Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now I'm starting to dream back to that lovely Lotus Eleven, deDion rear end, svelte full envelope alloy body with fairing behind headrest, so light two strong teenagers could lift it, one from each end but don't bend the bleedin' bodywork! ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Clayton McKee" <leica@rcmckee.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 11:06 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Further adventures of a completely screwed up guy:long and occas... > On 30 Jan 2006 at 18:40, Dennis Painter wrote: > >> Clayton, try a Caterham. >> > > Tell the truth, when/if my life circumstances allow me to go back to > small sporty Brit iron I will find another MkII Mini to love, cherish > and tweak. I have held on to all my books and tools for the last > quarter century in devout hope that such will someday be the case. > > I am, however, quite familiar with Caterhams AND the original Lotus > from which they were derived; Morris the Mini and I used to trounce a > couple of them regularly in club gymkhanas, much to the annoyance of > the owners who were well on their way to winning the club > championships for like the seventh or eight year running when I > showed up... (Admittedly none of us were set up to be anything like > stock vehicles and I had more mod points available due to lower > displacement. I was also a far quicker driver and the courses tended > to favor the Mini's handling over the Lotus's extra power..) > > > > -- > > > R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com > Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com > P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 > Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >