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Originally Posted by JD001
Nice, Renault or a Ford heart?
BTW, I note that you have a taste for European stuff.. lived in Europe or you're just a weird Canadian with a taste for the unusual?
I ran a Caterham, loved it but it did attract a lot of attention from certain types.. lots of geeks "Geeking" out..
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Mine was a 1974 Big Valve twin cam "Europa Special". Although it had the emblem it didn't have the 5 speed. When I bought it it had the four that was actually quicker than my friends JPS Special which did have the extra gear. I think the gearing was better in mine but it used a lot of fuel for a little four cylinder.
OK, so maybe I had a heavier than average right foot.
As for my taste in cars I'm very open however, I grew up on British TV shows and movies. Furthermore. I was born into a piston head family. My father had been a motorcycle and automobile mechanic who later switched to auto electrics. He race motorcycles and followed the air races and car racing. He was a share holder (not common stock) in the original Mosport Limited company that built the track in Ontario. (Now known as Canadian Tire Mortorsports Parks.)
My older brothers were hot rodders in the fifties. But they both got hooked on British cars. One had a string of Jowett Javelins while the other started with a MG TC and moved up through a string of MG midgets. However, by the mid sixties their incomes had increased and they both turned to owning Corvettes.