Matt, your comment on air flow strikes a bell. An MGA was studied in a wind tunnel and they learned that the slates in the front grill "defected" air away rather than into the engine and oil cooler. They also learned that the air vents in the hood sucked air in rather than letting hot air out. So the factory doesn't always get it right either. Hence, I twist each slate as much as possible while still retaining their original look. My first thought on Lister Jag would be to question if the radiator is large enough. Over heating is also a common issue with the MG and I know people who have gone to extreme efforts to cure it - putting sleaves in place of the termostate, adding Water Wetter, adding cooling fans, adding side defectors, etc. The answer is to buy a replacement radiator that has three vs two rows in the same space. A 50% improvement in cooling.

 

[QUOTE=dlq04,Nov 13 2010, 08:49 PM]Matt, your comment on air flow strikes a bell.

 

Everyone.

We had another interesting addition to the Electric Car Culture at the Left Coast Cars & Coffee this morning:

Jaguar C-X75 Advanced Electric Supercar Concept/Prototype
(4) motors (one at each wheel) powered by (2) micro gas turbines laying down 780bhp.
0-62 in 3.4 sec, and "potential" top speed of 205 mph

This car will be at the LA Auto Show next weekend.







...Another Bently



And...some other cars (if you like yellow...Jim).



Sorry for the picture quality. However, I know I shouldn't blame the point-n-shoot.

 

Nice car pics, folks!

 

I'm thinking top gear in the US is going to be a bust.
From their promo, it didn't look promising.

 

Damn Jerry, you do get the BEST stuff out there. That Jag is something else. Cool enough for me to consider a Coal Car.

 

^It was pretty awesome!

 

^^

 

While we were out today, we took this road. It was a short road off the main drag. Had no idea of the history of it until I hit that old Google search again!



The Savery Historic District (Carver, MA) is home to a short stretch of road that is the first divided highway ever built in America. Built in 1861 by William Savery the road is two lanes with a beautiful row of trees in between them. The trees were left to be used as ‘shade and ornament for man and beast.’

 

Lainey,

Thanks for these and the graveyard pics. Very interesting!