Ever hear my assesment of car designers? German cars are designed by engineers, British cars are designed by blacksmiths, Italian cars are designed by artists. Someone suggested French cars are desi
I'm really diappointed that you missed out the Aussies while you're busy insulting everybody else ... guess you didn't realise we actually make ca= rs down under! regards Jeremy = PS The hot rumour
Terribly sorry! You guys are holdouts like us for beeeg V8s and rumbling HP. Something like made by kangaroos because they have so many map pouches? Should we forget the other car manufacturing count
Author: Andrew Pursey <MorrisOxford@s054.aone.net.au>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 07:22:03 +1100
Jim, you wrote.... "You guys are holdouts like us for beeeg V8s and rumbling HP." V8 (generally 5-litre) sales are declining here in Australia as more = people are content to drive the same body shap
Jim said: "You guys are holdouts like us for beeeg V8s and rumbling HP." You said: "V8 (generally 5-litre) sales are declining here in Australia"= Beg to differ - put I think you'll find that V8 sal
<<German cars are designed by engineers, British cars are designed by blacksmiths, Italian cars are designed by artists.>> Actually Aussie cars are made by all of the above plus a few Greeks, Slav=
Author: Andrew Pursey <MorrisOxford@s054.aone.net.au>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 08:05:04 +1100
You wrote.... "Could you please translate "turret into American English?" As always I forget that English is not universal in certain terms (viz, = hood, trunk, bonnet, boot, etc), whereas the list
Oh, I get it! A turret's that blurry surface up there that's the first thing you see when the bartender wakes you up and tells you get up off the floor? -Alfred hood, trunk, bonnet, boot, etc), where
Andrew, I've just learned something. Even though I'm just across the Tasman, here in NZ a turret (I've always been told) is the uplifted part of the front chassis to which the (front) lever-arm (usua
<< Jack.... hood, trunk, bonnet, boot, etc), whereas the list itself is universal - mea culpa. again - sedan) car. Andrew, I've just learned something. Even though I'm just across the Tasman, here in
Author: Andrew Pursey <MorrisOxford@s054.aone.net.au>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 23:05:09 +1100
You wrote.... "Even though I'm just across the Tasman, here in NZ a turret (I've = always been told) is the uplifted part of the front=20 chassis to which the (front) lever-arm (usually Armstrong) =
Don't forget and generally houses some sort of major firearm... Greg gpetrola@prairienet.org 1962 TR4 (CT4852L) "That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!" Greg Petrolati, Champaign,
They had me fooled too! I believe a turret was originally a tall tower with many ports to shoot thru, first with arrows, then guns. The modern idea of a revolving turret originated with the Monitor c