The History Channel's "This Day In History" website has a section entitled "This
Day In Automotive History" that might be of interest. So far, I haven't seen
anything on the british cars. You can also search for events on specific dates,
i.e. your birthday.
Go to http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/index.html and click on "Automotive
History."
BTW, so that you can plan to send me a TR4 part on my birthday, I'll post this
event from my birthday, October 9. I haven't rcvd such a clear sign to get rid
of any of my own cars yet:
1992 The Malibu and the Meteorite
On this day, thousands of people in the Eastern United States
witnessed an above-average-size meteorite enter the Earth's
atmosphere with a sonic boom, and burst into flames as it
streaked across the sky over several states. Photographed and
videotaped by over a dozen people, the fireball flew over an open
football stadium before crashing into Peekskill, New York, a small
city fifty miles north of New York City. The thirty pound,
football-size meteorite struck a 1980 Chevy Malibu parked in a
driveway, penetrating the trunk of the car and missing the gas
tank by inches. The owner of the totaled automobile reportedly
expressed wonder at the fact that an object in orbit around the
sun for millions of years ended up in the trunk of his Chevy, but
worried if his insurance would cover the damage.
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Steven Newell
Crave Technology, Inc.
steven@cravetechnology.com
http://www.cravetechnology.com
303.675.0777 / 303.675.0999 (fax)
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