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Re: inquiry 122299c

To: Steve Laifman <Laifman@Flash.Net>
Subject: Re: inquiry 122299c
From: "Pete Stanisavljevich" <pete_stanisavljevich@coxtarget.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 08:24:06 -0500
The same thing is true of old motorcycles. Nortons, Triumphs, BSAs, BMWs, Moto 
Guzzis,
etc. are being exported (I think the brits call it "repatriated") out of this 
country
by the boat load.

 Peter S.
B9471799 (staying in the US!)

Steve Laifman wrote:

> Stu Brennan wrote:
>
> > No, it's just that all the Tigers in the Northeast salt belt are slowly
> > rusting away, so, as nature abhors a vacuum, the cars are redistributing
> > themselves over the nation.
> >
> > Stu
>
> Stu, Larry
>
> You have it all wrong.  The majority of the Tigers (or any other older 
>classic)
> that is still driveable and restorable are still in California. Yes, you hear 
>of
> the ones heading East because of sole source supply.
>
> What you don't realize is that those are the few.  The MANY that are moving 
>out of
> California are leaving by airplane and boat and they are not headed towards 
>U.S.
> territory. I know of plenty of exporters on the West Coast shipping good 
>Tigers
> and Cobras (amongst other good cars) to New Zealand, Australia, Japan, even
> England.
>
> We are being drained of our rightful national natural resources (foreign 
>sports
> cars) at an alarming rate.  With the burdens placed on importing some of the 
>newer
> models by our pollution laws, we aren't getting the new replacements either.  
>How
> many Morgan V8's (unconverted to LPG), MG V8's, and other nice products can't 
>we
> get?
>
> Look forward to driving your General ChryslerDaimler Ford Motors electric car
> (assembled in Kentucky from Chinese parts) with 15 different grill ornaments 
>to
> distinguish the make, any day now.
>
> There is already a group trying to get bills through to make us scrap all 
>older
> cars, regardless of condition or value, here and now.
>
> Steve
>
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