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From: berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: oldest design sold in the US
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Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 12:50:59 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 19 12:50:59 1984
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In article <1151@akgua.UUCP> dlp@akgua.UUCP (D.L. Philen [Dan]) writes:
>
>    As for the oldest design car *SOLD* in the U.S., both Porsche
>and Studebaker are wrong.  [...] My answer is the Morgan.

Here we see the classic problem of definition of terms.  What do we mean 
by "sold in the US"?  I would venture to say we are talking about cars
sold AS NEW in the US by the manufacturer or their representative, the
independent dealer.  My understanding of the Morgan situation is that they
are imported into Canada, modified to run on propane and then ferried 
down to the US through Seattle, whereupon they are sold as USED cars, thus
managing to avoid a host of picky NHTSA regulations.

I could be wrong, though.  Morgans are neat cars, no matter how many nits
you pick :-)



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