I think John's posting is also disrespectful to women WITH hair on their
chests.
A few more thoughts:
Guy convertibles:
Triumph TR6 -- square lines, heavy clutch
TR4, TR250 The big later Jag convertibles with the V-12 engine
Sunbeam, especially the Tigers
Triumph GT6
Giant '60s era American convertibles -- Pontiac, Chevy, etc.
Chick convertibles:
A whole fleet of anonymous GM econobox convertibles -- Sunfire, Cavalier
Triumph Spitfire Bugeyes
Androgynous:
Alfa Spider
'80s and early '90s sedan-based BMW convertibles
Big Cadillac convertibles
Also, re the original Jag E-type convertible, I believe it was the late
Henry Manney III of Road and Track who first described it as "the
world's greatest crumpet catcher."
But that, of course, is disrespectful to all yeast-based products.
Graham
-----Original Message-----
From: Blue One Hundred [mailto:international_investor@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 3:03 AM
To: John Soderling; Healey List
Subject: Re: Healey Ain't No "Girly-Men's" Car
Hey John -
I think your list is homophobic and disrepectful to all women. I also
think it's disrespectful to men with no hair on their chest. As a
matter of fact it's also disrespectful to the women in the circus who
have hair on their chest. You've also disrepected every baby chicken in
the world (i.e. "chicks"). And certainly your comments about ham
fisting is disrepectful to jewish and muslim pornographers. I think
you've pretty much disrepected everyone (including my fellow
thin-skinned Californians I've come to love to hate)!!
Power to the un-PC! ;-)
Cheers,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
--- John Soderling <jsoderling@astound.net> wrote:
> 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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