I call the MGB a sports car. I call formula one cars, race cars. I call
Mustangs and Camaros, muscle cars. My "Detroit iron" friends do not make any
distinction among the three classes.
Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Colen" <lrcar@red4est.com>
To: <british-cars@autox.team.net>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 1:43 PM
Subject: Putting our cars performance into perspective
> I recently was in a discussion which included the line "you call 65 hp
> to the ground a racecar?". Since MGBs came out in 1962 and never
> substantially changed, I thought that it would be interesting to look
> at the performance figures of 1962 Ferraris, Porsches and Corvettes to
> compare with todays cars.
>
> Does anyone happen to have, or know where to find these data?
>
> Larry
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