Daniel,
People have been missing my point. It is not that I do not appreciate some of
the
modifications and understand their reasons. I really love the period mods.
I even helped a friend make a very driveable 64 with 1275, rib case ..... But,
the
car was nothing special to begin with. The original 1098 was blown (and I got a
spare smotth case.) It was one in several thousand at least.
What I do not agree with is the idea of cutting up a good, rare car to make what
is essentially a limey hot rod. It irritates me when I see an ad for a bugeye
that has been "totally restored" only to find out it has fiberglass flares,
seats
from a Pinto and the tranny from a Datsun - none of which were made within a
decade of the original car.
If someone who wants to build a 200 HP pocket rocket finds a bugeye that was
once
Donald Healey's personal driver, I hope he sells it to me before firing up the
heliarc. I'll find a trasher for him to melt down.
Herb
Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 12/2/1999 2:34:58AM, hgoede@uswest.com writes:
>
> << with 1 1/4" or worse (Webers) >>
>
> Don't knock the DCOE Weber carb. It has been around since at least 1968 and
> probably a long while before that. My two pence worth is that I think
> modified cars are great and especially so when they use 'period
> modifications'. So, if any Spridget has a Weber carb fitted (as long as its
> not a DGV) it could be claimed that it was fitted early in the life of the car
> - and on that basis has argueably more right to be their than a pair of HS2
> SUs.
>
> Daniel1312
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