Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But they had decent "pulling" power ;-) Funny, in my youth the local lads went in for army surplus vehicles more than sportscars, Austin Champs (Rolls Royce engined and about as unreliable as you can get), Austin Gipsy, de-commissioned armoured cars, early Unimogs and Haflingers, one even had a Volvo "Sugga" (which means pig in Swedish - and looks like it too). One lad even had a fully amphibious Alvis Stalwart 6-wheeler, makes a Hummer look like a low consumption car, and you have to be a mountaineer to get into it. My mate Malcolm was the only one wirh anything even distantly related to a sportscar - a Triumph Vitesse. Douglas Seth Rosner wrote: > Doug: > > >> Tractors and sportscars seem to go together - Lamborghini and >> Aston-Martin were both made as an expensive "hobby" of tractor >> manufacturers. > > > .........but they didn't use their tractors' engines, thank heaven > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >