sorry but i was 6 when my dad bought the tr now sitting in my garage
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> From: Gano, Ken <kengano@advant.com>
> To: Dave Terrick <dterrick@pangea.ca>; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: young, younger, youngest?
> Date: 21 December 1997 07:28
>
> I have to jump in here. Dad bought the TR3A I am now restoring when I
was
> 7. (in 1959, you can figure the rest.)
>
> kengano@advant.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Terrick <dterrick@pangea.ca>
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Saturday, December 20, 1997 8:55 PM
> Subject: young, younger, youngest?
>
>
> >Well, DuperSude got me.... I was 15 when I got my TR4a. I'm working
on
> >the restoration now. Of course, since 15, I've bought, threased, and
> >crashed a TR6, restored a GT6 racer, and done two TR6 restos for
people
> >with less time and more money than me.
> >
> >However, my "young" story goes back to GRADE 1 when I was 6.
> >
> >The Grade 6 teacher, Phil coulter, had this cool french blue TR6 and
used
> >to whip around a corner in 2nd gear at full throttle along my walking
route
> >to school. I vowed I would have one. A few years later, a friend of
> >mine's older brother's girlfriend's (dad) had a black TR4a that she
drove.
> > I vowed I'd have one of them too.
> >
> >I got them in the reverse order. I figure that means I've been a TR
junkie
> >for 23 years now. I'm 29.
> >
> >Dave Terrick
> >Winnipeg
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