Joe,
The Dolomite straight eight was the best looking Alfa Romeo ever built
by Triumph! Even Alfa was impressed enough to threaten legal action
against Donald Healey its designer.
The best looking true Triumph was the 1935 Southern Cross. It gives even
Jaguar SS-100s a run for their aesthetic money.
John T. Nichols
'58 TR3A TS32093L 'O'
'86 TVR 280i
Joe Curry wrote:
>
> Wait a minute what list is this anyway? Can anybody really say there is
> a more fantasticly sexy car (especially for its time) than the
> Straight-Eight Dolomite?
>
> Joe Curry
>
> Michael Noerregaard wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Greg Petrolati wrote:
> > >I think you're missing a big one in the "Sex on Wheels" category...
> > >MY vote definitely goes to the C-type Jaguar... Someone did a
> > >sculpture that pushed the Jag's lines just a skosh... Amazing.
> > >A wet dream in bronze!
> >
> > I will have to go with Greg on that. Even though I wasn't even thought
> > of when Jaguar brought out the C-type and D-type, I have been fortunate
> > enough to drive both of these cars (thanks to a friend of my dad who
> > owns both of these cars) on a short segment of what was know as the
> > Danish Spring Rally in 1994 (not a rally as such, more of a nice stroll
> > in the country side). And I can vouch for them not just looking great,
> > but also driving GREAT.
>
> --
> "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
>
> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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