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Re: little cars, BIG MOTORS

To: rgs03@health.state.ny.us
Subject: Re: little cars, BIG MOTORS
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 10:35:07 +0400 (EDT)
Cc: Richard Jackson <Richard.jackson@nene.ac.uk>, Triumph owners list <triumphs@autox.team.net>
On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, I wrote:
> 
> (Quoting Rich Jackson here)
> >>So no-one thinks it'd be a good idea to put that 383 Chrysler V8(From a dead
> >>Jensen Interceptor) we have in the garage into my newly restored A40 Farina
> >>body shell then????  :-)
> 
> >No, Rich, not the Farina. Perhaps the Herald Estate (you could mount the
> >383 in the rear cargo area), but definitely NOT the Farina!
> 
Later that same morning, Rik suggested:

> ...I have the perfect car for that 383, A BMW Isetta! (Not an lbc
> I know but then the swap wouldn't be a sacrilege. :-))
> Just a thought.
> Rik (Waiting for flames from the German car fans on the list.)

Hmmm, images of Steve Urkel (Family Matters, an American TV sit-com for 
OFATP) doing such a conversion to his Isetta truly boggle the mind: 
Urkel meets Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor!

--Andy

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