<< I hope all of you are having a wonderful Triumph kinda day as well!!
>>
49 degrees, windy, rainy and Triumph still better described as "a
collection of Triumph particles, separated by no more than two
counties". Thanks for bringing it up... Glad to hear you're having fun
though ;-)
Scott
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Hensley [SMTP:susan@bearcom.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 1:56 PM
> To: Spitfire List; Friends of Triumph
> Subject: Spitfire Kinda Day
>
> Hi all!
>
> It was so absolutely gorgeous today here in the Dallas area that I had
> to take Elliott ('68 Spit) to work today. The whole fourteen miles in
> to work I got honks and whistles and "Nice car!" comments -- Elliott's
> ego is starting to rival Nigel's (Hi Laura!)!! At a traffic light a
> truck driver leaned out of his rig, and in a ve-e-e-e-ry Southern
> drawl
> said, "Whut model is thayat?" I said, "It's a Triumph Spitfire," and
> he
> said, "Whu-u-u-t?" I yelled, "TRIUMPH SPITFIRE!" and he said, "Whut
> model?" I said, "Spitfire, that's the model!" He said,
> "Whu-u-u-u-t?"
> I yelled, "SPIYUT-FAR!!!" in my best Texas drawl, and he goes, "Oh,
> okay! Nice car!" :) I'm glad the light changed just about then...
>
> I had lunch with a friend today (Elliott enjoyed sitting in the sun in
> the parking lot of Gershwin's, rubbing mirrors with Mercedes and Lexus
> (guess who got the looks -- not those cars! :), and found out her
> neighbor is Bob Norwood (sp?), the guy who races/builds Ferraris and
> other exotics -- he's featured in this month's Car and Driver. He has
> a
> shop down on Northwest Highway here in town. She said whenever he
> sees
> them outside as he is leaving his home, he revs the engine of whatever
> it is he's driving -- Ferrari, Porsche, etc. and winds it up for them.
>
> I hope all of you are having a wonderful Triumph kinda day as well!!
>
> Keep Triumphing,
> Susan Hensley :)
> 1968 Spit Mk3 Elliott
> 1967 race Spit Mk3 Tristan
> 2 TR6 projects...
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