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Re: Abingdon, IL show

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Subject: Re: Abingdon, IL show
From: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 18:40:24 -0700
Thank you! I guess I was aware of the (M)idget/(M)agna/(M)agnette
designations, just didn't put it together... I was thinking of all the other
letters (J2, K3, etc.), but you explained that, too.

on 8/19/02 6:11 PM, Bullwinkle at yd3@nvc.net wrote:

> Max:
> 
> (M)idget (M)agna (M)agnette which are the names given to the four and
> six cylinder OHC cars.  Midgets would be series M, C, D, J, P, Q and R;
> Magna would be series F, and the Magnette series would be K and L.  (I
> think I've got it right from memory!)
> 
> Then there are the early MG sedans, Mk. I, Mk. II, Mk. III, and Mk. IV
> along with the 18/40, 18/80, 18/100 and the SVW ranges are sometimes
> included as the number of these cars produced were very low.  Even
> though they are not OHC.  The were manufactured in the hundreds not
> thousands!  
> 
> Blake
> 


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