<VV> Rootes (No Corvair)

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/9/2012 9:32:14 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
ronh at owt.com writes:

That  brings to mind the despicable act of the Chrysler Corporation in  
Purchasing Roots Motors and then promptly shutting them down.  I  can't 
imagine what they gained by doing that as it must have cost them a  lot and 
with no visible return.  Maybe that's why I never liked  Chrysler as I had 
a 
Sunbeam Minx at the time and I still have an  Alpine.
RonH


To me, though, the funny part was how they handled the Sunbeam Tiger!  The 
Tiger II has just come out, with the 289 Ford motor (replacing the 260  
Ford). Chrysler, upon buying Rootes, extended their 5 yr 50,000 mile warrantee  
to all the Rootes products, including the Tiger. So the Sunbeam Tiger II  
had 5 yr/ 50,000 warrantee on the motor, like the rest of the car. Ford only  
warranteed the motor for two years in every other car it was installed - at 
the  time! Thanks Chrysler!!  Soon after, Chrysler solved all that by 
dumping  Rootes, at least in the US. The Plymouth dealer around here brought in a 
bunch  of Simcas at about that time, too. Those imports, at the time, served 
to remind  us how good our American cars were - at the time. The imports 
had the strangest  smelling plastic interiors, two hours in the California 
sun, you had to air out  the interior before you could drive it.  Old memories 
of smells are  pervasive!