"William Noble" wrote in message
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the cars had exactly the same brand and size of tires. The porsche is
about 400 pounds heavier (1600 versus 1200). The morgan has a 2.4 liter
engine, the porsche 1.6, so the morgan could accelerate much faster, but
the porsche handles much better (until the rear end breaks loose

Ah yes, the venerated Porsche terminal oversteer . . .

- it really doesn't do a nice 4 wheel drift like the morgan). And, morgan
had front wheel disks, porsche had huge aluminum finned brake drums that
would self-unadjust making for a rather special driving experience from
time to time. But the porche gets 45 mpg.... (mandatory wood content - the
porsche has wooden floor boards separating your feet from the firewall -
plywood to be exact, the morgan has more wood)

Porsche was also the first to use anodized aluminum alloy parts in areas
where corrosion could become an issue, such as the engine cooling baffles.

Max