OOPS,
I hit the send button too quick.
On second thought.
The Citroen DS had a rather perky Maseratti
engine so maybe it should be in both lists.
Kirk
----- Original Message -----
From: "62bt7" <62bt7@prodigy.net>
To: "John Soderling" <jsoderling@astound.net>; "Healey List"
<healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: Healey Ain't No "Girly-Men's" Car
> John,
>
> I think the (Frog) Citroen DS19 and DS21 Cabriolet
> would fit nicely into the Girly-Girl list.
>
> Currently on the Citroen list is a 1961 DS19 Cabriolet
> listed for 135,000.00 euros.
>
> Way ahead of it's time with air suspencion, would put the
> current day hoppers to shame.
>
> Would be nice of you to buy it for your honey, do'nt ya think ???
>
> The car reminds me of some women I met in
> French Morocco (late1950s early 1960s ) who
> had harry legs and armpitttts, etc etc.
>
> Kirk
>
> PS. Arnie, no pc cops here in San Bernardino.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Soderling" <jsoderling@astound.net>
> To: "Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 8:39 PM
> Subject: Healey Ain't No "Girly-Men's" Car
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > One of the great things about owning and driving a "ham-fisted"
> > "hairy-chested" Austin Healey roadster is that Governor Arnold
> Schwarzenegger
> > can't call us "Girly-Men"!
> >
> > Cars, like people, often exhibit characteristics or acquire reputations
> that
> > tend to identify them as either masculine cars or feminine/"chick" cars.
> > Limiting the discussion to roadster/convertible cars, either classic or
> > contemporary, here are a few masculine and "chick" convertibles that
> > immediately come to mind:
> >
> > Masculine Convertibles
> > a.. Austin Healey
> > b.. Cobra
> > c.. Porsche
> > d.. Mustang?
> > e.. Corvette
> > f.. BMW Z3, Z4 & Z8
> >
> > "Chick" Convertibles
> > a.. Miata
> > b.. MB SL
> > c.. Chrysler Sebring
> > d.. VW Beetle & Rabbit Cabriolet
> > e.. Lexus SC 430
> > f.. Audi TT
> > What are the characteristics that might tend to place a car on one list
or
> the
> > other? For example, it seems that models that were successful as race
> cars or
> > rally cars would most likely be thought of as masculine. One Healey
owner
> I
> > know would go so far as to place all convertibles with roll-up windows
on
> the
> > "Chick" list.
> >
> > Anyone care to add or subtract classic or contemporary convertibles
> to/from
> > either List? Where might various MG, Triumph and Jaquar "open tops"
fit?
> >
> >
> > Vrooom vrooom,
> > John
> >
> > Hang in there, Arnie, don't let the "political correct" cops intimidate
> you.
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