In a message dated 5/26/2009 9:44:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
standardtriumph@btinternet.com writes:
When I see a row of highly polished cars with the bonnets and trunk lids
open, I usually walk the
other way thinking about dead sharks
This has been a very enlightening thread for me.
I like looking at cars with bonnets up - its intensely interesting to me to
see things like the TR6 with 6 motorcycle carbs on it at The VTR South
Central Regional and the TR4 with EFI running thru 2 SUs I saw at The
Gathering. I saw Richard Good's oil seperator on 2 or 3 different TR6s at The
South Central Regional - I'd never seen that before. There were several TR6s
with original AC systems - took a really close look at those to see if they
looked like mine and discovered they all had 1 part I'm missing. I know
these cars look like with the bonnets down - if they hadn't had them up, I
would have missed seeing all this neat stuff and, in some cases might have
missed the ensuing conversations with the owners - and I'm only talking about 2
shows in April! Consequently, it would be very rare for me to vote for
a car with bonnet closed - I had no idea so many people (any, actually)
felt otherwise.
Participants choice shows are great occasions for seeing cars, socializing
and so on, but I think we've demonstrated that the awards are really
popularity contests that don't mean very much - since we all vote for what we
like or what strikes out fancy on that particular day.
Cheers,
Jack Mc
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