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1. British Car Industry (score: 1): Author: ceecpa@ols.net (Charles Edwards); Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 17:37:45 -0400 (EDT); A review of Western World History reveals that in 1949 Great Britain and her allies were returning to a civilian economy following World War II. Germany was still digging out from the devastation inf; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00319.html (8,014 bytes)
2. Re: British Car Industry (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 06 May 1997 17:20:48 -0500; I believe that intensive historical research has proven unequivocally that trade unions and Lucas were both involved in the British car industry before the war, hence your hypothesis is invalid. A. B; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00322.html (8,388 bytes)
3. Re: British Car Industry (score: 1): Author: Leckstein <bleckstein@monmouth.net>; Date: Sat, 03 May 1997 10:31:43 -0400; Oh boy! Well. the Marshall plan was conceived to stop the spread of communism after the war. Eastern Europe was falling to the Soviets, and the idea of rebuilding Germany to keep it out of Soviet han; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00330.html (9,254 bytes)
4. Re: British Car Industry (score: 1): Author: Aron Travis <atravis@spacey.net>; Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 19:04:49 -0700; No, because, in my opinion, British cars didn't go bad untill the seventies. I think in the seventies it was a combination of stagnation of development on the British side, and advances on the Americ; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00331.html (10,499 bytes)
5. Re: British Car Industry (score: 1): Author: dmeadow@juno.com (David C Littlefield); Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 22:00:41 EDT; No WAY! The British had one hell of a head start over the rest of Europe after the war. The benefits of the Marshall Plan did not kick in until the mid to late 50's, by which time Britain was alread; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00336.html (9,330 bytes)
6. Re: British Car Industry (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 03:24:52 -0700 (PDT); Hi Charles Edwards!! Nope, it was a simple case of lousy management/infighting/empire building at BMC/BL. No V-8's for the US market 'cause the V-8 was to be for Triumph, and no development of the mi; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00352.html (7,814 bytes)
7. Re: British Car Industry (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 03:32:25 -0700 (PDT); Hi Mike!! Good point. From what I read, there was never a strike, or labour slowdown, at the MG factory... and the workmanship was generally considered excellent (as proven by the much lower rate of; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00353.html (7,966 bytes)
8. Re: British Car Industry (score: 1): Author: "William L. Singleton" <singleton@ccsu.edu>; Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 08:54:41 -0400; rest deleted ... I remember an ad I saw on British Television about 1970. It started with a voice saying "How one starts a British motorcycle" and showed a man walking up to the bike, pulling out the; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00357.html (9,134 bytes)
9. Re: British Car Industry (score: 1): Author: Bill Harkins <bharkins@tfb.com>; Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 19:42:06 -0700; Enjoyed the lecture and this is an interesting thread. As Mike Allison's wife told me at the 95 GOF West, "oh yes, we are the losers". The question is, how did the country that brought us the industr; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00364.html (8,377 bytes)
10. Re: British Car Industry (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 13:50:05 -0400 (EDT); << I remember an ad I saw on British Television about 1970. It started with a voice saying "How one starts a British motorcycle" and showed a man walking up to the bike, pulling out the kick starter; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00368.html (8,638 bytes)
11. Re: British Car Industry (score: 1): Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen); Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 18:13:04 -0500; Sorry Rick. However much you may bemoan the Japanese onslaught, suggesting that a Norton - or any British bike - was technologically superior to any Honda is simply wishful thinking. This battle was; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00378.html (11,135 bytes)
12. Re: British Car Industry (score: 1): Author: Glenn Schnittke <schnittke@mindspring.com>; Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 00:31:59 -0500; I guess it didn't have anything to do with the fact that the war sucked up so many of the island's resouces that the only metal they were able to produce was an alloy of Velveeta cheese, oleomargeri; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00435.html (8,495 bytes)
13. Re: British Car Industry (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 15:41:59 -0400 (EDT); I think you misunderstood me. I never said the Norton was technologically superior or advanced vs the Honda. What I said was that the ad was misleading. Would you believe an ad that was turned 180 d; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00476.html (8,553 bytes)

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