I had a Triumph Herald convertible when I lived in Auckland in 86-87.
What a mess. Handled like a Russian tractor and ran like a British car
(whenever it felt like it). The good news was that the entire front end
was the hood (bonnet) so you could get at the engine easily. I spent a
lot of time under there...

Jeff / 87 Syncro Westy
On Jul 29, 2005, at 8:18 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Fri, 29 Jul 2005 21:02:29 +1200
> From:    Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
> Subject: Re: Friday NVC: Bad writing: carbs & bosoms
>
>>> I thought all triumphs came with strombergs, all MGs and austin
>>> healeys
>>>  came with SUs.
>>>
>>>  Still have my tuning manuals and manometer.
>>>
>>>  Went german and never looked back!
>>>
>>
>> Friend of mine in high school traded his nice, shiny Triumph Spitfire
>> for a Porsche 914 because he wanted a car that required less
>> maintenance. He was practically giddy with delight at the prospect of
>> bosch dual-point fuel injection instead of dual (dueling?) carbs.
>
> I'd also say he was delighted to finally have a car that didn't
> handle like a Triumph Herald (the Spitfire was a Herald coupe)... and
> performed a lot better too.
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin
> New Zealand
> Fossil preparator
> <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut