[Mgs] Origin of speckled hen?

[david_breneman at yahoo.com (David Breneman)]

--- On Mon, 5/2/11, Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> I wrote:
>
> > I've never heard "Old Speckled One" before. 
> > Every
> > reference to
this car I've read refers to it as
> > "Old Specked Hen."
> >
> 'Speckled'
from either a show car
> painted in gold fleck and (not surprisingly) never
sold, or
> a factory runabout spattered with paint spots depending to
> which
account you read. 

"Specked" above is a typo.  I meant speckled hen.