Re: A rose by any other name . . .

From: Christopher Albers (Christopher.Albers(at)bubbs.biola.edu)
Date: Tue Apr 28 1998 - 16:56:07 CDT


Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com,Internet writes:

>>From: "GLENDA FLOYD" <elropo(at)worldnet.att.net>
>>Subject: cigarette lighter
>> does anyone offer a fairly original cigarette lighter
>assembly
>to
>>install into the alotted hole in the dash of a series v?
>>if not, what type of aftermarket lighter is anyone putting in? thanks.
>>ron powers
>>66 series v
>>B395004376

>First, I think you have to look for the right part. If I am not
>mistaken,
>it was not called a cigarette lighter, but a cigar lighter! See, our
>Rootes folks were way ahead of their time, and today's cigar trend.
>(Then
>again, I am sure this is not the first cigar trend in the cycles of
>history). At least that is what I saw it called in some Tiger
>literature.

>Jay

No way! The cigars they were smokin' back then must have been dinky!
No cigar I smoke would fit on that element! Must be a Brit
thing...dinky island, dinky cars, dinky "cigar" lighters. Dinky,
dinky, dinky.

Christopher



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