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Re: 1979 Road Test

To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: 1979 Road Test
From: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 16:20:47 -0500
In-reply-to: <199811032039.PAA00928@surfergirl.spacey.net>
Reply-to: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
The X1/9 -- isn't that the car that used to explode regularly? A fellow in
my neighborhood has Three. Two of them have scorch marks all over their
midsections. OTOH, any car that has such a following must be fun.

At 3:42 PM -0500 11/3/98, Ron Soave wrote:


> > While the minority of contemporary automotive journalists felt like Don,
>
> Maybe not just a minority.  In 1976 Road and Track said:
>
>  "Anyone who would buy a Midget when an X1/9 is available for only $1000
> more would have to be a complete masochist."
>
> Ron
> Masochist-at-Large




Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
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