Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: BluesDuke
Need to add "Lotus" here!

Heard a Brit talking on a car show program once say that the reason that Lotus went bankrupt periodically was that....

LOTUS = Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious!

Never owned one - but they do spend most of the time in the shop....British engineering. "Well, they got the Spitfire right". Yea, but that was 60 years ago!

153 posted on 07/31/2002 10:32:30 PM PDT by HardStarboard
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies ]


To: HardStarboard
Here's the car I'd love most to own - if a) I could be sure they're putting it into production, and b) I could afford to pay $200,000 for the beastie...this, believe it or not, is a new model Packard sedan, called the Packard Twelve (yep, it's a 12-cylinder engine - the original Packard company experimented with a 12 in the late 1930s, in a beautiful touring car)...a new concern in Arizona bought up the Packard marque and trademarks and associated rights and began to design and build this car in 1999


156 posted on 07/31/2002 10:51:32 PM PDT by BluesDuke
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 153 | View Replies ]

To: HardStarboard
Here's a crate I haven't seen mentioned yet, unless I missed someone mentioning it, too, would withstand the detest of time: the AMC Javelin.
157 posted on 07/31/2002 11:07:28 PM PDT by BluesDuke
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 153 | View Replies ]

To: HardStarboard
OK, I cant resist...

What are the 3 headlight positions on British cars?

Off, dim and flicker....

Go Lucas Electronics !

Cheers,

knews hound

166 posted on 08/01/2002 8:34:49 AM PDT by knews_hound
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 153 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson