On Mon, 19 Jan 1998 12:47:25 +1100 Agent 86
<anthonyr(at)aqua.civag.unimelb.EDU.AU> writes:
>Jarrid,
>
>Where do you get off having a go at we antipodeans? Just because the
>Falcon
>still runs a live rear axle and an engine with a 5000 rpm redline. And
>the
>Commodore which you've never heard of has a 3800cc Buick pushrod V6
>developed in 1962 or something doesn't mean we're dimented. (the
>commodore
>just edged out the Porsche Boxster as the car of the year this month,
>as
>judged by the Aussie motoring press, strangely I don't think a car
>made OS
>has ever won it)
Anthony,
I do hope of course that that your reply was in the same spirit as my
posting,
which was as a good spirited jest. I cant tell.
Personally, I hold no ill will toward the ossies nor the argentinians,
but rather
my posting was trying to make humor in that Hillman Hunters have been
manufactured on 25+ year old dies and engine designs, mostly while the
rest of the world of Rootes enthusiasts were unaware.
You all have interesting cars, with interesting names, and to be
perfectly honest,
I'm downight jealous that you guys have all these neat cars that we cant
buy.
BTW, the Buick V6 is still sold in a variety of GM vehicle here in the
US, as is
the Buick (Rover) V8 of the same approximate vintage.
I'll bite, antipodeans???
Jarrid Gross
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