Allard?

Jim

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> The carbed version of the XJ6 is pretty nasty all right.
> The EFI version has to be better.
>
> I once saw the 'climate control' unit in that carbed XJ6 my friend owned.
> ..
> a huge box about 10 X 1- inches, with big gears in it ...
> just impossibly large and mechanical ...
> Humorous, how archaic looking it was.
>
> Got to give big points for the design of the XJ6 though.
> Read a whole long story one time about how Sir William Lions had a great eye
> for just the right line .
> That article said he'd take his best panel beaters out behind the shop and
> start shaping metal until it looked just right.
> Some of the best looking cars ever made ..
> the 'feline' looking Jags of those days.
>
> Shapes gain in their purity as the years go by. You could not change one
> line by a quarter inch and make that car shape better..so 'pure and honest'
> is the shape.
> � Same for other cars too ..the 300SL for example...just visual perfection.
>
> here's another quiz ....matter of opinion of course, and ..
> what is the All Time Best post-war American car design ?
> The best looking, most iconic, most 'pure american' car design or shape ?
> And sexy too.
> Especially if counting only cars after WWII.
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> On 6/29/2012 2:23 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>
> Scott;
>
> RE the XKE: that would have been an easier mistake (than an MGB) to
> make since both cars had the "backwards" opening hoods. Never saw an
> XKE engine with a dual carb setup either, though my wife's POS XJ6 had
> those two sorry unadjustable smog-bergs on essentially the same
> engine.
>
> But if one were smart enough not to have fooled with any of that junk,
> one wouldn't know, right?
>
> Jim
>
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@att.net> wrote:
>
> But it still might be an MG B engine. I believe it would bolt right up
> to a spitfire.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Jun 29, 2012, at 12:04 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>
> heck..
> if they're gonna get the sport car brand completely wrong why didn't
> they call it a Jaguar XKE ? !
> Hell..why not call it a 300SL Gullwing then !
>
> I love that Peter Garrilson ( last name spelling ? ) � �of Flying
> magazine wrote this ...
>
> "There is no law against technical descriptions or words that are
> imprecise -- unfortunately."
>
> No kidding.
> I SWEAR ....it was never like this before everyone had a computer.
> Back then �people thought when they wrote, though I tend to idealize
> things I appreciate deeply �- like thoughtful writing.
>
>
> On 6/29/2012 11:12 AM, Jim Felder wrote:
>
> That's a Spitfire!
>
> Jim
>
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 12:04 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Excellent ending!
>
> But did he replace his fuel lines? � �;)
>
> Neat. Thanks
>
>
> Neil.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com
>
> wrote:
>
> From one of my other lists. I need to train my WBX to do this:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daVDrGsaDME
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daVDrGsaDME&feature=youtu.be>
> &feature=youtu.be
>
>
>
> Stuart
>
>
> --
> Neil n
>
> 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly �http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp
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> '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named.
>
> '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" �http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
> Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group:
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>
> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
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