Path: utzoo!utgpu!alliant.com!UUCP Reply-To: british-cars@alliant.com Errors-To: british-cars-request@alliant.com Sender: british-cars-request@alliant.com Return-Path: From: phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier) Message-ID: <9002221421.AA28656@pwcs.StPaul.GOV> Subject: Re: Far Eastern clone To: british-cars@alliant.com Date: Thu, 22 Feb 90 08:21:52 EST References: <9002212151.AA13524@en.ecn.purdue.edu>; from "Chad R Mccubbins" at Feb 21, 90 4:51 pm X-Mailer: Elm [version 2.1 PL1] Newsgroups: list.british-cars Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu > > > >Phil Ethier writes, in reference to my Far East BritClone: > >>Don't tell me, let me guess: Datsun roadster? > > >No, guess again. > > > Not Datsun 2000, eh possibly A Miata ? > > > Chad McCubbins > chad@en.ecn.purdue.edu > 'The shape of things to come........ and go.' > Congratulations, Chad. Was that an Oliver Hardy handshake? Maybe a Stan Laurel handshake would be more fitting. After all, Stan was British. I don't see the Miata as a real clone, though. There are several real inovations there, like the subframe running back to the diff. The Datsuns, now, they were clones, right down to the SUs and the teeth-rattling ride. phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov > > -- Login name: phile In real life: Philip J Ethier Phone: 298-5324