On Mon, 9 Jan 1995 11:58:03 -0500 RLDesign@aol.com said:
> Could you possibly be confusing the appearance
> of the Hotshot with that ofthe Mini Moke, Dick?
My guess is he's confusing the Hotshot with the King Midget, which was >not<
styled by...heck, the King wasn't styled at all.
- --Roger
*** Roger - The King Midget - wasn't that the car that came along about
'46 and lasted to about 1970. It began life, as I remember, looking much
like a miniature version of a dirt track car and was a single seater. Bet
they were great fun to drive. Then about '50 or '51, wasn't it, the King
was re-styled to look more like a sports car of sorts. Then again, as I
remember, in '57 it received another face lift taking on the appearance of
a small version of the Jeep. It was square in shape, much more so than the
Crosley Hot Shot, and had Jeep-like wings, bolted on sheet metal. Didn't
it become a two-seater? It was about '66 when it increased its power by
using a Kohler 12 hp engine. Am I right or is the old mind wondering
again?
Dick
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