These are some serious lists! I can only humbly add my few:
'83 Honda Civic Hatchback (my first car - hey, at least it was the "sport"
edition - whatever that meant)
'71 MG Midget - Fun car. Bought it from a guy who worked at a good body
shop (now out of business, of course), so it was beautiful, straight, and
BRG. None of the electrics worked and so I bought it for under $1,000. Got
lucky - fixed one obvious, and one not so obvious break in the electric
lines, and everything worked! Then I found out the hard way (hey, I was 18!)
why you have to check oil levels. Ahem, on to the next car.
** '71 VW Super Beetle - A collection of four non-ops, this car was a
basket case. After 4 years of daily driving, everything finally worked.
For about one year. Two years later, I still have it, and it is FOR SALE!!!
** '66 (as I have been recently informed), but tagged as a '67 Spitfire 4
Mark II. Again, a basket case when I bought it. But at least it had little
rust, a straight frame, and all the chrome. That weed growing out of the
engine block was easily pulled out, too. The DPO had glued(!) astroturf to
the floor pans, instead of using a carpet kit. Happy to say that she is now
purring like a kitten (with an occasional hair ball). And the added D-type
overdrive doesn't hurt. She needs new paint, though . . .
'90 VW Jetta - Wife's car. Okay everyday driver, but happy it got totaled
(by the other guy), so that we could buy:
** '98 Jeep Cherokee - Great daily driver. Love the car (but not as much
as I like the Spit!)
As usual, the ** means I still have the car . . .
Nice to reminisce . . . (I gotta say it, I still kinda miss the MG Midget .
. .)
>From: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
>Reply-To: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
>To: Spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: YOUR CARS
>Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 11:08:28 -0500
>
>Cars owned
>
>1 1967-1969 1967 Triumph Spitfire - British Racing Green
>2 1968-1971 1959 Triumph TR-3
>3 1968-1971 1959 Triumph TR-3 - both TR3's used to make
>Jamacian
>4 * 1969-Pres. 1965 Morgan 4/4 Series V (B1109) fully restored
>1988-1992
>5 1970-1974 1955 Chevy Belair - Black
>6 1971-1780 1965 Volvo P1800 - Orig. White
>7 1976-1781 1975 AMC Hornet 4dr - Bronze
>8 1980-1984 1980 Honda Accord 4dr - Green
>9 1981-1985 1979 Honda Civic 1300 3dr. - Blue
>10 * 1984-Pres 1984 Honda Accord 4 dr - Gray
>11 1985-1994 1984 Honda Civic Wagon - Silver
>12 * 1988-Pres 1975 Bricklin SV1 - Red (887) - undergoing
>restoration
>since 95
>13 * 1992-1994 1978 Triumph Spitfire - Blue (FM96463) -
>stripped for parts
>14 1994-1994 1980 AMC Concord 4 dr. - Bronze - stripped for
>parts
>15 * 1994-Pres 1989 Plymouth Voyager LE Van - Blue - family
>driver
>16 1995-1995 1975 AMC Hornet 4 dr - Blue - stripped for parts
>17 * 1995-Pres 1977 Triumph Spitfire - Yellow (FM65847)
>18 * 1995-1995 1977 Triumph Spitfire - Brown (FM73277) -
>stripped for
>parts
>19 * 1998-pres 1971 Saab Sonett III
>20 * 1999-pres 1972 Saab Sonett III - parts car
>21 * 1999-pres 1973 Saab Sonett III - parts car - hope to make
>one out of
>these
> two.
>
>* - denotes cars still owned
>
>
>
>John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
>Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
>
>48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
> 75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire
>
>Morgan: www.team.net/www/morgan
>Bricklin: www.bricklin.org
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