> While my original objective was to have it restored to as close as
> possible to factory spec, Mr. O'Leary has persuaded me to convert to disc
> brakes and a laminated windscreen for safer motoring.
A laminated windscreen is virtually indistinguishable from a toughened
one until the toughened windscreen is in small pieces in your lap.
Disk brakes are much nicer to live with, from the point of view of
maintenance alone, never mind that they also work much better...
Mens sana - 08 Dec 2003 19:41 GMT
> > While my original objective was to have it restored to as close as
> > possible to factory spec, Mr. O'Leary has persuaded me to convert to disc
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> Disk brakes are much nicer to live with, from the point of view of
> maintenance alone, never mind that they also work much better...
Fair points both. I think I was just having a sort of sepia toned "Hovis"
phase. Now where's that Dvorak CD? :-)