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Re: Past & Present

To: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
Subject: Re: Past & Present
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:08:16 -0600
Cc: Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
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Land Rover
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>Here are a few more:
>
>AC
>Alvis
>Bentley
>Bristol
>Caterham
>Daimler
>Hillman
>Humber
>Riley
>Rolls-Royce
>Rover
>
>Rick
>1 Sprite
>
>Frank Clarici wrote:
>
>> V & J Pina wrote:
>>
>> > What makes were made and what makes are presently made by the British. I 
>>really don't know the whole story.
>>
>> I'll at least start the list.
>>
>> Arkley (yes it is an actual car manufacturer (or was)
>> Armstron-Siddley
>> Austin (many models)
>> Austin Healey
>> Aston Martin (now owned by Ford)
>> Berkeley
>> BMC (*combining Austin, MG, Jaguar Morris and others)
>> British Leyland (bought em all up)
>> Delorean (well it's from the isles of GB)
>> Elva
>> Ford (Anglia, Popular, Cortina, etc)
>> Gilette (or something like that)
>> Jowlette
>> Jaguar (now Ford)
>> Jensen (pre Healey)
>> Hillman (Rootes)
>> Humber (Rootes)
>> Leyland (commercial vehicles)
>> Lola
>> Lotus
>> Morgan (the only one left still making British cars)
>> Morris
>> MG (Morris Garage)
>> Nash (as in Austin-Nash Metropolitan)
>> Reliant (scimetar and 3 wheeler)
>> Sunbeam (Rootes)
>> Talbot (later Sunbeam then Rootes I think)
>> Triumph
>> TVR (Trevor Wison)
>> Vauxhaul (GM UK)
>>
>> This is from memory, and maybe a few are just models of makes but I gave
>> it my best shot. There are many more makers that came and left.
>> Daniel, help me out here.
>>
>> --
>> Frank Clarici
>> Toms River, NJ
>> Too many Sprites (again)
>> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
>> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut


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