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Re: 1st car

To: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com>
Subject: Re: 1st car
From: Steven Newell <steven@newellboys.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 09:00:29 -0700
Cc: Triumph <triumphs@autox.team.net>
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On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 14:07:30 -0500, Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com> wrote:

> How about what year & what kind was your 1st car, and not just a T/R, 
> "no" I will not go first  :)  "FT"

When I reached driving age in the mid 80's I graduated from tractors (no
LBC contect, John Deere) to Chevy Chevettes, having just missed the
only fun car my parents ever owned, a VW squareback.

It wasn't until I was 25 ('92) and just married that I bought MY first car,
a disassembled '76 TR6. Friends, family, and coworkers all doubted I'd ever 
finish the car, and they were all smart people. With my first son
on the way I swapped it even, still in boxes, for a nice '47 CJ2A -- before 
eBay 
 was created, otherwise I'd have made a fortune on the boxes of old, new, 
and NOS TR6 parts. With the TR6 I learned that at that point in my life 
(and still at this point) I'd rather drive ANY convertible than restore one 
-- I suck at delayed gratification.

So while I was "working" on the TR6 my first assembled car was a '77 CJ5 
jeep, which oddly hooked me on the top down driving I enjoy with
the TR4 today.

-- 
Steven Newell
Littleton, CO
'62 TR4

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