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: Date: Thu, 22 Feb 90 16:43:02 EST From: sfisher@abingdon.wpd.sgi.com (Scott Fisher) Message-ID: <9002222143.AA02516@abingdon.wpd.sgi.com> To: british-cars@alliant.com Subject: Re: Far Eastern clone 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 ? > > 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. Ever see an Elan with its clothes off? I didn't think so. The Elan (and the Europa) used exactly the same principle, except that they hung fiberglass panels instead of steel (and they used MacPherson/Chapman struts instead of dual A-arms). The Datsuns, now, they were clones, right down to the SUs and the teeth-rattling ride. phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov My dad and I were talking cars about a year ago. I mentioned the Miata, which I had only seen in photos at that time. "Miata? Isn't that the car that looks like a little Lotus?" he asked. "No," I said, "it looks like a big Lotus."