It wasn't Colin Chapman (Mr Lotus) was it?
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From: Jim Algar [mailto:JamesA@hi-torque.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 10:48 AM
To: Dave O'Neill; MidgetSpriteClub; Spridget List
Subject: Re: Autographed valve cover
Dave,
And to answer (belatedly) your question about my Sprite's "autographed"
valve
cover...no, never found anything out. I suspect that C.R. Chapman was just a
worker on the engine assembly line who got fed up with being an anonymous
cog
in a big production process, whipped out his engraving tool and
"immortalized"
himself on the A-series engine passing under his hands at that moment. Well,
if
it made him feel better, good on him.
As I say, that's just my guess..until a better (or more interesting) theory
comes along.
Jim Algar
Valencia, CA U.S.A.
Dave O'Neill wrote:
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