Date sent:              Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:58:03 -0800
From:                   Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
Subject:                Re: My list of the worst ever car names(NVC)
To:                     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> Try your U.S. History text book. If I recall correctly it was the name given
> to a road/trail in California when it was under Spanish rule.
>
> Mark in AK

El Camino Real or The King's highway.
For further info see:
   http://www.pacificnet.net/~faigin/CA-HWYS/elcamino.html

//Jack

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: d spence <dspence@OANET.COM>
> Date: Sunday, March 14, 2004 6:52 pm
> Subject: Re: My list of the worst ever car names
>
> > Funny, when i pu el camino real into babelfish it came up with "the
> > dirt road". Maybe that's the royal road in some parts of latin
> > America??