Miata Mailing List: July 1994, Message #22
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   From: Stephen_Lasky@Brown.EDU
Subject: (none)
   Date: Sat, 2 Jul 1994 09:08:42 -0400

 Tom Capek(capek@peach.rtsg.mot.com) wrote:

>I'll bust the bubble on the Mercury Capri myth...
>
>I purchased one the first year they offered the 2.6L V-6.  Big Mistake!
>The factory must have run out of quality gasketing <<>> the oil pan >nearly fell off.  <<>> the windshield cracked<<>> Rocker arm >covers always leaked.
>I replaced THREE clutch linkages <<>>  The engine had mechanical >lifters <<>>  The brake master cylinde leaked.  The electrical system was ENGLISH.  It had a two barrel carburetor
>with a choke that would always bind <<>> The bumpers were
>so flimsy <<>>  The a/c drive belt tensioner pulley bearing seized <<>> The ignition system ate plug wires and ballast >resistors<<>> etc., etc., etc. 
>
>The Miata is light years ahead.  I enjoy mine and never give breakdowns a
>second thought.
>
>tom capek


I didn't have any major trouble trouble with mine, although I only had it
about a year, are you sure your's was German made?  They did produce some
in the US although I don't think it was until later in the 70's.  You know,
the above sounds like a lot of the older style sports cars.  Think back to
the TR3's & 4's, MGA's, Fiat spiders, and others.  You were out there every
saturday with your can of Girling fluid for your brakes and vacuum guage
balancing your carbs, the bumpers were useless, Lucas got his revenge for
the war of independence, they overheated in the summer and wouldn't start
in the winter.  Thats the way it was.  (isn't that a song title?)

There is no sense trying to compare Capri's to Miata';  They are certainly
in different classes.  But now some of the younger Miateers know that there
was a precurser to the current Capri.

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Stephen R. Lasky Ph.D.  Brown University/Roger Williams Medical Center
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