'Murican Metal in the Land of the Free (import laws)

"Leon711" (leon711) 10/25/2015 at 10:31 • Filed to: El Camino, UK

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Spotted this morning in the greatest country in the world. The UK.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Leon711 10/25/2015 at 10:49

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My grandfather built those halftracks at the Studebaker plant during WWII, he was 4f, the day he was rejected for military service they were calling him to come build trucks. He already had a job Managing the local chain 5&10 store. So he worked 2 jobs and by the end of the war he made enough money to buy his own 5&10 store instead of managing them.

Leon711 > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 10/25/2015 at 11:04

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A time of opportunity! It made a hell of a noise and he used the siren when he drove off

shop-teacher > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 10/25/2015 at 11:10

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Very cool story!

whoarder is tellurium > Leon711 10/25/2015 at 11:16

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I want to do one wheel peels and donuts in the el camino. For America.

Malaise era emission restricted power house.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > shop-teacher 10/25/2015 at 11:28

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I think what helped him save enough to pay cash for his house and store was the fact that you couldn’t buy anything during WWII

Leon711 > whoarder is tellurium 10/25/2015 at 11:29

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I love referring to it as the mayonnaise era.

shop-teacher > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 10/25/2015 at 11:48

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Yeah, you couldn’t exactly run out and buy a new car :)

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > shop-teacher 10/25/2015 at 11:49

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Or tires, I inherited his desk I found a denial letter for the purchase of a new spare tire from the war dept.

shop-teacher > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 10/25/2015 at 13:35

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Oh wow! They couldn’t get gas or meat or much flour/sugar/butter either. We’re so spoiled these days, we have no idea what that generation went through.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > shop-teacher 10/25/2015 at 15:21

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I found the sugar ration cards in there as well, there was one for him, my grandmother, and my father who was 2 years old. They were allowed 2lbs a month each so 6lbs for the family, now that may sound like a lot but when cooking everything from scratch it is not. They were allowed double that amount for canning in September and October.

Of course a young family in the midwest of the US had it easy compared to what the citizens of the UK wnet through.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Leon711 10/25/2015 at 15:44

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gib!

Leon711 > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/25/2015 at 16:01

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You already have all the utes.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Leon711 10/25/2015 at 16:02

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more!!

shop-teacher > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 10/25/2015 at 16:38

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“Of course a young family in the midwest of the US had it easy compared to what the citizens of the UK wnet through.”

Absolutely, no doubt about it.

Cé hé sin > Leon711 10/25/2015 at 17:32

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Never mind the brown thing, there’s a Hyundai i10! Exciting times. I drove a lap of Iceland in one.

Leon711 > Cé hé sin 10/25/2015 at 17:34

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That’s a gosh darned picanto!

Cé hé sin > Leon711 10/25/2015 at 18:44

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You can tell from that angle? The side view is almost the same.

Leon711 > Cé hé sin 10/25/2015 at 18:51

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slightly less angle on the upsweep on the door. Also, I took the pic.

Cé hé sin > Leon711 10/25/2015 at 18:55

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What I took away from my i10 was that it was the most sparsely equipped car I’ve driven in years. Windy-up windows? Yes. Door mirrors only adjustable by opening the door? Yes. Manual locks? Yes. Intermittent wipe? No. That was what irritated me the most.

Leon711 > Cé hé sin 10/25/2015 at 19:08

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I bet they only had two speeds on the wiper too.