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Re: enough is not enough, or is it?

To: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@mn.mediaone.net>, "'Pip Bucknell'" <mgwizard@caloundra.net>, <Kellmg@aol.com>
Subject: Re: enough is not enough, or is it?
From: "Ray" <spook01@home.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 14:33:53 -0600
Cc: "'MMM List UK'" <mg-mmm@autox.team.net>
References: <002d01c19864$17c23680$6a00a8c0@roundabout.com>
Reply-to: "Ray" <spook01@home.com>
Sender: owner-mg-mmm@autox.team.net
This gives some idea of the lengths the works were willing to go to in order
to pedal the cars on hand.
Try getting away with this today.....you would be in the slammer faster than
you can say "MG"!
Fascinating reading, though.  Thanks!
Best,
Ray

> Let's start with the somewhat doubtful experimental PB.  This had a
> chassis designated "XX" and an engine bored out to 939cc using PA block
snip
>
>
> PB Chassis No           PB eng no               Converted from
>
> PB 0251                 500A199PB       PA 2068
> PB 0252 - 0588          501-853A199PB   first time production
> PB 0589 - 613 incl      1012-1036AP*    PA's 2188, 2196, 2203,2186,
> 2149,     2148, 2039, 2176,
>                                         2163, 2199, 2184, 2193, 2214,
> 2137,     1960, 2179,
>                                         2166, 2170, 2180, 2235, 2232,
> 2243,     2238, 2233, & 2229
>                                         in that order.
> PB 0614 - 0711          848-938A199PB   first time production
>
> PB 0712                 2/538A*         PA 2146
>
> PB 0713 - 0775          939-1000A199PB  first time production
>
snip[

> this simply because there was no room in the column space to put "APB"
> so the clerical
> folk left out the "PB" or the "B".   I suspect that's the explanation
> since
> PB 0283, which originally had engine number
snip
>
> So far as records show, all the converted cars used both the chassis and
> engines from their respective PA parents except PB 0712.   Its parent PA

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