Seems I've seen just about every car I've ever owned/sold years after
selling them. Its odd to see a car on the road being driven by someone you
don't know. Usually the car looks about the same or worse. I'd like to see
my old 67 Datsun Roadster again though. The aqaintance who bought my Lancia
called me 2 years after he bought it asking if I'd be interested in buying
it back since he was having financial trouble. Pass.
Peter S
----- Original Message -----
From: Dirk Frazier <dfrazier@yahoo.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 1999 5:31 AM
Subject: Small World
>
> I bought my '78 1500 through a friend of mine who runs
> a private dealership. He found the car at an auction,
> where another dealership was selling it. Needless to
> say I don't know much about the PO, nor the mechanical
> history of my car. Since I was going to restore the
> car anyway, I figured I'd make my own history with it.
>
> Last night motoring around, not just top down, but top
> off, I pulled into the parking lot of a local sports
> bar. A woman, walking across the parking lot stopped,
> stared, pointed and said "...omygod, that's my
> car!..." Thinking she was making this accusation in a
> figurative tone, I slowed down and joked back "...no,
> it's MINE!..." She said, "...no really, that WAS my
> car, I just KNOW it is..." Well, to make a long story
> short, she WAS the PO and knew all the things that I
> had to fix (which I have) in order to get it reliable.
> We exchanged names and numbers, and she said she
> would send me all the old papers on the car. She even
> said she would throw in a Triumph jacket that she
> doesn't ware anymore.
>
> I asked her why she got rid of the car (expecting the
> worst) and she pointed and said "...because I bought
> that..." She was pointing at a brand new BMW Z3... I
> asked her if she was happy with the Z, and she
> said..."...I miss my spitfire..."
>
> YESSSSSSSSSS. You could almost hear the spitfire
> snicker when we parked next to the the Z.
>
> Dirk Frazier
> '78 Spitfire (that dreams of eating Z3s for breakfast)
> http://www.egr.msu.edu/~frazier
>
> BTW - thanks to everyone for their recent comments on
> my almost electrical fire. I did some pretty stupid
> things to cause it, but I found out what the problems
> were, fixed them and learned. What it's all about right?
>
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