i think we can safely say that those of us that own LBC's may grow older
but refuse animately to "grow up" :-)
>Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 12:23:51 -0800 (PST)
>To: triumphs@autox.team.net
>From: Rod Knox <rknox@horizon.bc.ca>
>Subject: re: young lbc owners (or warm and fuzzy Christmas thread)
>Reply-To: Rod Knox <rknox@horizon.bc.ca>
>
>I was 17 when I bought mine and I've had it 23 years now. I fell in
love
>with the sound of my oldest brother's TR3 when I was 11 and always
wanted
>one. Children always love an open cockpit, guess we still do, eh?
>
>Bill said I was allowed to jump over the side onto the seat once and
only
>once. I waited for the right time to come along but it never did. My
other
>brother owns the TR3 now and he's pushing 50.
>
>I always treated the 4A like a toy, thoroughly abusing it and working
on it
>every week. Nowadays with 2 kids, it's hard to justify the time and
money
>spent on the old dear but I still give it a good run every summer. I
almost
>sold it in '89 for a down payment on our first house but my wife vetoed
>that. Turned out she had always dreamed of marrying a man with a sports
>car. We found the money elsewhere. Two years ago I replaced the
michelin
>xas's that I bought in '76 as they finally wore through to metal.
(that's
>about 60-70,000 miles) Some day soon I hope to replace the cheap yellow
>shag carpet I put in when I was 18... but I'm getting off the topic.
>
>Sports cars are for the young and young at heart.
>1967 TR4A
>CT 67907
>Victoria B.C. Canada
>(purchased 1975)
>
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