i remember going with my father when he bought a triumph TR-2 in the late
60s. it was black and lacked a muffler. he (and my mother) restored it to
a light grey similar to the TR-1 prototype color. they drove it all around
and i remember being small enough to sit in the back during road rallies.
that was pretty fun. also even when in the single-digit ages i could hang
my arm out the door and touch the ground.
curiously, it has not been licensed or driven since i got my driver's
license.
-James Creasy
President, BAPOC www.klio.net/probe
Slip Angle Cobrasports www.klio.net/cobra
-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Tabacco <atabacco@california.com>
>When my oldest was born, I believed life-as-we-know-it was over, so I
bought
>a tr-3 to restore and keep me at home. My son used to use the stripped
>interior as kind of a play pen while I worked on it. Instead of those
little
>crib toys, he acquired motor coordinational skills by learning how to open
>the doors with the old pull wire openers. Interestingly, to this day, he
>doesn't drive.
>tony
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Kelly, Katie <kkelly@spss.com>
>To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 11:45 AM
>Subject: Growing Up in a Parking Lot
>
>
>> Dennis just asked me a question about Growing Up on Asphalt. His specific
>> was, "Did you really enjoy it when your parents would drag you to all
>these
>> events?"
>>
>> Well, Dennis, it was the only life my sister and I knew. We are actually
>> autocross by-products. I think the transition is much harder for children
>of
>>
>> "normal" parents who get the autox bug long after the children are born.
>How
>> could I say, "Oh, it was terrible, it could have been so much better,"
>when
>> I really have no means of comparison. Weekends were when we loaded up the
>> car early in the morning and ate donuts.
>>
>> Sometimes, we'd have a babysitter come with us to autocrosses. My parents
>> never missed an autocross for anything. The reason why that worked is
>> because it was a shared passion. It was probably understood, probably
even
>> before Maggy and I were born, that the children would be raised thusly.
>So,
>> I don't recall any problems in that regard.
>>
>> I think the difference between my family and your average weekend
>> autocrosser, is that for the Kellys, autocross is a lifestyle. It was
kind
>> of like growing up in a circus.
>>
>> later,
>> Katie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Happiness is the best cosmetic.
>>
>
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