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malcolm956@aol.com (Hi Malcolm! stirring up the pot?) says:
>Mini's never had a hydrolastic suspension, did they? I thought mini's were
>just rubber and Magnettes & Austin 1000's, etc. had Hydro.
Tisk Tisk, you should know better than that! From '59-'64 Minis were
'DRY'. From '64 to '69 they were 'WET' and, except for the Cooper S
(which persisted until '71) went 'DRY' again (with the introduction of
the MK III) until BMW killed them. Or is that kill's them (future tense)?
The exception to this is the "long" wheelbase vans, pickups, wagons and
mokes which were always 'DRY'.
***MORE MINI STUFF >>>
I just got in the mail some propoganda from MINILITE, the wheel guys.
Seems they are making both magnesium and aluminum wheels in the same
original pattern. The 10x4.5 are 42.6 bp in Al and 99 bp in Mg. Very
reasonable considering.....
I think I'll order a set for the Cooper. They'll look great when the
car's done (no one hold their breath OK!) very period stuff for a '69
to be wearing.
***CALL FOR THE FIRST GENERAL EATING OF THE SEATTLE SOL MATES******
On behalf of Dominic, my buddy, (who lives in the dark ages and doesn't
have access to the Net in spite of being a mainframe sysop!) I asked for
anyone in the Seattle area that could lend a hand in shaking down a '58
Magnette to contact me. The following responded to my request:
dombey@plato.ds.boeing.com (John R Dombey)
"mpeckham" <mpeckham@aol.com>
pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
and Jay Nemeth-Johannes <jayj@hpislj.lvld.hp.com> who's nowhere near
Seattle but is close in heart and mental instability (he's got a Magnette
too!).
I spoke to Dom last night and found that he will be arriving in Seattle
on March 30 and leaving April 2. I've passed your details to him and
he'll be contacting you. I suggest that you talk amongst yourselves and
arrange a drink'n session together on either the 31st or 1st. He also
told me that he'll have his cell phone with him for the trip (where would
we be without these things?). Local call guys: dial 206-972-ROAM and
then 403-990-6725. Good luck, and don't tell me all about it, I can't
stand it when someone has fun and I'm not there!
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