Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/31

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Subject: [Leica] Re:'57 Healey
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Tue Jan 31 13:23:54 2006
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A friend of mine had a 6 wheel amphibious ex-military Alvis. He lived  
in Blackpool and we went fishing in it - loaded up at his house then  
drove to the beach straight across and into the sea. It did about 2  
mpg, dear even then.
Frank

On 31 Jan, 2006, at 14:56, Douglas Sharp wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] Re:'57 Healey)
Reply from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] Re:'57 Healey/Alvis Stalwart)
In reply to: Message from wvl at comcast.net (Bill Lawlor) ([Leica] Re:'57 Healey)
Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] Re:'57 Healey)
Message from langeratcarleton at gmail.com (Mark Langer) ([Leica] Re:'57 Healey)
Message from sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner) ([Leica] Re:'57 Healey)
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] Re:'57 Healey)
Message from sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner) ([Leica] Re:'57 Healey)
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] Re:'57 Healey)