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From: jcjeff@ihlpg.UUCP (Richard Jeffreys)
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Subject: Re: Ford Prefect
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Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 23:56:02 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 25 23:56:02 1985
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[ DON'T PANIC! ]

>>>        In Hitchhikers, it says that Ford Prefect had  mistakenly
>>>chosen  his  name  to  be "especially inconspicuous".  What is it
>>>about the name that makes it overly conpicuous?   It's  a  little
>>>strange,  but  not  THAT strange.  Is this some British joke that
>>>I'm not aware of?
>>>				Jeff Sparkes
 
> I seem to recall reading somewhere that the Ford Motor Company used to
> sell a model in Great Britain called....you guessed it...the Ford Prefect!
> -- Jim Lewis

"Prefectly" correct Jim. Ford UK did produce the model known as the Prefect,
but it was (I belive) discontinued way back in the early sixties. I never
liked the design of them anyway. I liked them even less, when one decided to
turn right, just as I was overtaking it. They were quite solid and tended to
cause quite a mess when they collided with Toyotas. My father wasn't too
happy; it was his Toyota :-(
-- 
 [ It's not the end of the world....no it's not;
                  If it's the end of the world, well so what ? - Marti Webb ]
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