Word: isotta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Purdy is not living on all cylinders himself, because he does not yet own a Lancia (only a handful of U.S. fanciers do), but by Kings of the Road standards he is not doing so badly: he owns and drives a 1927, two-seater Bugatti. He also owns an Isotta-Fraschini '28, a Peugot '14, and even a comparatively Johnny-come-lately Citroën 1939. He has also owned a Mercer Raceabout two-seater, vintage 1912, a real American beau ty. To drive a 1912 Mercer, says Purdy, is to feel "the movement of a horse under...