Re: english cars

[Lee Levitt <wheelman@shore.net>]

>From: quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)
Lee Levitt writes:
>
>> Um, the car that Simon Templar drove in the original "The Saint" series was
>> an early Volvo P1800. Body by Jensen Pressed Steel, Smiths gauges, Laycock
>> overdrive, some other British parts, and early assembly in UK. My '62
>> stated "Made in England" right on the ID plate.
>> 
>> So there ya go.
>
>And a Triumph engine.
>
And SU carbs.

I think it was the Swedish badge on the front that gave it motivational
force...the sum of the English bits inside couldn't hold the car back...

Volvo, in Latin, means something like "I roll" ... which they do...for many
miles, and through many curves...

Jaguar, on the other hand, means "I leak"

<g>

Lee

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