> There was an interesting
> (possibly humorous
> or ironic) quote from Car & Drivers 1950's review of the car. It was
> something like: "The car is so solid it gives you the feeling you could
> drive it for 100 years and no parts would ever fall off. This is quite a
> contrast to some of our domestic American cars."
Hugh, I rather suspect they were serious! American quality control was
atrocious at the time, and the cars had lots of plastic that didn't hold up
very well. By comparison, the TR2 was "oak and steel", it was a very solid
car for the time.
Randall
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