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Re: Who makes that anyway?

To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Who makes that anyway?
From: tonyr@dzn.com
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 13:19:34 -0600
JE>>
JE>> Just for the heck of it the other day,  I went to local auto parts stores
JE>> see if anyone had any parts for Triumphs.
JE>>
JE>> After asking if they had, say U-joints, for a 77 Triumph Spitfire.  The fi
JE>> question they always asked me was, "Who makes Triumph?"
JE>>
JE>> My response, which always totally confuses them, is, "British Leyland."
JE>>
JE>> I think I lead too boring of a life........
JE>>

JE>  The local parts store guys have gotten to know me rather well.  Now
JE>whenever I walk through the front door they all chime in together, "No, we
JE>don't have it." :-)

JE>                                     Jeremy DuBois
JE>                                     Programmer/System Administrator
JE>                                     Thermalogic Corporation
JE>                                     '74 MGB, '76 Spit

I responded to the first message but forgot to cc to the line.

My future son-in-law went to a national parts store and asked for a
generic electric fuel pump.

The counter person asked what car it was for and was told a 64 TR4.

His response was, "who makes that, Ford?"
Tony
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