James said, plumbing a fuel line into the header and igniting it with a Model
T coil,
<<we are all a little edgy, what with the 6 weeks off for those of us
without a nationals ride, so will throw gas in the intake and state my
resistance to calling 'sporty' cars 'sports' cars. >>
Edgy? Can relate....but doing two events this weekend! :-) Anyway, one of
Road and Track's respected columnists many years ago defined a sports car as
"any car driven in a sporting manner". While perhaps this is excessively
generous, I won't kowtow to your obvious historical / Brit-car bias without a
discussion. Where does Sporty end in your opinion? adding the extra two
seats? not having a fabric top? an option package beginning in Z / COPO /
"SVT"? I'm willing to entertain opinions here.
<<if it doesnt let oil out the bottom and water in the top, its not a
sports car.>>
At Cal Poly SCC the safety talk would routinely mention red-flagging vehicles
dropping fluids on course. And after the appropriate pause, they'd add,"...or
for British cars, dropping _excessive_ fluids." The MG drivers would all hang
their heads, & mutter "yeah, we know, we know" on cue....
Paul T
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