The message <200110082320.QAA24916@blackie.cruzers.com>
from TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@cruzers.com> contains these words:
> Well I would guess British Leyland put some markers down on the wrong
> number rather than on updating their current product lines. Hindsite is
> a wondeful thing.
> >Yeah, what ever happened to all those turbine cars I read about when I was
> >growing up???
> >
> >> Recognizing the upcoming large market for gas turbine powered cars and
> >> trucks in the 1970s, The British Leyland Group has reorganized it's
> >> Turbine facilities to better equip it for the new turbine vehicle
> >> market
One of the UK classic magazines has recently run an article on an enthusiast
who purchased a generator as scrap from the Longbridge factory, only to
find that it is powered by an Austin gas turbine.
He's threatening to get it running, too!
Bob
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