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In Article <B0.A_07@xds13.ferranti.com>, peter@ficc.ferranti.com
(peter da silva) writes:
 
>> And there are still a number of companies which build small runs...
>
>> If I hit the lottery one of my cars will be an Avanti...
>
>You mean a Corvette or Trans Am with a fiberglass shell based on an
>old Studebaker?                                         ^^^^^^^^
 
   Try "built with Studebaker's original tooling". And that
includes the chassis; only the engine and transmission come from
Chevrolet. They've updated the design a bit in recent years, so I
don't know how much of the old tooling remains, but they still
build it from the ground up (Avantis have always had fiberglass
bodies).
 
   A few years ago it was said that there were enough companies
making replacement parts for Ford Model-A's that you could build
a brand-new one, with no original parts (I suppose the same could
be said of the IBM-PC :-). Perhaps the most likely motivation for
a small-run custom CPU would be for nostalgic reasons (ie, PDP-10
on-a-chip). That way, you don't need a rational reason to do it.
 
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