On 06/10/2015 4:54 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2015-10-06, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>> The first thing I thought of when reading your comment was British
>> cars from the 50's, 60's and 70's. If they could find a way to
>> unnecessarily complicate and/or makes things difficult for no good
>> reason - that was the way to go apparently.
>
> Musta been Limey Fords (Cortina, Anglia). Even USA Fords are the
> pits.
>
> I never had much mechanical problems with true British products
> (Triumph, MGA, Austin). They were always jes a step up from a rock,
> mechanically speaking. Jags were always a prob, what with their drool
> overhead cam engines, but I never owned one of those.
>
> nb
>
My neighbour owns an Austin Healey 3000, an XK-140, an XK-150 and an
XK-Etype (that Enzo Ferrari called the most beautiful car ever made). I
always know when Spring has arrived when I here the inevitable tune up
of the E-type.
Graham