In a message dated 4/16/2009 5:56:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tr3driver@ca.rr.com writes:
If nothing else, a car being here now is no guarantee that it was sold
here
originally. No doubt "personal export" vehicles were never more than a
small minority, but they did exist.
==AM==
How true. As luck would happen, two of the Heralds I own are "PED" cars,
each quite unique. The 1960 Herald sedan is fully US-spec. (including a temp.
gauge and a fuse box that home market cars didn't have), yet it has full
home-market-spec. lighting (down to RHD bulb-and-reflector headlamps) as it
was registered in Coventry and apparently remained in England for some time
before coming to the States! The 1962 Herald 1200 is also unique in that
it's a CoupC), a body style Triumph didn't sell in the US in that later 1200
series!
==AM==
And it is still quite possible to import 60's cars from other countries.
For example, I've seen more Vitesses than Sports 6s at some shows.
==AM==
Not too surprising, since the Vitesse sold in Canada much longer than did
the Sports 6 in the US. Oddly, though, some later Vitesses in Canada were
badged with "Sports"!
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Herald engine with wings.
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