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Re: TR7 -- Why are LBC carbs so complicated?

To: "Barrie Robinson" <barrier@bconnex.net>,
Subject: Re: TR7 -- Why are LBC carbs so complicated?
From: "Jim & Ann Brown" <thebrowns@pdq.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 11:03:48 -0600
Barrie,

Forget not race cars.  British race car engineers, designers and
constructors do not have a match save perhaps for a little patch in
Maranello.  And this from an American.

Jim Brown
Houston

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barrie Robinson" <barrier@bconnex.net>
To: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>; <british-cars@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: TR7 -- Why are LBC carbs so complicated?


> John,
>
> I agree with most of what you say.  I was continually frustrated by the
> managers/workers conflict in the 50s and 60s. But it is interesting to
> compare the products of the USA with those of Britain.  What USA cars
would
> you stack against the Rolls Royce, Bristol, AC, XK120-150, Daimler, Alvis,
> Lagonda, the Mini, etc?
>
> At 06:51 PM 2/18/01 -0500, John T. Blair wrote:
> >At 10:22 AM 2/18/01 -0700, John McEwen wrote:
> >
> > >The difference is engineering.  There were few if any professional
> > >automotive engineers involved with the automobile industry in Britain
> > >during the formative years, a situation which generally persisted until
the
> > >end of the automobile industry in Britain.....
> >
> >John,
> >
> >I tried to email you off-line but for some reason, my ISP wouldn't
> >accept your email address.
> >
> >
> >Excellent!!!  A great read.  Have you thought about writing a book?
> >And the only major independents are still in the UK I think, Morgan,
> >Marcos, and possibly TVR.
> >
> >John
> >
> >
> >John T. Blair  WA4OHZ          email:  jblair@exis.net
> >Va. Beach, Va                  Phone:  (757) 495-8229
> >
> >48 TR1800    48 #4 Midget  65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
> >      75 Bricklin SV1   77 Spitfire     71 Saab Sonett III
> >
> >Morgan:    www.team.net/www/morgan
> >Bricklin:  www.bricklin.org
>
>
>
> Regards
> Barrie Robinson
> barrier@bconnex.net

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