Dear Nigel
Good story, I'm secretary of the oldest American car club in the UK and I.m
sure or at least think I am ! , that our chairman a Mr Eric Barfield used to
own a 29 Imperial, I know he did not like the brakes in the rain so much so
he sold the car!.
David Munson
>From: PNigelW@xxxxxxx
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>To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: IML: 1929 Imperial
>Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 04:45:00 EST
>
>Thanks for the support I have recieved in the last couple of days....
>
>When I bought my car amongst the many things that was missing was the
>cylinder head... in order to get one I had to buy a complete tranche of
>spares from
>New Zealand....this included 2 red heads! In fact if I can find a chassis
>frame I nearly have enough bits to build another car!
>
>My car is now bored to +60 thou and because I have been unable to find the
>correct carburettor I will be using twin bronze bodied SU carbs of the
>correct
>period and with a little attention to the combustion chambers I hope my car
>will produce nearer 125 hp and with the highest back axle ratio which was
>available (again courtesy of New Zealand) I hope to cruise comfortably on
>British
>Motorways at the legal limit with lots in reserve!
>
>The car is now in the paint shop.....and then has to be trimmed so
>realistically I wont be using it until next year..thenI will find out if I
>like it too!
>
>I beleive that there are probably less than 24 L*80's in the world out of a
>production of c2400, but one thing I have learnt in the old car
>world...never
>be specific as someone can generally prove you wrong!
>
>Regards
>
>Nigel Plant
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