Ok, I think I need to chime in now! As you all may know, I'm the proud
new owner of a 1981 TR7 DHC (keep the chuckling to a minimum, please),
and I am also a High School student. I can attest to the fact that NOT
A SOUL knows what a Triumph is! I'm well-known for being an LBC freak
(it's all I've ever talked about for the last few years ;-) ), and proud
of it! Even though I haven't driven the car to school yet, the people
who have seen the pictures on my web page (see signature) all make
comments from "it looks weird", "how fast is it?", to "it's really
small", or "it's a piece of c**p. Buy a Ford! (I live in Ford
country)", or the classic shaking of the head, then various comments
about how much it cost and how I'im such a "rich kid" (I'm not.
Remember, FORD country.). The opinions are really split. The neat
thing about it, though, is all the teachers that I have know EXACTLY
what it is, and so far three of them want to drive it when I get it, and
another few want a ride! I think the shop teacher is jealous,
actually. He's in the process of restoring a Jaguar XK120 DHC, and is
very happy for me. The saga begins!
Later
Brian
Jeff Slaton wrote:
>
> When I drive my TR6 to school my student say: "that thing sure has fat tires
>on
> it." or the other statement I hear is "Mr. Slaton will that car really go
>140?"
>
> My usual responce is, "I'm not sure, at 135 is has a slight vibration and I'm
>a
> little unsure about going the extra mph."
>
> I smile, wink, and say "yah having the top down makes a differance also"
>
> Jeff Slaton
> TS6774 TR2
> CF12525 TR6
>
> Musson, Carl wrote:
>
> > Kai - hadn't seen you for awhile... Welcome back.
> >
> > I work at a university; and whenever I drive to campus in the TR3 (like
> > today); it invariably will draw a crowd. As part of the Theatre Program we
> > have a BRIT residency which brings several notables from the GB to teach and
> > interact with our students over an eight week period. The residency is in
> > Jan/Feb; but each year in the Homecoming parade myself and another faculty
> > member drive our LBC's (his is a Sunbeam Alpine) with several students
> > walking along in period costumes. British Flags a'flyin'... We get our
> > fair share of finger pointing...
> >
> > Later,
> > Carl F. Musson,
> >
> > BTW - beautiful day today.. almost 80... played hooky at lunch and took a
> > 48 mile drive... Tomorrow the same.
> >
> > You can't tell which way the car went by just looking at the road...
> > TR3A's - TS25264L ('58 Almost Daily Driver)
> > & TS81802LO - ('61 Concours d'Wannabe)
> > Tampa, Florida (USA)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kai Radicke [mailto:mowogmg@pil.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 1999 7:57 PM
> > To: Michael T.; Peter Belej; Triumphs; Arthur H. Smith
> > Cc: Triumphs
> > Subject: Re: Today's Youth &TR's
> >
> > Well this will be a derivative of the topic...
> >
> > I drove my TR6 to school today, top down of course, and I
> > can't tell you how
> > many comments I got today in school. Genuine interest from
> > "Today's Youth."
> > Also, just yesterday in fact, I was told that there is
> > another student that
> > drives an MG Midget; this surprised me as I thought I was
> > the only one which
> > owned LBCs at school.
> >
> > Most of the comments were of a "kind" nature, lying in the
> > spectrum between
> > "it is so tiny" to "it is so loud" or "what was that cute
> > car you were
> > driving?" And then I had to deal with the teasing from the
> > GreaseMonkey
> > crowd... which was ignored in standard fashion.
> >
> > I do agree that there isn't much interest in the High School
> > / College crowd
> > with these automobiles. They would rather drive their
> > pimped-out Hondas
> > with earthquake inducing stereo systems. However, the kids
> > that know what
> > LBCs are appreciate them and are interested in them. A
> > friends told me, when
> > I got my MGB a couple of years ago, that he learned to
> > drive a stick in an
> > old MGB. Another friend has two late 60s Mustangs, which I
> > don't consider
> > in the same class, but he has the interest in
> > antique/classic automobiles.
> >
> > The biggest problem is awareness. Someone will ask you what
> > you drive and
> > you reply "an MG" to which they reply "don't you mean GM?"
> > I wouldn't have
> > known of these cars unless I was influenced at an early age
> > by the LBCs of
> > family members.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > --
> > Kai Radicke -- kai@radiohead.net
> > 1966 MGB -- Icky project car of 3+ years.
> > 1974 Triumph TR6 -- Beautiful daily driver.
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| Brian Furgalus |
| Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| web: http://tr7.webjump.com |
| email: triumph.tr7@usa.net |
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| 1981 TR7 DHC |
| 1983 Honda Civic 1500DX (don't laugh!) |
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