> > A tool truck driver was recently in our shop, British Automotive
> > Services, in Dallas, and mentioned an automobile called a
> >
> > "TISKIN" (sp?)
TVR Tuscan by any chance ????
> > He says it was an aluminum-bodied British coupe with a Ford "260"
>V-8.
> > The car was supposedly built in '64-'65 and had non-roll-downable
>side
> > windows. It also supposedly had a roof vent that had to be opened
>at
> > speeds in excess of 200 mph to avoid "window implosion"
Errr, but a TVR Tuscan wouldn't have seen 200 mph. Maybe 140mph on a good
stretch of road. I thought they used the old Rover 3.5 litre V8 as well, not a
Ford
unit. Could be wrong.
By the way, did you know that TVR is a concatenation of the founder's name,
'Trevor' ? Strange but true.
Stephen Brook
Brunel University
London
http://http2.brunel.ac.uk:8080/~em92ssb/
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