Good question. My guess would be that it derived from the early MG
models known as "Magna." Which begs the question, of course, since I
don't know where Magna came from. Any MG historians out there that can
comment?
David Littlefield
Houston, TX
On Sat, 8 Feb 1997 12:00:56 -0500 (EST) "W. R. Gibbons"
<gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu> writes:
>On Fri, 7 Feb 1997 Rootes2@aol.com wrote:
>
>> BTW, if anybody has a parts Magnette, and are interested in selling
>a few
>> spares, LET ME KNOW! They seem to grow on trees in CA, but here in
>NJ they're
>> scarce as honest politicians!
>>
>
>I have a bunch of refrigerator magnettes, but they are all holding
>prized
>stuff...
>
>But seriously, now, folks, what is the meaning of the name "Magnette?"
> I
>mean, I understand why a company would name a car the Super Snipe,
>heck,
>who wouldn't? But Magnette?
>
> Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
> Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
> gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
>
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