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RE: Next issue for the roadsters!

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Subject: RE: Next issue for the roadsters!
From: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@attbi.com>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 16:08:53 -0700
I know this was a recreation of a C&D test from 1966, but I've always
wondered why all these comparisons rarely include a 2000. After all, the TR4
is a 2+ litre (2138cc, to be precise).

Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
www.gordon-glasgow.org


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Paul
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 3:25 PM
> To: datsunmike; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Next issue for the roadsters!
>
>
>   Let's take a guess at why the Datsun faired so poorly in the test.  Ken
> Miles raced MGs for years and the opening line in the Datsun
> write up says;
> "The Datsun, being a Japanese product, is the odd man out in this
> test."  It
> goes on to say that all Japanese cars are really of British descendants.
> Get the feeling that the deck was stacked before the test started?!
>
> Paul Kort

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