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Re: Past & Present

To: Ajhsys@aol.com, spritenut@Exit109.com, vping@optonline.net
Subject: Re: Past & Present
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 22:05:19 -0800
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
I have a book called "The Encyclopedia of the Car" (over 400 pages) There
are/were more British made cars than you would believe.

Here's a few more.

ABC 1920-29
AC 1908-
ALLARD 1937-57
ALTA 1931-54
ALVIS 1920-67
ARAB 1926-28
ARIEL 1898-1928
ATALANTA 1937-39
AUTOVIA 1937-38
AV 1919-26
BATTEN 1935-38
BAYLISS-THOMAS 1922-29
BEAN 1919-29
BEARDMORE 1920-28
BELSIZE 1897-1925
BENTALL 1906-13
BENTLEY 1920-
BEVERLEY-BARNES 1924-31
BLERIOT-WHIPPET 1920-27
BRISTOL 1945-
BRITISH SALMSON 1934-39
BRITON 1914-21
BROOKE 1901-13
BROUGH SUPERIOR 1935-39
BSA 1907-40
BUCKLER 1949-62
BURNEY 1930-33

need I go on... that's only A and B!





At 5:27 PM -0500 2/21/00, Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 2/21/00 4:22:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>spritenut@Exit109.com writes:
>
><< Arkley (yes it is an actual car manufacturer (or was)
> Armstron-Siddley
> Austin (many models)
> Austin Healey
> Aston Martin (now owned by Ford)
> Berkeley
> BMC (*combining Austin, MG, Jaguar Morris and others)
> British Leyland (bought em all up)
> Delorean (well it's from the isles of GB)
> Elva
> Ford (Anglia, Popular, Cortina, etc)
> Gilette (or something like that)
> Jowlette
> Jaguar (now Ford)
> Jensen (pre Healey)
> Hillman (Rootes)
> Humber (Rootes)
> Leyland (commercial vehicles)
> Lola
> Lotus
> Morgan (the only one left still making British cars)
> Morris
> MG (Morris Garage)
> Nash (as in Austin-Nash Metropolitan)
> Reliant (scimetar and 3 wheeler)
> Sunbeam (Rootes)
> Talbot (later Sunbeam then Rootes I think)
> Triumph
> TVR (Trevor Wison)
> Vauxhaul (GM UK)
>
> This is from memory >>
>
>- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
>Thank goodness Frank's memory works in alphabetical order!  Now I know how
>good he is!
>
>Allen Hefner
>SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
>'77 Midget
>'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport




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