Date:         Mon, 11 May 1998 11:38:04 -0700
Reply-To:     "Matthew L. Dekker" <mdekker@ESKIMO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Matthew L. Dekker" <mdekker@ESKIMO.COM>
Subject:      Chrysler Wordsmithing
Comments: To: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU>

Today, this was in the digest:

>Date:    Mon, 11 May 1998 10:55:53 -0700
>From:    Sam Scholten <vwvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: Re: Chrysler Invention? (minivans)

>Volks,

>Chrysler DID invent the "minivan"... the WORD. Not the vehicle.

They didn't even invent the word. I have a postcard which is a copy of a
Morris ad. On the front it has an illustration of the Morris Mini wagon
without rear side windows and they called it the "Revolutionary New Morris
Mini-Van. On the reverse is the following description,

"Mini Van, 'Penny-a-mile' was the theme of early advertising which claimed
fuel consumption of 50 mpg. Introduced in January 1960 the van was produced
until December 1982."

So there,
Matt Dekker
mdekker@eskimo.com

Dekker Service Inc., US Agents for:
Pashley Cycles, Alex Moulton Bicycles,
Lepper Saddles, and more.

Dekker Service Website
www.eskimo.com/~mdekker




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