Probably tax avoidance/evasion - no better reason I could think of. The
British had a long tradition of schemes like this - witness the 3-wheeler
cars like Morgan & Bond sold, as well as the 'kit' Lotuses (Loti?) for home
assembly by 'amateur' mechanics. Rues were made to be broken (or bent!).
Cheers, JD
-----Original Message-----
From: Geo Hahn [SMTP:geohahn@azstarnet.com]
Sent: January 4, 2000 3:29 PM
To: TR
Subject: Re: "5" prefix on a TR4a in Canada
Dave Terrick wrote:
> Finally, in absence of other information (and I suspect I'll need
to break
> down and gab a BMHIT certificate), my car was built in Malta
(Thanks Joe C,
> I also found your list post on the archive). Just where the @#$@#
is
> Malta?!?
An island (actually several I think) in the Mediterranean just aways
south of
Sicily. Not a big place, perhaps 100 square miles.
Did I read somewhere that there was a scheme by which British cars
were run thru
Malta prior to delivery somewhere else? Can't recall why this was
done.
Geo Hahn
59 TR3A
Tucson AZ
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