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Re: Spitfire questions, bang for buck etc

To: <Tombread@aol.com>, <malcox@attglobal.net>, <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Spitfire questions, bang for buck etc
From: "Peter van Rossum" <peterv@tri-county.main.nc.us>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 08:25:37 -0500
Peter Krause figured that out  you should see his KILLER SPYDER very fast .
Not the old red one ,His new one.We just got figure out where he hides the
Nitrous .Cause there aint no way that car can be that fast.   Crazy PETE


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From: <Tombread@aol.com>
To: <malcox@attglobal.net>; <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: Spitfire questions, bang for buck etc


> As a matter of curiosity, why doesn't anyone ever mention the Fiat 124?  I
> raced MGAs and MGBs, and have a Fiat Spider street car, and on paper the
124
> is superior in every way to the MGB, its brother in price class: double
> overhead cam, 5 speed, 4 wheel disc brakes and much better driving
comfort.
> It seems to me BLM won the image war with a car of less capability.  I can
> remember only an occasional 124 in regional and national SCCA racing.  All
> the "serious" E prod cars were MGBs or Porsches, an occasional Alfa or
> Triumph.  Seldom was the Fiat 1124 in evidence.  I know there was little
Fiat
> factory support and the dealer network was very weak.
> Anybody had experience with both...or either?
> tom butters
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