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Re: Fwd: Lesser Known LBC's

To: "Bob Howard" <mgbob@juno.com>, <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Lesser Known LBC's
From: "Ptegler" <ptegler@gouldfo.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:33:18 -0500
As a youngster... one of the first vehicles I ever fell in love with
was a 1934 Frazer-Nash.
I obviously wasn't able to afford the real thing, but came real close
to building a replicar back in 1976.

Great to see it on your list of noted ' obscure' cars    :-)



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Howard" <mgbob@juno.com>
To: <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Lesser Known LBC's


Familiar to many, but not all, these marques were in production in 1958,
plus the ones mentioned in earlier postings.
  AC
  Allard
  Alvis
  Armstrong Siddeley
  Astra
  Berkeley
  Bristol
  Dellow
  ERA
  Fairthorpe
  Frazer-Nash
  Hillman
  HRG
  Kieft
  Lagonda
  Riley    built in Abingdon after WWII
  Standard   later Standard-Triumph
  Turner
  Vauxhall
  Wolseley

Bob


On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:41:13 -0800 Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
writes:
> You haven't even scratched the surface as far as obscure LBCs go. How 
> 
> about...
> 
> Daimler SP250 (Dart)
> Austin A90 Atlantic
> Singer
> Humber
> Hillman?
> 
> You didn't even mention Sunbeam or Morgan. Methinks thou shouldst 
> goest 
> to the library, and check out The Complete Encyclopedia of British 
> Cars 
> for hours of absorbing fun. Or go to Yahoo and look for Auto Clubs 
> by 
> Make -- it's amazing what they have listed.


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