When I said we had found some doors for Joe, I was right, but I didn't tell
the whole story. At the Westwood show, there was an early Spitfire that had
been "customized" in Florida. The car was for sale (asking $7500), so
strictly speaking, so were the doors. The car was certainly unique. It had
a custom hood and nose, chrome side-pipes, dual Frenched electric radio
antennae in the rear fender, custom fiberglass deck with big spoiler and
Frenched tail-lamps and a full tool kit with wrenches individually mounted
in the trunk. It was not immediately recognizable as a Spitfire. The work
on all this embellishment was first-rate, but we all wondered why someone
would have gone to the trouble. It was orange.
The dancing girls? There was some sort of "women's aerobic health" group
there doing a demonstration of aerobic exercises.
On the verge of the show someone had parked a new Ferrari. It was utterly
ignored; not a soul around it.
Phil Barnes (peb3@cornell.edu)
Cortland, NY (nowhere near New York City)
'71 TR6 CC61193L (21 year owner)
There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation.
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