On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, TeriAnn Wakeman wrote:
> As far as a lack of LBCs in the US, you can blame a LOT of that on the
> Europeans and Japanese who discovered cheap LBCs in the US. You can also
> blame the people who made a living off purchasing the cars in the US and
> shipping them ut of the country. Neither my TR3 nor my Land Rover is going
> out of the country without me.
Aw c'mon Terry... It's easy to blame someone else for the lack of
LBCs... We should PRIMARILY blame ourselves... Those of us who
bought sports cars as primary transportation way back when, and
didn't take care of or abused them, letting them fall into disrepair
and rust into oblivion.
There's a saying amongst toy collectors "Every mint and boxed
antique toy you find has a sad story attached to it..."
I think the similar can be said for old sports cars. Those pristine
original examples of what ever that show up at concours were stuffed
away in a garage or barn and never played with... Very sad. Still,
they have a chance in the hands of an enthusiast that insists on
driving them. I don't care whether the enthusiast is an American,
Japanese or Slobovian just so long as he drives the car... Remember
we Americans have done the same to the Europeans when they no longer
wanted THEIR antiques...
Greg Petrolati
gpetrola@prairienet.org 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
"That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!"
Greg Petrolati, Champaign, Illinois
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