Date: Thu, 30 Apr 92 17:15:22 pdt
From: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
> From: pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@medtron.medtronic.COM (Philip J Ethier)
> Message-Id: <9204301718.AA19456@pwcs.StPaul.GOV>
> Subject: Re: Near Side
> To: hodsonb@prl.phil.co.uk (Ben Hodson)
> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 92 12:18:52 CDT
> Cc: british-cars@hoosier.utah.edu
>
> >The near side door is not aligned right
>
> As long as I have been a Britcar enthusiast, I still get confused by
> "nearside" and "offside".
I think the term originated when horses were the more common mode of
transport. The nearside, which is the left side, is the side you climb
onto a horse from. In Britain, this is the passenger side of the car.
James
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