It's from a book called "Bagombo Snuff Box" that's got a lot of crazy little
stories by him in it. I guess it came out last year some time. I'm almost
done and I must say it's a great read! The specific story is The
Powder-Blue Dragon.
-----Original Message-----
From: chuck [mailto:chuckc@attglobal.net]
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 4:49 PM
To: Patricia Sauthoff
Cc: 'spridgets'
Subject: Re: crazy old cars (a little LBC content)
What story? I wanna read that one! Jes' love Kurt Vonnegut!
BTW - Frascati is an Italian dry white wine that was popular
over here in the late 60's.
chuck
Patricia Sauthoff wrote:
> Ok my little car buffs, maybe one of you can help me out
with this. I was
> reading a short story by Kurt Vonnegut that was published
in 1954 and both
> MG's and a car called a Marittima-Frascati are mentioned.
I've got a few
> questions about this. 1. What kind of MG might he be
talking about? A TD
> perhaps? It can't be an A (IMHO) because it was described
as boxy, and I
> can't imagine anyone describing an A that way. That leads
to question 2.
> When did the A's go into production? And 3. What on
earth is a
> Marittima-Frascati? All the Internet has provided so far
is a list of
> Italian travel sites. In the story he talks about
Avignon, so it seems
> strange that he would make up this one car. Also in the
story there are
> only about 12 of them in the US, which, as far as I know,
was rather common
> at the time.
>
> If anyone could provide any insight into this I would be
extremely grateful,
> and will be amazed by your extensive knowledge.
> Thanks all
>
> Patricia
> '59 Bugeye
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