You talkin 'bout my '52 Morris Minor sidevalve, Bunky?

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Post #113,125 by Ashton 8/7/03 4:27:39 PM Reply	You talkin 'bout my '52 Morris Minor sidevalve, Bunky? Drove the SHIT outta it. Bulletproof. Gutless. Fun. (Small) cough of course.. Joseph Lucas cough Anyway, they had an excuse: worn-out machine tools from WW-II and no Marshall Plan to buy them all new goodies .. like with the ""losers"". cf The Mouse That Roared. A film for Our Times. Ashton And.. Vincents KICKED ASS from Day1 to decades after.. Day-the-Last. :-\ufffd
Post #113,127 by deSitter 8/7/03 4:36:26 PM Reply	Re: You talkin 'bout my '52 Morris Minor sidevalve, Bunky? cough is a term better applied to Skinners Union carburetors. (SU - seldom understood) -drl
Post #113,138 by Ashton 8/7/03 6:13:23 PM Reply	Amal on the others - crude but OK. SUs: Must Oil dashpots!
Post #113,144 by deSitter 8/7/03 8:17:33 PM Reply	Bonneville I think modern Triumphs have some latter day Amal carb as well. I will own a Bonneville! -drl

Re: Well, yes. - (deSitter) - (4) - Aug. 7, 2003, 03:56:17 PM EDT

You talkin 'bout my '52 Morris Minor sidevalve, Bunky? - (Ashton) - (3) - Aug. 7, 2003, 04:27:39 PM EDT

Re: You talkin 'bout my '52 Morris Minor sidevalve, Bunky? - (deSitter) - (2) - Aug. 7, 2003, 04:36:26 PM EDT

Amal on the others - crude but OK. SUs: Must Oil dashpots! -NT - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 7, 2003, 06:13:23 PM EDT

Bonneville - (deSitter) - Aug. 7, 2003, 08:17:33 PM EDT

I think coming back from the summit was the rather more important achievement.
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