Get a picture for the "Photo of the Week" cris :>)
Keith Turk wrote:
> You caught one of my favorite deals.... Folks always talk about the one they
> wish they still had....
>
> Mine is sitting in my upper garage... it's a 1956 Austin Healey 100 nothing
> really fancy but I restored it from 79-84 and still have it.... It's the car
> I will Never sell.... my kids may one day... but I heard that story in so
> many variations that I knew Money would never replace it... I paid 1200 for
> it.... spent 10,000 on it over all those years.... ( painting cars for other
> folks to earn the money ) Paid alot of dues to own that car... even bought
> it from my first wife.... ( does that mean I bought it twice?) Some folks
> ask me why I don't drive it more... or at all sometimes.... and the reason
> is that it's special.. to no one but me.... I go through phases where it's
> important and I play with it.... but like right now it's resting for a
> couple of years... it's not being hurt by sitting.... I know what I have to
> do to get it out of storage... and I will one of these days just to get a
> Picture.... Hmmm
>
> Keith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; "Ed Van Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>; "Land
> Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 12:32 PM
> Subject: Car Sickness
>
> > The other day my son and I were reminiscing about
> > some of the "cool cars" I have owned. He asked
> > me just how many cars I have owned, since there
> > had definitely been many. I started to count
> > them up and finally resorted to the computer to
> > assemble a list. At current count, I have owned
> > 146 cars and still adding (everytime I look at
> > the list I remember another one that I had
> > overlooked). My ex-wife said it was a sickness
> > and that I needed help. Does anybody else on
> > this list have this same sickness. Please,
> > somebody, tell me you have had more cars than I
> > have - - I hate to think I'm the sickest one out
> > here.
> >
> > "Cool Cars" that I have owned and wish I still
> > had: Porsche Speedster $300, '40 Ford coupe
> > $300, Max Wedge Dodge $250, Alfa Romeo Super
> > Leggera $300, Devin "C" $1500, 62 vette $75, 57
> > Chev "Black Widow" fuelie $800, 427 Fairlane
> > $750! Awww man, I'm gettin sicker just thinking
> > about it all!
> >
> > =====
> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> > * Dick J *
> > * (In East Texas) *
> > * # 729 *
> > * C/GRS E/STR *
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