[78-L] Wheels, was Re: Did vocals help sell records? [was Can Anyone Identify

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Feb 11 06:10:31 PST 2010


I learned on a Frontenac, and my first two cars were Acadians. Those latter two 
combined cost less than my Monks Record Cleaning Machine....

What this has to do with anything, I forget (okay, I moved lots of records in 
those two Acadians).

dl

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr." <citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net>
>>>   
>> Just for the record, I am on my second Citroen. My first was an ID and I 
>> just imported a GSA, one of the very few in the U.S. My other car is 
>> Swedish (ready for lutefisk jokes).
>>
> What I always wanted was a Mercury pick-up truck! These were a
> Canada-only version of Fords, intended for sale by Lincoln-Mercury
> dealers up here. We also had Monarchs (Mercury versions sold by
> Ford dealers 1949-196?) and Meteors (Ford clones sold by Lincoln-
> Mercury dealers 1949-c.1980)...as well as a Falcon clone known as
> a Frontenac...and a generation of Canadian Pontiacs that were Chevys
> from the windshield back. Finally, there were Canadian Dodge models
> which were Plymouths for their rear halves!
> 
> Besides which, we had Acadians (Pontiac Chevy II's) and Beaumonts
> Pontiac Chevelles...!
> 
> ...steven C. Barr



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