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Re: [OM] IMG: From a Trip to My Independent Volvo Mechanic

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: From a Trip to My Independent Volvo Mechanic
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:18:18 -0800
On 11/21/2013 2:17 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> I'm sure that you could, John.  But I suspect that your Magnette was sadly 
> lacking in power, fuel consumption and general longevity compared with your 
> Z4.

A neighbor had one. Very pretty, sounded nice, but,

> On 21 Nov 13, at 01:17, JOHN DUGGAN <john.duggan10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> ... Bear in mind that I could strip, clean, and re-assemble the twin carb* 
>> set up on a MG ZB Magnette in about 45 minutes sitting on a pavement in the 
>> rain!! And tune it in another 30 minutes.

And do it again next week, after fixing the door handles, wipers, brakes, ...

He spent much of most weekends keeping it running. "keeping it running" is, of 
course a euphemism, as it mostly didn't.

Tuned Up Moose

* Side draft SUs? I've done them. The question was why they needed it so often. 
Needy?

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