Paul,
My heart goes out to you. Someone, probally not you, ought to give those
kids a real good whoopin'. I don't know if you had insurance on the car
that will cover this, but if you do get any money consider building a
race, or auto-x car. It sounds like she still runs, but replacing all
the burned pieces would be too costly. Perhaps like the Pheonix she can
rise out of the ashes and live again. If you're not into racing maybe
someone on the list can provide a good home for this car.
John Matthews
'61 & '65 Heralds
P.S. If anyone in the SF bay area knows of a rental property with a
garage please e-mail me privately. I have to move this month, and I fear
just this sort of thing happening if I don't have a garage for my
babies.
Mark J Bradakis wrote:
>
> [BOUNCE triumphs@Autox.Team.Net: Non-member submission from
>[buehler@freestate.net (Paul)]]
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 08:42:20 -0400
> From: buehler@freestate.net (Paul)
> Subject: Neighbors Burned my TR6
>
> Fellow TR6 Fans,
>
> About 2am I was awoken to the sound of fire engines in my 'Hood. I live
> in a townhouse sort of tucked in a courtyard. I looked out my window and
> saw my beloved TR6 on fire. I had put a cover on it for the winter and had
> it parked in a unused spot. It seems some of the neighbor kids felt it was
> "too quiet around here" and lit the cover off for fun. (This according to
> the neighbor who was up feeding her baby and refused to talk to the police
> for fear of retribution). I was so heartbroken I took a piece of chalk and
> drew a "dead body" line on the pavement around the car.
>
> I'm not sure what to do with the car now. It was a low milage 66K 74 with
> a hardtop. The whole interior is gone. Yesterday I sat down on the wire
> frame of a seat and grabbed the melted steering wheel. I started the car
> and took hold of the charcoal shift knob took spin around the block, Oh
> what memories! The car got hot enough to melt the bumper guards and lenses
> all around the car. I'm sure it's too far gone to restore. Anybody need
> a good drive train? or have any other ideas what I can do with the car?
>
> Sincerly, (sniff!) Melted in Maryland...
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