I received some responses to my initial contact with
the list. Most stated that I was not thorough enough
on which way to go with the TR6 I have exclusive
access to. I'll try to fill any voids with the
following.
At the age of 4, In my neighborhood, I was able to
pedal my Road runner car faster than any kid could
pedal a bike, period. I have been hung on speed since
then. The more the better. I have exceeded the speed
of sound. I regularly race a shifter kart that tops
out at 115mph. I have owned cars that made passengers
throw up. I've been over 170mph in many cars on and
off the track. I installed headers on a 76 Trans-Am
at age 11. I drew pictures of Jeeps so often that my
mom threw 90% of them away(I still have the other 10%)
I actually loved my first car, a 79 LTD 2d Puke Green
with a 302(I should have been checked out mentally at
that time). I think a Vintage Postal Jeep is cool, as
is the fact that a Toyota U-haul truck will wax a Ford
Aspire in a drag race.(Proved on a highway in
Orlando). I have an 80 CJ-7 that has embarrassed
every import it's ever met at a traffic light. It's
even more competent on trails. I have a 99 M3 that
obeys every input like a hunting Labrador. I've gone
8.50's @over 160 in the quarter. I am a graduate of
Skip Barber, Roy Hill, and others. I drive cars
because they put a smile on my face, not because they
are practical. If I found a good deal on a 6wd Troop
Carrier with the rag top, I'd own it. Every motorized
vehicle is beautiful in one way or another.
Fast forward, and skipping a lot of other memoirs, I
focus on a certain TR6 sitting in storage waiting to
see light again. The third to last TR6 made. I'll
verify this next week when I go take a GOOD look at
it. Many asked if I'd be willing to do some or most
of the work on it? It would be a year before I had a
place worthy of taking it apart to redo it. I have
restored/rebuilt 5 cars in my 35 years of living. I
have more money than time so spending 15-20K to
restore the third to last TR6 to me would be worth
looking into. If I could even help the owner find a
new home for it, that would help me. I rode in four
Triumphs growing up, one Spitfire and 3 TR6's. I
loved the exhaust note. I loved how my high school
buddy that owned one couldn't break the drive train as
hard as he tried to. But I was a V8 nut back then.
Things changed when I got my M3. Sixes are sexual
noise to my ear. It just sounds right. I can easily
imagine my wife and I driving off to nowhere with a
picnic basket on the back of the TR6 to a secluded
place for lunch. With all this said, if the car is
not condemned with rust, I'll probably save it. Not
because I'm a TR6 fanatic, but because I'm just a
fanatic, period.
Jeff
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