I am not aware of a > specific make that was > restricted to the so called elite. > Hispano-Suza (sp?) I believe you had to "prove" that you obtained your money in an honest way, the idea being to keep them out of the hands of prohibition-era gangsters. The "new" Bugatii may have done something similar to keep them out of the hands of drug-lord gangsta's. I've also heard that some of the exotic European makes from the 20s (like the above, and a few others) tried to limit their sales to "white-only" in the US. Not trying to stir the pot, just find it interesting that companies even bothered with that stuff. Carmine F. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm