[thechat] Moggies in the Mist was: Longish reply -- RE: Calling Houstonians (isthataword:))
Luther, Ron
Ron.Luther at hp.com
Mon Apr 10 08:37:23 CDT 2006
Martin Burns:
>>Dunno about that - when I hear 'Moggie' in the context of motor
vehicles, I think of my 1st car:
>>http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinb/78682303/
Hi Martin,
Still looks more interesting than my first car. I had a two-door Chevy
II like this one:
http://www.novaresource.org/gallery1/64dianne1.jpg
I believe my father paid $200 for it. Anemic engine. Bench seats.
Manual 'three on the tree'
tranny. (Well, until I broke the shift lever off anyway. Continued to
drive it for months
after that. It was just a bit more challenging.)
It was closer to this colour:
http://www.novaresource.org/gallery1/64paulc1.jpg
And looked much uglier in person.
About the only place I've come across the term 'Moggie' has been from
the writings
of Dennis Simanaitis, the Engineering Editor for Road & Track magazine.
I subscribed
for quite a few years and still read online from time to time. (Never
want to miss
Peter Egan's column! [Navigate through 'Features -> Side Glances']
Wonderful writing
style.) Dennis is a self-confessed Morgan afficianado and pretty much
only uses the
term 'Moggie' in reference to things like these:
http://www.allonwhite.co.uk/new-4-4.asp
RonL.
(Who has a number of toy cars at his desk, but they are pretty much all
more interesting
things; (Miuras, Skyliners, GT500s, '57 Plymouth Belvedere, etc.) than
he actually drives.)
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