An interesting day yesterday - I spent all morning running around =
getting things taken care of for work. I took a break to check out the =
rust situation on an X1/9 as I have a buddy who might want =
one(shockingly, it wasn't bad at all). While at this little car lot I =
looked in the miniscule showroom and they had a very nice 1962 Rover =
1100, right hand drive, asking $6200. Restored and then left there, it =
starts and the engine runs fine, but all the rubber is dried out. (they =
had an Alfa Spider too) Not ten minutes later I was driving past a lot =
where I had seen a TR6 for sale last week. No TR6 anymore but a very =
nice looking Alpine, no wait, a TIGER! was sitting by the garage. I had =
to stop and admire it for a moment; it was an extremely clean "driver". =
The lot owner came out and said it wasn't for sale (I think he thought I =
didn't know what it was) but he had a couple of other British cars for =
sale. Turns out he bought a collection to get the Tiger. He had another =
TR6, far nicer than the one he sold last week, almost too nice to drive, =
and a TR8 that looked like it had spent it's entire life in a time =
capsule, it had but 4500 miles on it. (both are for sale- he wants 10K =
plus for each of them) Later, I was passed by a very clean rubber-bumper =
B on the freeway that I have never seen around here before. To top off =
the day, while having a late snack with my beautiful bride I looked out =
the window of the restaurant and a '73 Porsche 914 pull up to the curb. =
In one day I see more interesting cars than I've seen (outside a museum) =
in many months, and not one rustbucket. Truly it is spring.
Phil Vanner
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