On Dec 15, 2005, at 9:50 AM, b-evans@earthlink.net wrote:
> Tell me why people own classic cars insist on calling them "LBC" or
> "Little British Cars"? Let's get it straight folks, they are LEC's
> or Little English Cars. They were not made in Wales, they were not
> made in Scotland, they were not made in Northern Ireland, they were
> not made in the Channel Isles. They were made in ENGLAND!
>
> Tell me why people who own what are now known as "Mark I" Sprites
> use English terms such as bonnet, hood, cheerio, etc., still refuse
> to call the cars by their ENGLISH name: Frogeyes? That is
> FROGEYE, as in frogs, as in Kermit! After all, they are far more
> loveable than a flie or mosquito! Or cockroach!
Sure am glad you took the heat off of me LOL
Bob Kitterer
1960 Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1966 Sprite Mk III (Trevor, in boxes)
2000 Miata Special Edition
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