Hi Alan - an A35? That was possibly the most uncool car of the era - but with that motor it would have shocked many a boy racer! Mind you, that comes from one who had a bog standard 850 Mini. At one time the speedo jammed at 80 mph(!) and I got stopped by the police for driving too slowly (guessing I was doing roughly the 30mph speed limit): I was silently praying he wouldn't notice the speedo reading.
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: Alan C <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 5:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: New Toys Long ago, in Rhodesia, I had an A35 van (1000cc BMC engine, hot cam, twin SU's) in BRG with a light grey roof. Then came the Mini's. Alan C On 18-Apr-22 09:07 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Maybe - but British Racing Green is pretty cool! > > > John in Brisbane > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan C <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: New Toys > > Aren't sports cars supposed to be red? > > Alan C > > On 18-Apr-22 02:42 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> The latest version is getting great reviews in the motoring press in >> Australia. Friend of mine has an older model (2005) and loves it. >> Like the colour - I had my 1973 Escort resprayed in a very similar colour. >> >> >> John in Brisbane >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:53 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: New Toys >> >> >> >>> On Apr 17, 2022, at 5:25 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Looks good, Larry. Known at the MX-5 over here - a very popular ladies >>> sports car, still in high demand. >> This is actually my fourth Miata/Eunos/Mx-5, but my first NB, the others >> were all NAs. They have a reputation here of being a “woman’s car”. I’m >> fine with them being popular with women, particularly attractive women that >> I might want an opportunity to chat with. >> >> In the motorsports community there is a saying “the answer is always miata”. >> They are fun to drive, get decent gas mileage and are just a little bit >> more reliable than an anvil. The best racing I have ever seen is in a class >> called Spec Miata. In the last race I did with the SCCA, I qualified mid >> grid, a friend was gridded directly in front of me with a qualifying time >> .030 seconds faster than mine, the guy next to me was .030 slower. So, on a >> 3 mile (5km) track, about .060 seconds which works out to about 10ft (3m) >> separated the qualifying times of four cars, or two rows of the grid. >> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen >> [email protected] >> >> >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email >> to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow the directions. >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email >> to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the >> link directly above and follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
