Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 12:30:39 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
Hello listers, Yesterday my mailman gave me a box full of parts he used or had bought for his Spitfire, and I've found some weird things in there... the weirdest one being: A column mounted tachomete
A true '60s classic. One of those or similar was mounted on the steering column of half the cars in my high school student parking area. Of course, it was irrelevant that said cars were mostly six-cy
Hi Andy, Many of those Stewart-Warner gauges were made here in Springfield, IL at John Hobbs, a division of Stewart-Warner. The father of one of my best friends was the president. He used to get free
<< in my 53 Chevy with 3 on the tree >> Now there's an expression (3 on the tree) that many of our younger members won't quickly recognize...and one not often used around LBCs unless your LBC happens
Mom's '58 Hillman Minx convertible definitely had "4 on the tree". Lots of fun for a high school boy in the early 60s at Clover Park High... Don Marshall Class of '64
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 16:06:34 -0800charset="iso-8859-1"
I drove a Hillman Minx (I think it was a Minx) for a while in late 1969. It did indeed have a "4 on the tree". The shift pattern was backwards from most column shifters, though - first and second ge
Small world alert!!!!!!!!!! 1st car( 5 of us chipped in to come up with the $75) experience was the Lloyd (1957 I think) also 4 on the Tree. Two cylinder/ ohc/ front wheel drive. Looked like a cracke
.....or a Triumph Mayflower.....!! Brad My Triumph Web Site Http://www.141.com/triumphs (updated 12/12/99) My Dodge Web Site Http://www.141.com/dodge (updated 9/17/99) (Errors have been made, Others
[And that 'one more thing' might be something like] "Oh, NOW I remember; it's a '57 Peugeot 403 cabriolet that I'm driving. Y' know, the wife HATES that car...." --Andy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
AFAIK Colombo drove a ratty gray Peugeot Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois 1962 TR4 (CT4852L) That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 13:11:39 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
If it was a sedan, it was probably a Hillman Minx. The Husky was a commercial van with side windows, kind of like a wagon but dreived from a van rather than a car. Actually, you could say it was Hill
I had replied: Sorry, Paul, but it really was a Peugeot. The car has been written up a couple of times in Old Cars Weekly, and undoubtedly many other places. And I remember Peugeot 403's very well fr