Mike Thompson wrote:
>
> I'd just like to add a couple of experiences to this thread.
> Besides always being asked how my MG project is going and so on.
>
> Last year I was in a bank drive-thru in my 78 Jag XJ6 when in the next
> line I hear this young girl ask her boyfriend what that pretty car was
> beside them. He (Mr. Cool) leans back, takes a look at the hood ornament
> and tells her it's a new Mercury Cougar.
>
> The other time was when I was driving my 50 Dodge pickup (on my web
> site) It had a green cab, black bed and yellow wheels, all original. It
> even says DODGE on the tailgate. This guy comes up to me in a parking
> lot and looks thoughtfully at the truck and says "I didn't know John
> Deere made trucks too."
>
Back in the late '60's a friend of mine had a Mk2 BRG Spitfire on which
he painted the wheels John Deere Yellow. He also received the same
kinds of snide comments. But the combination was rather neat to look
at.
Joe
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