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Re: kaput!

To: David Ramsey <dwramsey@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: kaput!
From: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 12:10:38 -0700
Cc: Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott <toobmany@bigpond.com>, spridgets@autox.team.net
References: Conversation <10233985550294@domain1.bigpond.com> with last message <10233985550294@domain1.bigpond.com> <MAPI.Id.0016.007772616d7365793030303830303038@MAPI.to.RFC822>
Reply-to: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
What about me?  I sent my smoothcase transmission back to England for a NOS 
rebuild.  Chinese gears in England?
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite

David Ramsey wrote:

> Peter,  I am more worried about being able to keep up with traffic on the 
>freeway today than if I can get parts in 20 years for my Datsun tranmission.  
>As I was going through a "rebuilt ribcase" a year at $600 each, in 20 years 
>I'm sure I could have a new Datsun 5-speed built from scratch for the $12,000 
>I will save in the mean time.  I do believe the supply of cheap Chinese parts 
>for the ribcase will still be around then also, so you should be OK too.  I'm 
>gald we agree that it is your car so do what you want with it.  The guys that 
>piss me off are the ones running a 1275 and ribcase in their bug-i that think 
>because their conversion was from English designed Chinese parts their car is 
>better than mine, but then I guess that gives them some consolation when I 
>wave as I pass them at 90 mph just before I drop it in to 5-gear.
>                 Crash


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