lmyer@sprynet.com wrote:
>
> Phil,
>
> Unless you live in Michigan you cannot claim the road salt capital title. :-)
>
> Les Myer
>
> ----Original Message-----
> >From: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
> >To: "'Chris Kotting'"
><ckotting@iwaynet.net>;"spridgets@autox.team.net"<spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: RE: East vs. West/Sports Car Mecca
> >Reply-To: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
> >Date: Tuesday, April 07, 1998 1:22 PM
> >
> >True, My Midget still has a "Burbank Sportscar Center" badge on it.
> >
> >Phil Vanner
> >Neither East nor West, but the Road Salt Capital of the World.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Chris Kotting [SMTP:ckotting@iwaynet.net]
> >Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 1998 6:27 AM
> >To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> >Subject: RE: East vs. West/Sports Car Mecca
> >
> >I don't know that they necessarily crossed either pond. I'd wager that
> >just as many ended up going north and east, where "rust free" is such a
> >rarity!
> >
> >Chris Kotting
> >ckotting@iwaynet.net
> >
> >On Tuesday, April 07, 1998 5:04 AM, bhndrson@west.net
> >[SMTP:bhndrson@west.net] wrote:
> >>
> >> Larry Miller wrote:
> >>
> >> >Amen to that. I have also noticed that most of the activity is in the
> >> >Mid-East to East. Very rare to see an english car for sale around here
> >> >(California Central Coast). I have not seen one being parted out for at
> >> >least 10 years. More Rolls than Spridgets in this part of CA and it
>used
> >to
> >> >be a sports car Mecca.
> >>
> >>
> >> I totally agree that southern California used to have more LBCs than you
> >can
> >> shake a stick at, but they have become rather rare, perhaps exceedingly
> >so.
> >> I would venture a guess that many of the LBCs originally found in the
> >> southwestern United States have been purchased and shipped out of the
> >> country back to Europe and Japan. Rust is a major factor in purchasing
> >one
> >> of these little beasties and southern California and Arizona have always
> >> been places where people look for a car if they are interested in a good
> >> example.
> >>
> >> Bruce Henderson
> >> 1969 Sprite
> >
I submit Montreal as road salt capital of the world. Every spring
(usually in July) they sprinkle asphalt over pure salt roads.
Daniel Thompson
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