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 Ah the secret of long-lasting British chrome is the little misting of oil it gives itself as it whirrs down the road.....