Is our view of old engineering distorted by the products which survive?
"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:
Damn, I love the evocative, romantic English names for their machines.
"Vincent Black Shadow." "Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud." "Coventry Climax."
"Adrian Squire." And now, "Rowlett Rutland Regent."
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Del+McCoury+Band/_/1952+Vincent+Black+Lightning
I guess a few people still remember it. A 150 mph production motorcycle
certainly stood out in the early '50s.
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Ed Huntress
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