John, it was a long - but interesting - story. Too long to post here.
Actually, I wrote an article about XPAG twin-cams (there were at least four
variants done by private individuals) for Moss Motoring back when I was the
editor of that publication around 1984. Possibly Ken Smith at Moss could
research the archives and dig a copy out; I no longer have one.
If I receive more than a couple of other "Yes" responses to indicate
sufficient interest, I'll take a rainy weekend sometime soon and write the
history of my involvement with the "PUMA" twin-cam and post it on my
web-site.
Lawrie
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@iamerica.net>
To: Lawrie Alexander <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, November 13, 1998 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: Weber 40 DCOE
>Forget the Webers Lawrie, tell us about the twin cam XPAG! John
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>Lawrie Alexander wrote:
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>> Thanks to David D., I now have a happy customer who no longer has a Weber
>> DGV sitting unused on his shelf. (The money came in handy for him as he
>> broke his turn-signal switch today.........!!)
>>
>> Hearing of this successful sale, another customer has asked me to offer
for
>> sale another Weber that, thanks to CA smog laws, is sitting idle. It is a
>> Weber 40DCOE side draft which has been fully overhauled and set up for an
>> MGB, complete with Cannon intake manifold, air cleaner and all linkage.
He'd
>> be happy to exchange it for $400. Any takers.
>>
>> Still on the subject of Webers, I have in my personal stock a very rare
pair
>> of 40 DCO carbs., the ones made in the fifties with sand-cast bodies and
all
>> that period stuff. These were fully rebuilt and then fitted on a
>> double-overhead cam MG XPAG engine that I played with in my TD race-car
back
>> in the early Eighties. The car is long gone, I'm not likely to build
another
>> TD special so, if anyone is looking for a pair of DCOs, make me a
sensible
>> offer. (If anyone knows any vintage racer types, or owners of early
Alfas,
>> and passes on this info, I'd be happy to pay a small commission for a
lead
>> resulting in a sale.)
>>
>> Lawrie
>> British Sportscar Center
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