Well, its been about been about eight years since my TR3 has been on the
roads, so I don't remember any good misidentification stories. I do
remember a quite attractive woman asking me if I was interested in selling
the car when I was lying along side/underneath it trying to un-jam the
starter in a Target parking lot!
My best misidentifications come from my '53 Morris Minor Conv., its
regularly identified as a Bug, once even as a Hebmueller. But, the best one
was when it was identified a small Rolls Royce!
I'm finding more and more that being one kind of car person doesn't mean
anything for cars in general. A lot people seem to have tunnel vision for
their one special thing. A lot of newer Corvette owners in the Corvette
clubs I'm in identify my '61 as anywhere from a '53 to a '67.
As far as the Sunbeam thing goes, the builder of our new house asked the
other day what kind of refrigerator we wanted and I said "Nash-Kelvinator",
I just got a blank stare.
Scott Augustine
'59 TR3A, '53 Morris Minor, '61 Corvette
'65 & '70 Chevelles, '66 Amphicar.
ex VW thing and '55 Studebaker
-----Original Message-----
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:51:35 -0500
From: Paul Burr <tigerpb@ids.net>
Subject: Re: Here's a thread we haven't had for a while...
I had a neighbor look at the Sunbeam badge on my Tiger and say "Sunbeam?
They make toasters, don't they?"
Paul
On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 11:41 AM, Michael Hargreave Mawson
wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Whilst getting into my Spitfire in the car park at Tesco this evening,
> an elderly chap stopped me and said, "That's a TR7, isn't it? Nice
> cars..."
>
> What's the most stupid attempt anyone has ever made at guessing the
> identity of *your* LBC?
>
> ATB
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