Isn't it in one of the books, BON probably, that there were a couple
ports of entry for Sunbeams? I seem to remember Boston being one, and
another one or two south somewhere.
Stu
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From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Marc James Small
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 10:37 PM
To: Joe Brown; awtiger@cox.net; tigers@autox.team.net;
sunbeamtiger@prodigy.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Rootes Group Employee
At 10:27 PM 3/9/2009, Joe Brown wrote:
>Hmm, my Tiger came from Cliff Meyer Imports in Kenosha Wisconsin. Any
>relation to H. J. Meyer? Maybe not. Are there any interesting stories
>about Cliff Meyer Imports? > >This got me thinking. How did the
dealers get the cars? Did they come by >boat to New York and were then
trucked to the dealerships? >
The US Agency for Rootes was in Connecticut, I =
believe. The cars came by canoe to New York and =
then by truck to Connecticut for further shipment =
to the dealers. When I was in grad school in the =
early 1960's, I met some guys who had worked at =
the Rootes agency, whose name I forget, though Curt Meinel would know.
Marc
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