On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Sharp Christopher L. Capt--Apr 97 wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, dan parslow wrote:
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> > Any other ersatz LBC ideas?
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> Take any '70's Rolls, place in a sauna for, oh, about 2 weeks.
> Voila! Instant Mayflower!
>
> Chris Sharp
> 64 Spitfire4
Hmmm. You kids all LOVE picking on my beloved Triumphs, eh? ;-)
It occurs to me as well that any number of well- or little-known LBCs are
little more than baked (or dehydrated) versions of American cars:
Bake an average late 1940s Chrysler product; yields one Standard Vanguard.
Bake a 1957 Pontiac; yields one Vauxhall Victor.
Bake a 1960 Ford Starliner; yields one Ford Capri.
Proving that Virgil Exner and Giovanni Michelotti must have been design
school roommates:
Bake a 1955 Chrysler; yields one Triumph Herald (or, if overdone, a
Sunbeam Alpine)
Trying best I can to offend Spridget fans:
Bake a small-mouth TR3; yields one Bugeye Sprite.
This philosophy also works, of course, for LJCs:
Bake a 1964 Mercury Marauder; yields one original Toyota Celica.
Now if Ron Popeil could just build a big enough version of his food
dehydrator thingie....
--Andy
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