Nice car. Good story. FWIW, I agree with your approach.
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 6/16/09 7:15 AM, Rick Lindsay at rolindsay@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello Friends,
>
> Its been pretty quiet here and that's not always a bad thing.
> Still, I thought I would toss in a little post seeing as how I
> haven't written much here since I traded away my MGB. I know
> this note contains Triumph content so you can delete now, if
> you desire. Otherwise, please share my excitement over this
> old gem.
>
> A couple of months ago I bought a car I have had on the radar
> for nine (9) years! The owner finally decided to let the car go
> and true to her word, she sold it to me. The car is a 1962 Triumph
> TR3b - the 72nd from the end of TR3 production. It is an original
> car, except for paint, and it is a 1-1/2 owner car. What? The
> original owner bought it new in 1963 and willed it to his daughter
> when he died. She let it set in her garage, untouched but covered,
> for 10 years. I bought it from her a couple of months ago.
>
> The car has about 41k original miles on it! Here's a picture
> from when I first visited, http://www.aubard.us/tr3a/HPIM1457.JPG
>
> It was last registered in 1998 with a tag expiring in 1999,
> http://www.aubard.us/tr3a/HPIM1463.JPG BTW, that scarey looking
> stuff hanging under the car is leaves caught in spider webs. The
> car has no rust.
>
> The last safety inspection was done in 1995. The blue and
> white sticker is from Southern Hills Country Club. It dates
> from 24 years ago. The wipers need a little maintenance...
> http://www.aubard.us/tr3a/HPIM1464.JPG
>
> Since moving the car to Houston, I have been busy preserving
> the car. I have chosen not to 'restore' it but rather, 'preserve'
> it by cleaning and maintaining it according to the book. A car
> can be restored as many times as the wallet will support, but it
> can be original only once. I want to keep this car that way.
>
> Please feel free to visit http://www.aubard.us/tr3a and thumb
> through the zillions of pictures. Please be advised that this is
> NOT a website designed for public viewing but rather, just an
> off-site place for me to store backups of my car pictures.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rick
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