70 anyway.    For the bulk of the concurrent
> Alpine and Datsun Sports/Fairlady production years, the
> majority of cars had 1500 ('62~'65) or 1600 ('65~'70) overhead
> valve engines.  The 1600 engine continued to be offered as
> model option in addition to the 2000 until the end of the run
> in 1970 with the arrival of the Z.
>
> As far as the steering, it seems some people just have hang-ups
> about anything other than rack and pinion.
>
> Regards, Bob Douglas

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