That is great. I love compliments when I drive mine too. Interest from
the younger generation is greatly encouraged. Those are the ones we hope
to carry the torch of preserving these cars.
Vic Whitmore
76 Spitfire
Thornhill, Ontario
the jolly rancher... wrote:
>
> you kknow what? the past couple of days have made me glad to be an LBC
> owner. i don't think i could be as happy with any other car. as a matter
> of fact i know i wouldn't be as happy with another car (when i bought my
> spit, my daily driver was a 1990 ford tempo. although the car was a tank,
> i was working on it more than on my spit!).
> any way, i drove my car to school the past three days (a 60 mile hike
> round trip), and on each day i got complements from from almost everyone.
> the best, and i think the most creative, complement was left waiting for
> me when i got back from class. because the sun has been shining for the
> last week, there are quite a few dandi-lions(spell?) in the grass. well,
> when i got back to my spit, i noticed that someone spelled out "nice car"
> in the flowers on the bonnet. that made me smile BIG.
> and just last night, i was able to introduce some young kids to the
> 'triumph' name. i went to the local pub to have some brews with a buddy.
> when i pulled into the parking lot, i noticed that next door there was a
> bunch of kids gawking at my spit. as i climbed out of the car they ran
> over to get a closer look. i don't think it's anything to get that much
> attention over (the paint is faded, and i painted some white racing
> stripes just to make it flashy), so i ask them how it's going. one of
> them immeadiatly asks what kind of car it is. i tell them that it's a
> triumph. he says it looked like an old porsche. so i tell him that
> triumphs were made in britain and porsches were made in germany. he then
> associates it with 'austin powers.' that's when i say to myself, close
> enough, and go have a beer.
> it makes me happy though, knowing that i was able to introduce the triumph
> mark to a growing boys mind. perhaps he'll even start looking for more on
> the road and aspire to own one...
>
> nik jaremka
>
> '72 spitfire IV
>
> just drive it...
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