Re: Question for English-English speakers

On Thu, 5 May 2005 23:21:12 -0400, Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> wrote:

>OK, BP and Joe, thanks for the answers.
>
>My last contact with British motor products was in the 50s-60s-- and the
>owner's manual for my first motorcycle was a reprint of the 1939 edition
>:-))  I did think there was a different term for "bumper", but apparently
>memory wasn't serving.
>
Back that far, there might have been a different term, or a number of
equivalent terms in use simultaneously.  Someone with more knowledge of UK
motoring history will have to answer that.

Geoff

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