Re: Lathe of Heavan - City Car

["Mike Chancey" <evtinker@hotmail.com>]

Excellent taste in movies Gary, "Lathe" is one of my all time favorites.  I
too recently picked up a copy, and was delighted to see the little EV.  I
appears to be a Citivan, a rare extended Citicar with extra side windows.  I
have only seen one of these before, and it was a very battered one in Cobol,
Missouri.  They seem to have been made just about the point where the
Citicars became Commutacars, as they have features from both.  I suspect
they make a bit nicer EV, as the extra room and longer wheelbase would come
in handy.

Thanks,

Mike Chancey,
'88 Civic EV
Kansas City, Missouri
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Flo" <Gary@innevations.com>
To: "EV List" <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 11:52 PM
Subject: Lathe of Heavan - City Car


> I just bought the video and watched one of my favorite old sci-fi flicks:
"The
> Lathe of Heavan" by Ursula LeGuin.  When George Orr drives to his cottage
on the
> coast he is driving an old City Car or Commuta Car, the one that looks
like a
> cross between a doorstop and a refrigerator, ie: the cheese wedge.
>
> In the context of the film it looks futuristic.  Very cool. Rates up there
with
> the late 50's DeSoto in Blade Runner.
>
> GF
>
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