Maybe you have an Aston-Healey..."-)
Gerard
At 5:22 PM -0700 10/16/99, James Algar wrote:
>I filed this one away in my brain's "inactive" file many, many years
>ago, but joining the list has brought it back, so here goes:
>
>There is a signature engraved into the valve cover on my 1275 engine
>('69 Sprite Mk.IV). It has been there since the day I bought the car,
>and I bought it new in '69. It was obviously done with an electric
>engraving tool (you know, one of those "bzzzzzzzt" things).
>
>The signature? C.R. Chapman. And before your eyes get big, no, that's
>not Colin Chapman of Lotus fame (who wouldn't have anything to do with a
>BMC "A"-series engine, anyway). Initials are wrong; he was Anthony Colin
>Bruce Chapman. So, who is C.R. Chapman, and why is his signature on my
>valve cover? Somebody at the factory (exactly where were "A"-series
>engines assembled, anyway?) having a bit of fun? Yeah, yeah, I know,
>every Aston-Martin engine is signed by the guy who put it together, but
>Austin ain't hardly Aston-Martin!
>
>Anybody else out there have a personalized valve cover? Just an errant
>question for a slow Saturday afternoon.
>
>regards,
>Jim Algar
If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos... then you
probably haven't completely understood the seriousness of the situation.
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