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Re: [RE: Fwd: Lesser Known LBCs]

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Subject: Re: [RE: Fwd: Lesser Known LBCs]
From: Matthew Trebelhorn <matttrebelhorn@netscape.net>
Date: 31 Oct 00 13:40:37 EST
Also not mentioned yet:

Arnolt

makers of the Arnolt-MG and Arnolt-Bristol (which I think are both really
great looking cars)

Matt




Gordon Bird <gb@the-bdc.com> wrote:
> And, as mentioned in the Oct 23 issue of Autoweek, pg 25, the Nash
> Metropolitan.  Sold in the US by Nash-Kelvinator (later AMC) from 1954 -
> 1962, but built at the Austin plant in Longbridge.  As pointed out in the
> article, it is related to the MGA, "a fact Metropolitan owners often like
to
> point out; MG enthusiasts, hardly ever".  In 1956 it received the 1489cc B
> series engine.
>
>
> Safety Fast!
> Gordie Bird
> 62 MGA
> 80 MGB
> 86 Audi 4kq
>
>
> > Familiar to many, but not all, these marques were in
> > production in 1958,
> > plus the ones mentioned in earlier postings.
> >   AC
> >   Allard
> >   Alvis
> >   Armstrong Siddeley
> >   Astra
> >   Berkeley
> >   Bristol
> >   Dellow
> >   ERA
> >   Fairthorpe
> >   Frazer-Nash
> >   Hillman
> >   HRG
> >   Kieft
> >   Lagonda
> >   Riley    built in Abingdon after WWII
> >   Standard   later Standard-Triumph
> >   Turner
> >   Vauxhall
> >   Wolseley
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:41:13 -0800 Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
> > writes:
> > > You haven't even scratched the surface as far as obscure
> > LBCs go. How
> > >
> > > about...
> > >
> > > Daimler SP250 (Dart)
> > > Austin A90 Atlantic
> > > Singer
> > > Humber
> > > Hillman?
> > >
> > > You didn't even mention Sunbeam or Morgan. Methinks thou shouldst
> > > goest
> > > to the library, and check out The Complete Encyclopedia of British
> > > Cars
> > > for hours of absorbing fun. Or go to Yahoo and look for Auto Clubs
> > > by
> > > Make -- it's amazing what they have listed.
> >


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