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Re: skuttle vent

To: Don Spence <spence@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Re: skuttle vent
From: Michael Ferguson <fergie@ntplx.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 22:37:15 -0700
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Organization: Could be better...
References: <36097AB8.204FC880@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Don Spence wrote:
> 
> It is so called because it is a "vent" and it is located in the
> "skittle".    ( The part of the body sometimes called the "cowl" at the
> base of the windscreen.)
> Hence the term "skittle shake" or "cowl shake" when describing the
> movement of this area during spirited driving, due to the inherent
> instability of this "peninsula" to which other body parts are attached.
> 
> As an aside I must say for a group so dedicated to British
> automobiles... there is an astounding lack of understanding of them.
> Could I hazard a guess that a lot of you on this list are younger than
> your cars and as such are rather new to Triumphs, as opposed to the rest
> of us old farts who grew up with them and thoroughly lived the heritage,
> glamour and skinned knuckles.  :>')
> Cheerio!

Let me get this straight...a scuttle vent is called a scuttle vent
because 1) it's a vent and 2) it's located in the scuttle - how very
clever!! Too bad the rest of us don't have the same in-depth
understanding of these cars. Thanks for sharing, Don.

Michael Ferguson

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