At least it didn't have a Lucas interocitor. On September 30, 2021 4:01:53 PM PDT, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: >It would have been perfect, if only it had a.... > >https://youtu.be/MXW0bx_Ooq4 > >> On 30 September 2021 at 17:48 Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> >> Jaguar positioned the E-Type as the successor to the D-Type race car, not >> the XKSS, and it featured many upgrades, most notably the independent rear >> suspension. The most significant shared nature was the subframe/rigid body >> unit construction. The XKSS was a limited production streetable version of >> the D-Type. Only 16 copies of the XKSS were built of the original production >> run of 25. Nine were destroyed in the Borwn’s Lane fire of 1957. It didn’t >> incorporate any of the advances that later appeared on the E-Type. The XKE >> name was used only on E-Type cars sold in the United States. >> >> > On Sep 30, 2021, at 12:27 PM, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: >> > >> > Wasn't considering this a debate just a statement of the "facts" as I am >> > aware of. >> > >> > >> > Ken Waller >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > Sent: Sep 29, 2021 6:42 PM >> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > Subject: Re: GESO British car show >> > >> > >> > >> >> On Sep 29, 2021, at 3:09 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >> >> >> >> Actually the XKE first went on sale in1961, so I'm guessing it's intro >> >> was preceded by at least 2 to 3 years for design and development. >> > >> > Yeah, the e type was a tamed down xkss from 1957, the Honda Odyssey dates >> > from 1994, but yeah, whether we’re talking 40, 50 or 60 years of >> > development, those were a critical few decades, if only for the roles that >> > computers were able to play starting in the 80’s not only in design but in >> > engine and brake management. >> > >> > It would almost seem as if we are 98% in agreement and vigorously debating >> > a superfluous 2% of the question. Fortunately, that doesn’t happen very >> > often. >-- >%(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. >
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