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Re: Is this true?
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 25 Feb 2000 21:33:17 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes:
> > (2) Citroen made a car that was called the "Deux Cheveaux" (two h.p.) which
> > was 4' 8 1/2" wide!
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> Otherwise known as a 2 CV :), oh, btw, they are _not_ two horsepower, since a
> Cheveaux is more than one horsepower...another mecanical oddity for you • brought
> to you by the French...
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> James P
Thanks for that James, it's a literal translation which is about as accurate
as the general French opinion of British Beef.
Jon
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| (...) Otherwise known as a 2 CV :), oh, btw, they are _not_ two horsepower, since a Cheveaux is more than one horsepower...another mecanical oddity for you brought to you by the French... James P (24 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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