- 1. Animals (score: 1)
- Author: Glenn Schnittke <schnittke@mindspring.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 02:56:37 -0500
- This subject just came up an hour or so ago in the XJ list; Those are the rules of the game. The earliest homologated car, somewhere in the world, named for an animal without being a deliberate missp
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00058.html (8,852 bytes)
- 2. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul M." <rowman22001@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 05:37:56 -0700 (PDT)
- Okay, here's my shot: The Stutz Bearcat, which was introduced I think around 1914 or 1915... Man, I hope I win. To see "Cats" in Shreveport is every young man's dream. == Paul Misencik 1971 MGB Toure
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00066.html (7,667 bytes)
- 3. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 05:56:08 -0400
- No idea on the Spider issue, but on animals, does the Old Speckled Hen count? Granted that's not an actual recurring model and it's actually "Ol' Speckled 'un" when said with a heavy accent. But it's
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00067.html (7,706 bytes)
- 4. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:22:42 EDT
- - - - - - - - - - - - That would be the 1897 Mercedes. "In 1897, Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek, travelled from his home in Nice, France to purchase a car from the Daimler factory in Cannstatt, G
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00068.html (8,454 bytes)
- 5. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:41:12 -0400
- Well then, the first was actually the Phoenix. The Phoenix is a bird that rises from the ashes, no? So there's your answer....for now. ;-) Dean in Germany. On a under Well, I have potatoes. /// or tr
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00069.html (9,237 bytes)
- 6. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 08:48:57 -0700
- The term "spider" actually predates the automobile, as being the name of a type of small horse-drawn carriage. Its use by FIAT, etc., does not refer to the arachnid but to this usage, as a term descr
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00071.html (10,015 bytes)
- 7. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 08:52:21 -0700
- The Phoenix is a mythical animal, and that name predates Mercedes, at least according to your story... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with ch
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00072.html (9,298 bytes)
- 8. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Root <proot@iaces.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 11:11:12 -0500
- Ok, but it's a mythical creature. Stutz, I'm going to bet on. /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00073.html (7,949 bytes)
- 9. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 09:23:05 -0700 (PDT)
- Ajhsys@aol.com SEZ - By that logic you could count Studebaker, since it was the name of the founder. -- David Breneman | "Just because something doesn't Distributed Systems S/W Analyst | do what you
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00074.html (8,684 bytes)
- 10. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 12:28:43 -0400
- You're moving the goalposts! So just what is a bearcat, anyway? ;-) that /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00075.html (8,588 bytes)
- 11. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 12:42:18 -0400
- That's the name for a car! The "Binturong"! /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00076.html (8,515 bytes)
- 12. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 12:47:50 EDT
- - - - - - - - - - - - Nope. The first gas powererd Stude was built in 1904. I still win. :-) Allen Hefner Phila. Region SCCA Rally Steward '77 MG Midget (#51 FSP) '75 MG Midget (The Project) '99 Ford
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00077.html (8,928 bytes)
- 13. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 12:47:47 EDT
- - - - - - - - - - - - C'mon! Stutz was 1911, Mercedes was 1897. I win! :-) Allen Hefner Phila. Region SCCA Rally Steward '77 MG Midget (#51 FSP) '75 MG Midget (The Project) '99 Ford Contour SE Sport
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00078.html (8,574 bytes)
- 14. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 09:58:05 -0700
- In American colloquial usage, a bearcat is an ornery sort of shaggy wild cat, which does not necessarily correspond to an existing species -- it's more of a catch-all term for a creature better left
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00079.html (9,487 bytes)
- 15. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:24:35 EDT
- - - - - - - - - - - - Max, I found that info at <A HREF="http://www.didyouknow.cd/daimlerbenz.htm">http://www.didyouknow.cd/daimlerbenz.htm</A> I make no claims as to the validity of the information,
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00080.html (8,940 bytes)
- 16. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 10:28:49 -0700 (PDT)
- Ajhsys@aol.com SEZ - But my point was that Mercedes is a propper name. If it had been called "Little Girl" you'd have something. :-) -- David Breneman | "Just because something doesn't Distributed Sy
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00081.html (8,624 bytes)
- 17. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 10:47:46 -0700
- I would say it is obvious that vehicles named after humans are not eligible -- it makes the question completely uninteresting -- the answer would be Benz (or Panhard, or Cugnot, or Trevithick...). I
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00082.html (10,015 bytes)
- 18. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:50:20 -0400
- I was going to mention the "Otto", but it would have to have been "Smelly old guy with grease under his nails". ;-) Dean /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.te
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00083.html (8,107 bytes)
- 19. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 10:53:29 -0700
- Ah, the Marmon Wasp predated the Stutz Bearcat by 3 years... but, it is a "one-off" race car, not a production model. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00084.html (7,884 bytes)
- 20. Re: Animals (score: 1)
- Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@MGAguru.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 13:37:35 -0500
- But "Mercedes" is a proper name like Alice or George, not a type of animal. I don't think this qualifies. In a similar vein the North American ringtail racoon is commonly refered to as Bearcat. While
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00086.html (9,464 bytes)
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