My, what an abused ol' Jag! It would have cost about $8 to 10k or so to bring it back to some kind of shape. Darned near bought one like that. in San Francisco. Romantic town, to be driving around in a big old black Jag Saloon, all polished up! What a kick! I think fortunately I never did buy it. . . <g>
It would cost a mint for upkeep! Especially since I wouldn't leave it with just anyone to work on it. Nice memories, tho'. keith whaley frank theriault wrote: > > Don't you hate that, Pat? > > "I never got a picture of it." And now it's gone. I hate missing > opportunities like that. > > You've reminded me of something, and now I shall ramble a bit: > > A bar here in Toronto on Gerrard near Parliament (sort of a British style > pub) used to have a derelict old Jag (I think it was a Mark IV "saloon" as I > believe the Brits call sedans - but someone can correct me if I'm wrong on > either the Mark IV or the saloon). There was something alluring about it, > and I probably took dozens of pics of it over the years: > > http://urbancaravan.com/images/cabbagetown_jaguar.JPG > > http://urbancaravan.com/images/jag_grill.jpg > > http://urbancaravan.com/images/jag_peeking.jpg > > The scan of the first one is especially bad, even for me <g>, but those are > just three of many shots. I never did get "that one". You know, sometimes > you take a shot of something, you know it's perfect, and you either know you > need not shoot it again, because you'll never get it better, or in the > alternative, you try shooting it again, but never quite capture that "magic" > again. Well, I never got "that shot" of the Jag, and after several years of > grabbing shots of it, I decided one day to try again, and it was gone. I > was actually a bit sad. I know it sounds odd, but I felt like I had some > sort of relationship with that car. Ah well. At least I got some decent > (if not perfect) shots of it. > > cheers, > frank > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > >From: Pat White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: Pizza Sign > >Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:37:22 -0800 > > > >Good photo, and cool sign! It reminded me of the Monster Donuts sign at > >the > >corner Weston Road and Jane Street in Toronto, featuring Godzilla or one of > >his kin munching a very large donut. Unfortunately, the sign's no longer > >there, and I never got a picture of it. > > > >Pat White > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
