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Subject: Re: LBC vs BBC
From: The Richards <smrm@coastalnet.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 07:25:36 -0500
I've always thought of my Interceptor as a MLBC (medium/largish British Car)
with a BFAE (BIG F*****G American engine).

Michael, New Bern, NC
At 07:22 PM 12/13/96 +1100, you wrote:
>Does the LBC have a big brother?
>
>I believe when Leyland took over British Motor Corporation which at that
>time manufactured the Jaguar as well as our MG's to become British Leyland,
>one of the first morale busting things that they did was to change the name
>of the Jaguar plant to "Large Car Plant Number 3".
>
>That act alone, to me, explains much of what then went wrong with the
>British motor manufacturing industry.
>
>Is the Jaguar - now manufactured by Ford a BBC?
>
>Is the MGF, now manufactured by Rover an LBC?
>
>Paul
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