Wow Laura, are you sure you didn't go the Des Plaines show - you know
how to call em. My Spit was the one that "looked like it just got dug
up"!! We saw the stuffed gorilla in a Land Rover. A car full of "dem
rich folk" actually DROVE THROUGH THE SHOW to look at the cars from the
comfort of their RR! Unbelievable! Well, it was 90 deg's, though. BAH!
Oh and the solar-powered Cobra go-kart, s showing couple brought for
potty-transport or something, but cruised the grounds.
Later!
Vic
Laura G. wrote:
>
> I agree-I go to see ALL the cars-From the roped off Jag D Type to the
> smallest Sprite! Then there's the guy who always shows up with a huge
> stuffed Gorilla in the drivers seat! Then there's the guy from our club who
> has a TR4 that looks like it was just dig up! Everyone looks and goes "Yuk!
> You drive that thing?" (Yep.)-but it does have those wheel covers that have
> the enamelled world logo in the middle-and everything is
> original(Obviously!) And the picnics and story swapping and catching up!
> Mmmm...Shepards Pie!
> "Laura, which part did you like best?" Everything! Of course!
>
> Happy Spitfire Trails!!!
>
> Laura G. and Nigel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom O'Malley <tomomalley@hey.net>
> To: Henry Frye <thefryes@iconn.net>; kehrlich@dyax.com <kehrlich@dyax.com>;
> sweisman@gis.net <sweisman@gis.net>; fergie@ntplx.net <fergie@ntplx.net>;
> triumphs@Autox.Team.Net <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>; spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
> <spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
> Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 4:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Manchester Show
>
> >Sumner and Henry write:
> >>>
> >>>Enjoyed meeting you and many other listers. Tom was just kidding about
> >>>your car..... right?
> >
> >>Of course he is, and so was I...
> >
> >>Enjoyed spending some time with you and the other listers as well.
> >
> >He he...
> >
> >One of the things I like most about going to these Triumph events is
> >that folks take what I consider to be the "right attitude" towards
> >showing their cars. Technically speaking, this wasn't a car show at
> >all but a "British car gathering". That's what the flyer says.
> >
> >The reason I plunk down my $10 registration fee is *not* because I
> >think my $400 Spit with chrome tape on the bumpers is gonna win any
> >trophies. :-) I register because I want to share the Triumph
> >experience with other owners. I want to park my car with the other
> >Spitfires and talk to the other guys and find out what they've been
> >doing with their cars. I wanna tell stories about bad u-joints and
> >weak rear springs and techniques for getting oil in the trunions and
> >have the other guys say: "yeah....I had the same problem...here's what
> >*I* did about it..." I want to lean over someone's engine and shout
> >"THRUSTWASHERS!!" while the owner is in earshot. <just kidding!>
> >
> >But if I don't enter the show and pay my $10, then the folks who run
> >it might not be able to it again next year. And I'll really miss out.
> >Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE looking at all the concours examples
> >of each marque and without them there'd be no show either.
> >But I have the highest respect for people like Henry, Sumner, Paul
> >and Keith who are there to support the event no matter what condition
> >their car is in. I just can't resist teasing them though. :-)
> >
> >I really felt sorry for Keith...seriously. He had no interest in
> >winning any trophies. <even though his TR6 is in superb shape>
> >What happened was that they took him out of the stock TR6 class and
> >moved him into modified. So he missed out on being with the other TR6
> >*owners*....get what I mean?
> >
> >Meanwhile there wasn't ONE stock Spitfire among the nine that
> >entered...including mine. Yet we were all together. To be fair,
> >competition in the Spit class isn't quite what it is in the TR classes
> >so I guess they can be less fussy. :-)
> >
> >Funny sidebar....About midway though the show I'm off to the picnic
> >area and I see a couple pull into the parking lot with a very nice
> >looking green '76 Spit. I strike up a conversation and it turns out
> >the guy just bought it <paid $3000> and he's all excited about it. He
> >shows me the new stereo and interior kit he's had installed. The car
> >is really nice IMHO. I mention to the owner that he can still enter
> >his car and all the other Spitfires are being shown "over yonder".
> >He looks at me and his face turns white..."you mean enter THIS CAR?!
> >Why, I would NEVER!" His face literally twisted up in disgust as he
> >told me about how appalling bad the condition of the his engine bay
> >was. We popped the bonnet and it looked fine....a lot like a '76 Spit
> >engine bay that had actually been driven somewhere.
> >So now I say to myself :"Oops....I've already given him my name and
> >now he's gonna go over and see *my* car with the chrome tape bumpers
> >and the four different shades of pimento red. Hope he's not wearing a
> >pacemaker." :-)
> >
> >I'm sorry I missed Bob Dainelson this go round. He posted last week
> >sometime <if I remember> that the Limerock show was terrific but he
> >was disappointed in how few Triumphs and Mg's took the field...
> >perhaps because they were intimidated by the general dollar level that
> >this show attracts. Too bad.
> >
> >Just a quick note here to say "thanks" to Don Sforsa who missed the
> >event this year because he was in the middle of a move. Don, I know
> >put tremendous effort into this thing and if it's a great show then
> >he's one reason why. I just wish he was there to tease tho'.....next
> >year! :-)
> >
> >Cheers!
> >Tom O'Malley in Southbridge Massachusetts
> >'74, '77 Spits
> >
> >
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1977 Triumph Spitfire 1500 <*> http://www.enteract.com/~vmichael/
"There will come a time when you think everything is finished.
That will be the beginning."
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