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Re: british roadsters

To: Joseph R Schneider <joe-schneider@nwu.edu>
Subject: Re: british roadsters
From: "R. Kyle Schmidt" <rkschmid@novice.uwaterloo.ca>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 01:18:03 -0400
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
The MGF?

R. Kyle Schmidt
http://calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/rkschmid/
Lucas Three Position Switch: Dim, Flicker, Off.

On Sun, 6 Aug 1995, Joseph R Schneider wrote:

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> in 1980-81 when triumph stopped building and selling cars, reagan was
> elected president, and it was 280yen to the u.s. dollar. it's now 90yen to
> the u.s. dollar.  meanwhile, the pound has stuck with the dollar- one
> wonders why the brits couldn't  now design and build a roadster with
> electronic injection and a decent ignition system (perhaps by bosch, but
> obviously not by lucas) that would start and run reliably, meet u.s. safety
> and emission standards, that wouldn't rust, and sell it for less money than
> even a miata, let alone a 300zx or mitsubishi 3000
> has there been any suggestion that they might?
> joe
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