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On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:36:51 -0700, "Bill McKee"
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Yeah, but the old MG's and Triumphs were made to be worked on, you
could take the engine out in a couple of hours! Had two Triumphs,
first a 59 TR-4A that I restored and sold, then a bug eyed Sprite that
I didn't get around to restoring when someone out of the blue bought
it.

They were made so you had to work on them. 1/2" head stud on a TR4 with
the
strengh of a 1/4" stud. Crap like that.


All I know about British sports cars is the joke "why don't they put
wipers on cars with a Lucas electrical system?"
"Because they won't start if it is raining"

I knew a few guys who had old TRs, MGs and Healeys but I never had
one.

My best friend raced TR2,3, 4's. You had to be very careful on the head
studs. And retorgue all the time. They were really bad steel, and would go
in to the Plastic range very easily. You know why the British drank warm
beer? Luca's made refrigerators.