Oh, yeah; one more thing about bugeyes. Everyone knows that they were
really " girls' " cars!!! (kind of like a VW Cabriolet is today) Give me a
"manly Midget" any day!
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Herb_Goede@amsinc.com <Herb_Goede@amsinc.com>
To: Wiedemeyer <boxweed@thebest.net>
Date: Thursday, May 13, 1999 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: Morris vs British Leyland
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> Oh, c'mon!! Everyone knows that the Bugeye was just a poor excuse of a
> prototype for the Midget! -- I mean, who could ever really take serious
>a
> car with no trunk lid and no way to store a muddy flat tire other than
> dragging it across the seats to stow in a dark boot?! And the
> headlights! ---- Did they forget about them when they were designing
>the
> car, then add them as an afterthought?
>
>Why yes they did! And what's up with those rear wheel arches? You can
>definitely tell the two ends were designed by different groups.
>
>With sprites (and their gaudy midget clones)just like the Jag E-type, the
>Ford T-bird, the Dodge Daytona, the Ford Mustang..... later models are
>never quite as good as the original.
>
>Fire when ready.
>
>Herb G.
>AN5
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