It was a yellow TR6 with a hardtop...
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: Mitchell, Doug (D.B.) <dmitchel@ford.com>
To: 'Trevor Boicey' <tboicey@brit.ca>; Ken Strayhorn <ken@dukecomm.duke.edu>
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 8:51 AM
Subject: RE: Triumphs on TV?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Trevor Boicey [mailto:tboicey@brit.ca]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 11:21 AM
>> To: Ken Strayhorn
>> Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: Triumphs on TV?
>>
>>
>>
>> Ken Strayhorn wrote:
>> > During the blast, the electromagnet pulse
>> > destroys all the computers in the modern cars,
>> > and one of the characters cries "we need to find
>> > an older car without computers" in order to flee
>> > the scene.
>> >
>> > Well, in the finest tradition of Hollywood,
>> > what should happen that very moment but a car
>> > drives up. The car? A white TR-7 that had
>> > survived the blast intact - the convertable
>> > top was even in one piece!
>>
>> ...I'm guessing the driver had just pulled
>> over and swapped for a points-type distributor
>> he had in the boot?
>>
>> He probably was oblivious to the electromagnet
>> and just though "damn, I heard those LUCAS ignitions
>> never lasted more than two years".
>>
>> --
>> Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
>> Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
>> ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
>> "I'm eating more French Fries than ever! Love me Dod! Love me!" - Ajax
>>
>
>Although it has been a while since I saw the movie, ISTR
>that it was a TR6 rather than a TR7. Or am I thinking of
>another disaster flick?
>
>Doug
>
>--
>Doug Mitchell
>mailto:dbmitch@peoplepc.com
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