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From: 9234dwz@houxf.UUCP (Nomad # 73299651)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Stickers on cars in Europe
Message-ID: <998@houxf.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 14:40:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: houxf.998
Posted: Thu Sep 19 14:40:11 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 20-Sep-85 05:54:35 EDT
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Organization: The End of His Tether
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> >I was wondering what the little white, oval stickers are stuck on the
> >backs of most cars in Europe. They all have a single black letter in the 
> >center which (I guess) shows the country of origin of the car. 
> 
> They simply identify the contry of origin; they are not required by
> law.  You even see cars with German license plates and a "USA"
> sticker.                               
> 

       As "I" recall, at least in the late sixties and early seventies
these stickers WERE REQUIRED BY LAW. If you were going to be travelling
to another country, a sticker was required to show country of origin.
Also UK vehicles needed headlight converters to throw the low beam to 
the right (instead of to the left as is usual in Britain due to driving
on the left hand side).
      In fact it was somewhat of a status symbol to indicate that you'd
"gone abroad".






    Dave Peak
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