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Re: Austin?

To: "Ron Davies" <rdavies1@cox.net>
Subject: Re: Austin?
From: Roland Wilhelmy <rwil@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 16:28:10 -0700
Go to Google and do an "Images" search.  You might enter Austin A40 to
start the search.  See if one of 'em matches 'your' car.  Google has
billions of photos.

-Roland

On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 12:53:37 -0700, you wrote:

::I was showing my 67 BJ8 at Crystal Cove, Newport Beach, CA this morning and
::noticed a car I had never seen before.
::
::A very roundish 40's style LHD four seater with an Austin plate and a
::stylish scrolled raised "A" on the hood as an ornament.
::
::The stick shift was way forward and the lever was four feet long.  Steering
::wheel was banjo wire type, usual trafficator, hood was not open so I
::couldn't see the engine. I could see the ground through the floor board.
::
::I was surprised it drove based on the state it was in but I was wondering if
::any listers could point me to what it was? Turn signals consisted of arms
::that lifted up behind the doors.  I waited for the owner but he never came
::by.
::
::Ron




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