A junkyard TC???!!! (see paragraph 5). Somebody in the San Diego area
ought to check this one out....
Sarah Carr
TD3942EXLU in (snowy) PA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Oudesluys" <coudesluijs@chello.nl>
To: "John Sims" <ahbn6@verizon.net>
Cc: "Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] FW: 48 Tucker auto.
>I just returned from my San Diego holiday/wife4s congress. In the car
> museum there was only one very interesting car, the Tucker, what an
> interesting project! I liked the simple design of the originally
> intended engine with its hydraulically operated valves and minimal
> amount of parts, however I wonder if the bronze cylinder linings would
> have worked. Apart from a nice collection of motorcycles there was not
> very much of interest.
>
> What a beautifull area San Diego is. An extremely well off area. Very
> clean and well maintained, perfect sidewalks, no grafiti or dirt, also
> the lesser area4s in the South. In stark contrast is the very neglected
> state of the road surface in many places.
> I especially like Little Italy, La Jolla and the Harbor boulevard with
> its museum ships. I spend nearly a full day on the Aircraft carrier.
> Great public transport with local buses, trolleys and trains going
> everywhere, and very cheap at 5 US dollars a day go anywhere! Bus and
> trolley drivers are very friendly and helpful. In fact that goes for
> most Yanks bar Immigration/Customs, but that is a Universal problem.
> I loved driving around Southern California in my hired Nissan Sentra. It
> always surprises me how relaxed and easy going American traffic is
> compared to the European situation.
>
> Saw a lot of 1960/19804s Americana, a surprising amount of old
> Mercedes4, many of them the Pagoda sports, a few Volvo4s, a lot of VW
> Type1 and 2, BMWs. I even came across a Fiat 500 ca. 1965.
> Some mid-late 19504s Chevrolet Bel Air, Corvette, Ford Thunderbird, a
> unknown to me19204s American car , Delauny?, and some late 1940/early
> 1950 cars and trucks. A fair few new(ish) Lamborginis, Maseratis, Aston
> Martins, Range Rovers and Jaguars. I also saw some strikingly good
> looking sportscars-roadsters of US manufacture I presume. Small and
> compact but no idea about the make. Much better looking than the large
> flashy Corvettes.
>
> Why are there so many of the gas guzzling trucks around? Is this a tax
> thing?
> No small cars apart from the odd Smart and Toyota Yaris. An amazing
> amount of medium and large Japanese and Korean machines.
>
> Very few old LBC4s, a possibly salvageable MG TC on a scrap yard on 3rd
> Ave between Main Street and Orange Street near Iris Ave for the ones
> interested, Land Rover SIII, AH 3000, white with a dark red top (up with
> lovely sunny weather and 74F, shame!!), Sunday 23rd of January on Harbor
> Drive near the Town Hall, anyone from the list?)
>
> I will definitely go back next year.
>
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
>
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