Peter Fullam writes:
> I was walking through a car show at the recent Zippo Vintage race weekend
> at Watins Glen. I was looking at a beautifully restored Daimler SP-250
> when two gents old enough to know better stopped by. One of them saw the
> name badge on the bonnet and said said to the other, "Hey, this was built
> by Chrysler". SP-250s did have hemi V8s, but I'd bet they didn't know
> that either.
Hmmm, that merger must have happened a _lot_ earlier than we were told, huh?
*smile* And who knew that it was the British Daimler that was in the deal?
Curiously, the GT6 is almost always misidentified where I live. First,
someone asks, "what is it?" When I tell them, I invariably next hear, "oh, I
thought it was an old Porsche."
At least they recognize that it's "furrin'."
Cheers.
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