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RE: what is this car ?

To: "Tab Julius" <tab@penworks.com>
Subject: RE: what is this car ?
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 20:40:42 -0800
Tab Julius had this to say:

>
>No, what I said was it looked like a Bentley hood strapped on a VW, though
>where the hell the back came from I couldn't say.  I know it's way too
>small for a Bentley, but if you look at the bonnet/front, it looks a lot
>like a Bentley Mark VI (example is http://www.darkforce.com/royce/mk6.gif
>).  Not to say it actually is, but people have strapped Rolls Royce hoods
>on a VW before.
>

Well, actually, those were fiberglass kits that "looked" like Rolls-Royce 
bonnets. One company made a RR version and a 1940 Ford version, which was 
slightly more plausible. Both must have been about 2/3 actual size, 
though.

Didn't mean to misquote you -- I was just trying to be brief.

--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.


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