it's like the old joke: "i started my jaguar this morning." :-)
but, yes, this buy had nothing to do with practicality or sanity for that matter. i'm just one of those weirdos who loves to restore old things and this car was ripe for it. i could've spent another $1500+ for a runner, but where's the fun in that? also, i really wanted to rebuild the engine myself as there are few things more satisfying to my way of thinking. in the end, i may never get my money back out of it and that doesn't bother me in the least. i've already learned so much that it's its own reward. my whole life i've wanted to restore a car. granted, i thought it would be 67 Camaro with a Turbo Jet 396, but hey, you gotta start somewhere! what i'll end up with is a cool little car that gets 35 mpg and is so easy to work on that i'll never have to bring it to a mechanic or get it smogged. "Photography's greatest handicap is the ease with which the medium as such can be learned. As a result, too many budding neophytes learn to speak the language too long before they have anything to say." - Will Connell On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 7:32 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > I love the British sense of humor. humour? > > Who else could use the phrases "decent running condition" and "Austin > Healey" in the same sentence? > > 8-) > > > On 9/9/2013 9:28 AM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> I guess it depends on what you want and if you sold the lens for >> enough to buy the car and get it in decent running condtion. In >> general terms, the lens was something that was probably only going to >> increase in value, while the Austin Healey has the potential to be a >> drain on your wallet for a long time into the future. >> >> It sure is cute though. >> >> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 1:23 AM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 8/9/13, bpmacrae, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> >>>> Paid for with funds from selling my Pentax-A* 85mm 1.4. >>> >>> >>> Heretic! >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Cotty >>> >>> >>> ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, >>> || (O) | Web Video Production >>> ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> >>> _____________________________ >>> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
