...and to sling a final bit of mud at our Anglophiliac friends - Some
years back there was a woman at my place of work who drove a Mini with a
bumper sticker that read "All parts falling off of this vehicle are of
the highest quality British manufacture."
Gary McCormick
'70 2000
San Jose, CA
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Ronnie Day wrote:
>
> >You should mention to them that the reason the English like warm beer is
> >Lucas
> >refrigerators. The proper vehicle nationalities are Japanese roadsters and
> >English
> >motorcycles.
> >
> >John Darrin
> >'69 2000
> >
> >gbush@connect.ab.ca wrote:
> >
> >> BTW - I should have bought a Datsun years ago. I've always owned British
> >Classics,
> >> and the guys in my club are giving me a hard time for having a Datsun. My
> >response
> >> is that it's not leaking oil all over my garage, and I no longer have to
> deal
> >> with Lucus Electronics...suprisingly they are quiet after that.
> >>
> >> Grant Bush
> >> 68 1600
> >> Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
>
> This all reminds me of a couple of bits through the years in Road &
> Track. One was a cartoon of a Jag Roadster (120-150) being driven down a
> road. Slung under the roadster was a net, catching parts as they detached
> themselves from the car. Another time (in People & Places, I think) there
> was the comment that while GM owners have Guardian Maintenance, British
> car owners have Constant Maintenance.
>
> Pete Egan's column is always good for a good chuckle, too.
>
> FWIW, Ron
>
> ________________
> Ronnie Day
> rday@airmail.net
> Dallas/Ft. Worth
> '71 510 2-dr (Prepared class autocrosser)
> '73 510 2-dr (Street Toy)
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