Flamboyant, Americanised, Over the Top, all words that have been
used to describe the ------------used to describe the ------------
evokes, you can be assured that once you driven one it will
guarantee pleasure, a feeling of serenity, a rush of adrenalin at
speed, and definitely turn heads wherever you go.
If you want something different, yet a practical classic car for
reliable distance motoring, then you cannot go far wrong with an ----
-----
Designed in 1947, built in and released in 1948, the ----------
convertible was conceived to earn dollars, and the ----------- had
it sights set firmly on the US to get them. Initial reaction in the
States was that of trepidation, a quirky British car, certainly
different, but what is it? The price was too high, the engine was
too small, only 4 cylinders of 2.6 litres, the Americans wanted 6
cylinders and lots of power in excess of their needs. The belief was
that this was the only means of creating reliable, high mileage
motoring on long distance freeways, with minimal mechanical problems.
On the UK market the car was seen as too excessive for British
tastes, too big and too expensive, both to buy and to run. At 22
mpg, fuel rationing, and new cars in any event being limited to the
privelaged, this brave new model was not off to a good start.
"What car was this"???
Robert Houston
Texan in NM
73 MG Midget
74.5 MGBGT
63 TR4
Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first woman she
meets and then teams up with three complete strangers to kill again...
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(http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Unknown/) Marin County newspaper's TV
listing for "The Wizard of
Oz"
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