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To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: My cars
From: Windoseat@aol.com
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 13:43:39 EST
Here goes gang,

1947 Hudson (straight eight with four barrel carb, suicide gangster doors, 
melt it down and you could make 7 Spitfires)

1952 Ford station wagon (flat head eight, it could lay rubber and had a big 
back seat)

1962 Renault Dauphine ( French blue with white racing stripes and Touring 1 
letters on door......23 hp, 3 speed gearbox, 2 speed horn) Demolished enroute 
from summer semester at Penn State

1967 Renault R10 (Now that was a car! Mercedes seats, four speed, 40 mpg dark 
green and my first new car)

Short break for war in Vietnam and Laos....carried photograph of GT6+ in my 
ruck sack.....drooled over it between operations on the Ho Chi Minh trail

1969 GT6+ (Purchased new from Joe Cam's Autorama- Triumph and Morgan dealer 
who raced Morgans. Made many trips from Ft. Bragg, NC to New Jersey. After 
two engine rebuilds, one trans rebuild and a replaced rear end it burnewd a 
valve and I traded it for-

1973 Toyota Corolla 5 speed coupe ( Fun car. Put in BRE handling package, 
sway bars and Stebro exhaust. Out handled my friends Shelby Mustang)

1974 Honda Civic automatic (wife's car)

1965 Mercury Comet wagon ( inherited from father in law)

1975 Chevy Blazer- found out you can't pull a boat with a staion wagon!

1986 Toyota Celica GTS 5 speed ( Wow, first new car in a long time- fast and 
fun)

1990 Ford Explorer- pulls the boat

1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX ( AWD, Turbo 200 hp- now this is fun- how do you 
top that-

1992 Mitsubishi 3000 GT VR4 (AWD, twin turbo, all wheel steering- faster and 
even more fun- liked to bait Corvettes on rainy days and have fun with the 
AWD and traction control

1994 Mazda Miata automatic ( wife's car- she never would get a car with a 
manual tarnsmission)

1970 GT6+ ( BRG with miniltes- 67,000 original miles- purchased from Team 
Triumph in Warren OH- under restoration and modification of rear suspension 
to eliminate rotoflex and leaf spring.

1984 Chevy Celebrity wagon- can't seem to get away from those wagon's

1988 Buick Century- partner for life's car until spousal support payments end 
in March 2001

Wish list: Lotus Europa Twink with type 62 body work!

Greg Wolf
1970 GT6+ "Ian"
KC79746L
Bridgewater, Michigan

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