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Subject: [Healeys] FW: 48 Tucker auto.
From: coudesluijs at chello.nl (Oudesluys)
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:29:04 +0100
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I just returned from my San Diego holiday/wife4s congress. In the car 
museum there was only one very interesting car, the Tucker, what an 
interesting project! I liked the simple design of the originally 
intended engine with its hydraulically operated valves and minimal 
amount of parts, however I wonder if the bronze cylinder linings would 
have worked. Apart from a nice collection of motorcycles there was not 
very much of interest.

What a beautifull area San Diego is. An extremely well off area. Very 
clean and well maintained, perfect sidewalks, no grafiti or dirt, also 
the lesser area4s in the South. In stark contrast is the very neglected 
state of the road surface in many places.
I especially like Little Italy, La Jolla and the Harbor boulevard with 
its museum ships. I spend nearly a full day on the Aircraft carrier.
Great public transport with local buses, trolleys and trains going 
everywhere, and very cheap at 5 US dollars a day go anywhere! Bus and 
trolley drivers are very friendly and helpful. In fact that goes for 
most Yanks bar Immigration/Customs, but that is a Universal problem.
I loved driving around Southern California in my hired Nissan Sentra. It 
always surprises me how relaxed and easy going American traffic is 
compared to the European situation.

Saw a lot of 1960/19804s Americana, a surprising amount of old 
Mercedes4, many of them the Pagoda sports, a few Volvo4s, a lot of VW 
Type1 and 2, BMWs. I even came across a Fiat 500 ca. 1965.
Some mid-late 19504s Chevrolet Bel Air, Corvette, Ford Thunderbird, a 
unknown to me19204s American car , Delauny?, and some late 1940/early 
1950 cars and trucks. A fair few new(ish)  Lamborginis, Maseratis, Aston 
Martins, Range Rovers and Jaguars. I also saw some strikingly good 
looking sportscars-roadsters of US manufacture I presume. Small and 
compact but no idea about the make. Much better looking than the large 
flashy Corvettes.

Why are there so many of the gas guzzling trucks around? Is this a tax 
thing?
No small cars apart from the odd Smart and Toyota Yaris. An amazing 
amount of medium and large Japanese and Korean machines.

Very few old LBC4s, a possibly salvageable MG TC on a scrap yard on 3rd 
Ave between Main Street and Orange Street near Iris Ave for the ones 
interested, Land Rover SIII, AH 3000, white with a dark red top (up with 
lovely sunny weather and 74F, shame!!), Sunday 23rd of January on Harbor 
Drive near the Town Hall, anyone from the list?)

I will definitely go back next year.

Kees Oudesluijs
NL

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