- 61. Re: Cars for sale in Colorado (score: 1)
- Author: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 91 12:42:46 -0500
- Hey, check out this months "Thoroughbred and Classic Cars" (or is that visa-versa?) for the driving comparison of a few rally cars (including Minis, Austin Healey 3000, Lotus Cortina, Austin Westmini
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00536.html (8,461 bytes)
- 62. Re: Austins (score: 1)
- Author: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 91 11:26:53 -0500
- Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdln.spd.hp.com> replies: The 1952 Austin A40 Somerset, which had the same rounded styling as the 1951 A30 and 1956 A35, had the 948cc and 1098cc engines. It seems there was al
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00568.html (7,705 bytes)
- 63. Re: Desk Toys (score: 1)
- Author: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 91 12:25:57 -0400
- Wow, some folks have some impressive stuff just lying around on their desks and terminals at work! I daren't do that here, they may disappear! We have an after-hours cleaning service and in the past
- /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00010.html (9,783 bytes)
- 64. Earth to Archer, Earth to Archer (score: 1)
- Author: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 91 14:25:27 -0400
- I've just had a rather interesting experience... When he bought it several weeks ago, it caught my eye in the parking lot. Of course, when I found out whose it was, I beat down his office door and me
- /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00023.html (9,297 bytes)
- 65. The Avengers & James Bond (score: 1)
- Author: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 91 11:28:57 -0400
- Yes! She drove a Lotus Elan convertible! Mr. Steed's steed was his favourite old Bentley (it looks like a 1928 4 1/2 litre sports). As it happens I was watching an episode on A&E channel a coupla nig
- /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00028.html (7,828 bytes)
- 66. Re: Flaming Loti (score: 1)
- Author: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 91 11:48:42 -0400
- Bob Tufts asks: "[Jim] Clark was killed in a Lotus. So was [Jochen] Rindt. Both crashes raised questions about the frugality of Chapman's designs. "John Surtees, who drove for Lotus then, said, 'It c
- /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00031.html (7,115 bytes)
- 67. James Bond's Bentley (score: 1)
- Author: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 91 10:01:56 -0400
- Sorry, it wasn't "The Autobiography of James Bond". I found the book last night, its "James Bond. The Authorized Biography" (well, I was close!) by John Pearson (whom worked for Ian Fleming and also
- /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00051.html (9,399 bytes)
- 68. Re: This list (score: 1)
- Author: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 91 11:59:29 -0400
- I'm just now catching up with my e-mail (its been busy this last week or so and I've also taken a couple of days off to catch up with other business too). Well, I'm probably too late to wish Jim Mull
- /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00159.html (7,195 bytes)
- 69. Re: What a deal! (score: 1)
- Author: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 91 09:34:16 -0500
- I can't resist a response... I'm sure there'll be a flood of them! I'm still kicking myself over a car I let get away a couple of winters ago. It was a 1960 Jaguar 3.8L Mark II, British Racing Green
- /html/british-cars/1991-02/msg00018.html (7,696 bytes)
- 70. Re: One that got away. One that didn't (score: 1)
- Author: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
- Date: Wed, 6 Feb 91 08:58:58 -0500
- Oh boy, Roland! What a chance! I would buy one of these beauties just to sit and look at (at these prices!) in my back garden if I couldn't afford the gas, insurance, maintenance, etc. Wot a toy! If
- /html/british-cars/1991-02/msg00046.html (7,320 bytes)
- 71. BRG Miata (score: 1)
- Author: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 91 10:54:20 -0500
- A friend at work has just shown me the latest "Car & Driver". There is a very small article, with accompanying colour photo, and a little later on a full-page colour advert of the Limited Edition Maz
- /html/british-cars/1991-02/msg00115.html (8,270 bytes)
- 72. Re: BRG Miata (score: 1)
- Author: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 91 10:22:55 -0500
- John, Ford actually produced a limited edition BRG Ford Capri for UK customers only when the car finished its production run (at least I believe the Capri isn't made in Europe anymore) a few years ag
- /html/british-cars/1991-02/msg00151.html (9,588 bytes)
- 73. B-C Newsgroup and BRG Miata (score: 1)
- Author: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 91 09:27:47 -0500
- Newsgroups: I completely agree that we keep it as a mailing list. T.J.'s example above should be an excellent thought provoker! This must be the third major discussion we've had in the last two or th
- /html/british-cars/1991-02/msg00195.html (9,982 bytes)
- 74. Re: Mokes (score: 1)
- Author: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 10:37:09 -0500
- I believe even the U.S. military ordered a few! Ditto that comment! Also, I know that several of you have seen the 1960's British cult TV show, "The Prisoner" -- you may remember those little vehicle
- /html/british-cars/1991-01/msg00198.html (7,874 bytes)
- 75. Re: The war at hand. (score: 1)
- Author: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 91 09:56:49 -0500
- Correct! I'm glad someone else realises these details. One of the missions of the Royal Air Force Tornado GR-1A's is to destroy enemy airfields coming in at very low levels under very heavy anti-airc
- /html/british-cars/1991-01/msg00244.html (8,535 bytes)
- 76. Re: Austin Healey 100-6 (score: 1)
- Author: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
- Date: Thu, 13 Dec 90 10:06:38 -0500
- Yeah, something like that. It doesn't have to be completed though, I want a "runner" that I won't be getting in over my head with! - Garry
- /html/british-cars/1990-12/msg00087.html (6,971 bytes)
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