RE: more British <-> American Terms

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From:   NAME: Mike Jeffreys         [DAT31 ]
        FUNC: DAT31                           
        TEL: 0473-645609                      <JEFFREYS M J AT WEB AT WEBCS>
To:     british-cars@autox.team.net@unet


Andrew C. Green writes:

>Finally, I'm still looking for the British term for what the Americans
>call a "boot", the cover of fabric or fiberglass that goes over the
>folded convertible top.

I think it is a 'touneau cover'.

For all you Land Rover people, when I used to drive a LWB (108) with a 
fabric rear cover, the cover was called a 'tilt'.

Has anyone mentioned tyres and tires?

Gear lever and shifter?