Here's what I can remember:
Tom Beaver
Age - 43
Home - Indianapolis, Indiana
Born Ft Wayne Indiana
Marital Status - Married for almost 16 years to Vicki. First and last
Children - Jackie(14), Christopher(13), Andrea(stepdaughter,20) and
Gele(21)the stepson who is just now hopefully finding himself
Grandchildren - Wes(1.75) a terror and very high maintenance
Occupation - CPA in public accounbting since 1979 specializing in all
phases of small to medium size business accounting work.
Graduate - Ball State University, Muncie,In
My car problem is the fault of my still best friend Brian Peek whose family
had a 29 Model A, a 41 Cadillac a Beetle and a 71 boatail Riviera. I
learned to shift in that huge Cadillac among other things. His brother had
a big Healey which was our real desire when we were of age to drive back in
1971(2). After lengthy searches for big AH's, we finally determined that
these cars were much to expensive and most required restoration work,so we
began searching for TR's. He found a 250 and I found a 4 for $500. The
cars(all Triumphs except one) I have owned or still own in chronological
order are as follows
63 TR4
64 Spit
63 Spit
73 GT-6, Still have, restored over a period of 15 years, bought almost new
in 1976
74 Spit
79 Spit
85 Chevy Van, A kid hauler
79 TR 7 conv
80 TR 8 conv, still have, what a car
80 Spit
63 Sports 6, still have, being stripped for restoration, found in a junk
yard here in Indy
63 Sports 6, Still have,awaiting a engine transplant, found in a farmers
garage in Northern Indiana
Heralds - (1) 948 conv and (3) 1200 conv, Still have. These cars were
purchased with a friend of mine, 2 of the 1200's are parts cars.
73 GT-6
59 10 Estate Wagon, New Mexico car purchased this past winter. Runs.
Triumphs were my daily drivers until 1994 when I had grown tired of
Indiana winters and sports car driving. Since then I have had 3 leased
American cars(BORING) with no intention of ever owning. I keep all of the
Triumphs inside the 2 car attached and 4 car detached garages at home. I
call the detached my house and the other there house. The daily boring cars
stay outside.
Other interest include all forms of auto racing, professional baseball, all
basketball(hard not to around here) and football. But the biggest interest
is all things Triumph, going to car shows, talking to club members and
watching and helping with their cars.
The rest is mostly boring stuff and/or somewhere in a time warp machine in
70's.
Thanks
Tom
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