Tomorow's the day! Every year about this time a buddy and I take the TR3
for a nice, long last ride of the year before I put it in the garage for
the winter. It's getting a bit cold and windy for open cars around here,
but I refuse to put the top on. An LBC should be driven as an open car.
He rides motorcycles so he has all the leather -- we dress right and stay
pretty warm.
Of course, I could put the top on, install the newly-rebuilt side curtains,
turn on the newly-repaired heater, and we could be toasty warm. But we
won't. Why? Because we're damn fools, that's why! Seriously, we would
prefer to be somewhat uncomfortable and ride in an open car, with the wind,
bugs, and autumn leaves in our faces.
Last year we drove 200 miles through central Massachusetts, from Framingham
out Rt. 2 to Greenfield, Deerfield, Amherst, Quabbin Reservoir, Worcester,
and back home. Great ride. Tomorrow we're heading down Rt. 27 through
Sherbourne, Medfield, Brockton, to Duxbury, then 3A to Plymouth and then
Cape Cod -- and back. Weather report is cool, windy, and partly sunny.
We're ready!
Sumner Weisman
Framingham, Mass.
62 TR3B
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