Thanks John - I always wondered whether it was truly the 1,000,000th! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 10:25 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Made in England
> On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 09:39:26AM +1000, John Coyle wrote: >> When I lived in Wimbledon (South London for those who don't know it) in >> the >> 1960's, there was a pink Morris Minor lived in a nearby street that had a >> badge reading "Minor 1000000" instead of the usual "Minor 1000" on the >> boot >> lid. Don't know whether it was the genuine 1,000,000th Minor or not, but >> it's made a good story! > > I don't know if that was the car that ended up in your neighbourhood, > but the 1,000,000th Minor off the production line certainly did have > "1,000,000" in those chrome letters rather than the customary "1,000". > > I believe this was only the second car model to achieve 1,000,000 units. > The first, of course, was the (original) VW Beetle. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
