and well written.
kengano@advant.com
1959 TR3A TS57756L
1958 TR10 TBE9239LDLB
Everybody needs more Triumphs
downstate illinois
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael D. Porter <mdporter@rt66.com>
To: Joseph R Schneider <joe-schneider@nwu.edu>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, September 07, 1998 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: naming your spitfire
>
>Joseph R Schneider wrote:
>
>> >How does one determine the gender?
>>
>> I've always assumed that late cars with bumper overriders or full rubber
>> bumpers must be female since other listers call these boobs, but since
SPIT
>> BOY has them, I've just said he has gynecomastia (probably due to
estrogen
>> treatment for the prostate cancer)
>
>Need to fix that rear end, then... unlike prostates, the differential is
>amenable to repair without fear of impotency.... <smile>
>
>Funny thing... despite the similar genetics, Spits are more often given
>female names, I think, while GT6s are more frequently given male
>names... must be that testosterone-laden six cylinder.... <g>
>
>> >Does naming a car improve performance & reliability?
>> (snip)
>>
>> well, I believe it's Jan Burdekin whose TR6 is named Sybill and I think
the
>> multiple personality implication says it all for LBCs- but I'm fairly
>> certain that one is more likely to be able to have a relationship of
mutual
>> trust with your Triumph than with your wife's cat
>
>My own belief, having worked on thousands of cars in a lifetime, is that
>they all have personalities, named or not... it's Carol Zingone's TR6
>which seems to have the multiple personalities... most of us are
>fortunate enough to have LBCs with the usual array of temperaments...
>won't start when cold, responsive only after being warmed up
>sufficiently, and need hands laid on them with great regularity....
><smile>
>
>> *Spit happens*
>
>Cute, and appropriate.
>
>Cheers.
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