On Tue, 26 May 1998, jonmac wrote:
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> Hi, Guys
> At the risk of being a pain in the proverbial
No prob John... Some unscrupulous types do try to pass their cars
off as completely original... I'm sure you've got the same kind of
people over there. Nobody likes to admit thet they've been taken,
and it's easier to blame the bearer of bad news that accept that they
"screwed up". This tends to be more so among theose who are buying
a ride with an eye towards speculation than the enthusiast.
To borrow from the latin, "Caveat Emptor... Let the buyer beware".
For any of our cars to survive from manufacture to today, completely
intact is indeed miraculous. I bought my `62 TR4 [CT4852L] and later
discovered that someone previosly swapped a TR3 tranny for the
original unit. I also believe the carbs and manifold were not
original... Nor was the head. On my watch, the body tub was
exchanged for one from a TR4A that spent more time away from the
"Rust Belt" than my illinois native.
For many enthusiasts, it's fine just to have a car that moves...
to hell with originality (I can just hear the the napalm warming)
I've got a terrific TR4... I drive it all the time. I think
that's what the good people that designed it had in mind. Who cares
if it's a mutt (mongrel).
> hybrid. Of course, in her view she was right, BMIHT was wrong and what she
> wanted to know was WHY we couldn't sort it all out for her.
> John Macartney
What do you want to bet she tries to pass it off as original when
she sells it?
I don't think there are any virgins in the old car hobby
Greg (looking for his Nomex jammies) Petrolati
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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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