In a message dated 96-08-01 16:11:21 EDT, you write:
<< My God, I'm not the only one who is in love with the smell of my 6!! The
car was in storage for 13 years and when I got it home it smelled the same.
I took it apart, put it back together, and even with the new interior, it
still smells the same. Some kind of musty, warm smell that is not
unpleasant at all. I think I'll go home and sit in it (it's raining too
hard to drive it). >>
That familiar, slightly musty car smell extends to all convertibles, and
particularly to ones with leather (sorry, all you TR-6 guys -- TR-3's smell
better!!). God, I miss my MGTC too -- wood floorboards add a bit, too, as
did 20 years of use (when I bought it). The faint smells of gear oil, engine
oil, gasoline, leather, and old convertible tops still brings back memories
of late-night drives along winding roads through central Indiana with an old
flame... Then there was the slight burned-wood smell from the pinholed
muffler that lit my floorboards on fire one night -- talk about driving with
an old flame ;-) Should've seen the look on the face of the gas-pump
attendant when I flew into a station and jumped out (of the right side of
course) asking for water because my car was on fire -- and he was holding the
gas nozzle!!!
-Karl
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