>
>And then there was the engine named after Sabrina...
The both had their fine points... I'll bet one is more affected by
gravity than the other, these days:*)
>
>
>Uh, Jack I believe the Triumph Swallow Doretti owes it's name to a
>woman (Dora, Doris, Doreen ?) who lived on our left coast back in
>the 50s... Then there's the Alfa Romeo Giulia and Giulietta. There's
>probably more.
>
>
> >From: Jack W Drews <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
> >Reply-To: Jack W Drews <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
> >To: Paul Richardson <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
> >CC: fot@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: My mistake
> >Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 08:58:00 -0600
> >
> >Paul -- Glad to see you correct this uncharacteristic error.
> >
> >After reading your first post, I leaned back in my swivel chair and
>looked
> >at
> >the Ken Dallison poster that I got from TRF this summer on the Joe and
>Jack
> >Eastern Tour, and noted the sketch of Gloria herself congratulating
>Donald
> >Healey and Tommy Wisdom when they landed at Folkstone after their 1934
> >victory. For a moment I thought the great Ken Dallison had erred and I
>was
> >going to have to destroy the print.
> >
> >The mention of the Gloria brings up a couple of questions: I know of two
> >Southern Cross autos in the U.S. Are there possibly more? What price does
> >one
> >fetch in the Mother Country?
> >
> >Secondly, Donald Healey winning in a Triumph -- I need some further
> >education
> >in the Healey / Triumph connection -- like, was it his oil-coated shoes
> >that
> >inspired him to go off and build his own cars, or something like that?
> >
> >Third, who was this Gloria chick? I mean, how many ladies have had the
> >honor
> >of having a car named after them? Of course there's Mercedes, but I can't
> >think of any other (and don't give me any of this Princess stuff).
> >
> >Paul Richardson wrote:
> >
> > > Re the seven Triumph Gloria finishes in the Monte Carlo Rally. THIS
>TOOK
> > > PLACE IN THE 1934 EVENT - NOT 1933 AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED - MY
> >MISTAKE
> > > must have pressed the wrong key.
> > >
> > > Paul
> >
> >--
> >uncle jack
> >TR4 - 10 mpg
> >TR6 - 30 mpg
> >(diligently engineering my way to the back of the pack)
Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois
1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
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