Date: Wed, 4 Dec 91 17:16:28 -0700
From: Wayne Angevine <angevine@badger.Colorado.EDU>
The TR3 for sale here got me to thinking about them. TR3s have
always been on my list of "would like to have one someday" cars,
at least ever since I got a ride home from school in a beat-up
one one day in about 1974. So what do you think of them? Those
who own one, do you wish you had something else instead? I noticed
that Bill Sohl commutes in one. What are current prices like?
Is the factory hardtop worth much?
I've always liked them ever since I was old enough to ride in the
back seat (what back seat?) of my father's '58 TR3A. He's had it
since it was new, which predates me by quite a few years. When I
was growing up it was my family's second car through rain and snow,
hot and cold. After it's restoration (when the holes in the floor-
boards became large enough to put a foot through) he eased up on
it a bit, using it now as a summer/weekend fun car. He still puts
quite a few miles on it each year (although it's tough to tell
w/o a working O.D.).
I can't say I've ever ridden in one with a hardtop on, but I suspect
that a hardtop wouldn't be worth the trouble for a car with side-
curtains.
While I'm baring my soul here, I might as well put down the whole
list of cars I'd like to own someday:
Lotus Elan (dhc)
Lotus Seven
Alfa Giulietta or Giulia Spider
MGA (roadster)
TR3
I'd put a TR3 on my wish list along with:
TR-250
MGB chrome bumper (To complement my '76)
Volvo P1800
E-type Jag
Of course now that I'm back in grad school, the MGB is more
than enough to keep me busy (and broke). Also, working on a
car in Boston's Back Bay is less than ideal. Fortunately, I
have several friends in the 'burbs with spacious driveways.
CJS
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