I think this is some of the beauty of NASS. We ALL drive 'em. I don't think we've yet had a Spits/GT6 EVER show up at an event that wasn't driven regularly.
I see it at local club events as all the time now. Owners of big TR's who pay someone big bucks (or do it themselves and still spend top dollar) to restore cars they never drive. Heaven forbid they'd ever get wet from mother nature! What a waste! If you're going to do that...at least pick some exotic or such that's a timeless classic. But an old TR? Get real. Drive that sucker! Yes... I too have had as many as 7 LBC's in the driveway at one time. But EVERY single one of them was driven as regularly as possible. Co-workers use to joke about my 'one car for each day of the week' which was the actual intent! My GT6 for example just towed a trailer full of stuff up to Carlisle for the weekend (trophies, food, tents, tables, etc etc) in the rain. Take Otto K. and the Rumble-B Express, putting 2300+ miles on his GT6 (with trailer) in under ten days. Then you have people like Fred T. that DOES drive his TR3 EVERYWHERE. So yes..I'll agree there are plenty of Triumph owners that DO drive there cars.... but I too have to admit I see more and more people acting like their Triumph itself is a trophy. Now if you have an un-restored, truly 100% original, par excellence, SUPER low mileage car....that's a different story. But for the rest... it's only an old sports car. Treat it as such! (...now stepping down off the soap box.... walking away chuckling) Paul Tegler [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.teglerizer.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John T. Blair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Porter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 8:49 PM Subject: Re: The latest brouhaha about VTR... > At 01:14 AM 5/26/2005 -0600, Michael Porter wrote: > > >.. and elitism. I have a few comments. > > > >When John McCartney and I conspired to contrive a prize in honor of his > >father, the "Daily Driver" prize, the board of the VTR fought it, and > >the chief judge of that organization sought to turn it into a concours > >category prize....... > > > Excellent points!!! I've gotten to the point where showing the cars is > a real downer. I do 98% of my own work and can take pride in my cars. > Yes, when I show one, it's nice to be recognized for the effort (work) > I've put into it. > > But I have to agree, it's great to have them driven. Regretably, I haven't > put enough miles on my Morgan since I finished her in 92. > > I'd rather see someone's car that has been modified, or what ever, dirty > from use, etc, than just a lot of money sitting on a show field. > > John > > > John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Va. Beach, Va (eBay id: zebra48-1) > Phone: (757) 495-8229 > > 48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V (B1109) > 75 Bricklin SV1 (#0887) 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III > 65 Rambler Classic *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
