Chip,
That wouldn't happened to have been in Ottawa, KS? If so, I guess that
would make us sort of neighbors. At prestent I am residing in Iola, KS.
Might be a smaller world that what everone thinks it to be.
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: <Chip19474@aol.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 7:25 AM
Subject: Spit in Parade With Street Rods:)
>
> List,
>
> I couldn't resist entering the Spit in a local town's traditional street
> rod/muscle car parade & show yesterday....what a hoot!
>
> I was sandwiched in line for the 2 mile parade behind a Chevy Nova that
was
> jacked up so high that his rear bumper matched my windscreen and in front
of
> a more sedated '68 Olds 442. Turns out there were 5 LBCs, including my
Spit
> and the town mayor's MG TD which led the parade.
>
> Highpoints for me were many of the moms & dads in the crowd actually
telling
> their kids that my car was a Triumph (as opposed to an MG) eventhough a
few
> called it a TR3 and one guy yelled out that it was a "Triumph something"!
> But the real hoot came when I was stopped in front of a local biker bar
> during the parade and the unruly crowd insisted that I "light it up". Ha,
> ha....picture a 1296 cc "lighting up" the asphalt....I said don't be
fooled
> by that GT6 bonnet..there's a 4 under there...didn't help appease the
crowd
> but thankfully we moved forward and the monster Chevelle 2 cars back gave
> them what they wanted to see. Now, if I had a 4.3L Chevy V6 under the
> bonnet......
>
> Oh well, it was fun...kinda gave the locals a look at some LBCs they
hadn't
> seen before.
>
> chip
>
> Chip Krout
> '76 TR6 CF57822U (restoration underway)
> '70 Spit Mk3 FDU78512L (basking in the sun!)
>
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