Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The late, great, much lamented Henry N Manney pointed out that the first Baron Rootes was offered ownership of the Volkswagenwerke in 1946 and, after a visit, declined the honour. Manney credited this brief British connexion with the oil leakeage by the Beetle ... Of course, Henry Ford, the original dude, was offered the same deal, and snorted that, "it will never sell". I have owned three Beetles, a KG, a Bus, and currently drive an Audi. Thank heavens for their blindness. But I also own one of Lord Rootes' products, an Alpine, and it DOES leak a bit of oil, now and again ... Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!