Included for contrast:
>majority (like 90%) of his customers are old guys who wanted one of these
>cars in high school but couldn't have one. They now buy one, restore it
>to like new, and keep it in garage, driving once or twice a year. He
>says this is in marked contrast to ten-fifteen years ago, when most of
>his customers were **young college guys and gals using their cars for
>everyday transport.** As a result, he sells more body and interior parts,
My 1980 Spitfire, which I bought when entering grad school in 1982,
was my first car. Until the Jag 3.8S my wife and I bought 2 years ago,
it was my only car, excluding the wife's Honda. It is my daily driver on
a ~8 mile commute, and I do most of my own work. Before settling into this
current, more sedentary period of my life, I drove it everywhere, including
from Atlanta to San Diego, and up and down the west coast. I have put about
73k miles on it so far.
Tim Drabik
Old College Guy
(Georgia Tech School of ECE)
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