John,
To be accurate, I wouldn't have classified you as "local folk". Those
were the ones who drove around on tractors, and had a car that was
garaged most of the year and licensed only in summer months for
"holiday" driving. Most of the transportation being done by Train or
bus.
Joe
jonmac wrote:
>
> >When I was over in England with the USAF in the early 70's,
> >many of the GI's bought TR6's because they were so inexpensive there
> >considering there was no tax levied on visiting military personnel. As
> >I recall, there were more military types driving TR's than the local
> >folks.
>
> 'S right, Joe. US Spec 6's were as common as secondhand popcorn - you could
> hear them coming all over East Anglia. What you didn't hear so often were
> the one's "the local folks" preferred. Uncle Sam legislated against you
> buying those, but you've got to admit - they were a teeny bit better and a
> lot faster, sexier, more fault prone and they had about another 40 odd
> brake horsepower which was quite handy around the traffic lights of
> Lakenheath and Alconbury. In Berkeley Square days, we used to call that
> general area 'piddle country' - 'cos that's what we used to do with our
> PI's against your Carb versions. Didn't do much to cement Anglo-American
> relations as I recall.
>
> I don't think us "local folks" were SO badly done by?
>
> John Mac
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