Back in the sixties and seventies we were still trying to get over the effects of WW2. Japanese war planes and submarines bombed Australia in 1942 and many former soldiers refused to buy anything Japanese. Of course Japanese manufacturing became so good and so much was produced, including bloody good cars, even the most stubborn old soldiers eventually had to declare Japan a winner. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 9 August 2002 8:24 AM Subject: kinda Datsun related...
> I stumble across this recently on the net. Anyone seen an old Aussie TV show > called "Kingswood country"? Apparently it ran from 1979 to 1984. The write > up on it reads... > > "Ted Bulpitt's most precious possession is his Kingswood Holden car. He > objects when his son, or his son-in-law, wants to drive the car and keeps > the keys hidden. He is also unimpressed with his daughter's choice of a > husband. Ted's brother is a sales representative for Datsun cars - something > else which incurs Ted's disgust, as he feels that his brother should only > deal with Kingswood Holden cars. " > > Just wondered if you ever got to see any of those new Datsuns in it? > > Eddie Rattley > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.ratdat.com > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
