Sometimes some of us luck-out. A good find at a very good price
Mark
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> From: Peter Ficklin <pficklin@qnis.net>
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net; bugeye59@kingsnet.com
> Subject: Re: Now it can be told...
> Date: Saturday, October 04, 1997 6:06 PM
>
> bugeye59@kingsnet.com wrote:
> >
> > Just to let you all know, the TR3 that was posted here for $500 the
> > other day by Lewis McKillop is now resting comfortably in my garage.
> > Fortunately for me, Lewis lives around the corner and was able to give
> > me the info on the car and the guy's phone number before anyone else
got
> > to it. (Sorry, guys--but I have wanted a TR3 for a long time!)
> > Anyway, it is a '60 TR3A. The guy that I bought it from took it as
> > payment for a paint job he did a few years ago for a guy whose brother
> > owned the car. This poor chap tore the car down in hopes of restoring
> > it somewhere around 1970, but was shipped by the Navy from his home of
> > Maryland to Moffet Field, California to serve in the Viet Nam conflict.
> > He never returned. The car stayed with the brother up until a few
years
> > ago when it was traded for the paint job, and stored outside in a corn
> > field until today.
> > Thanks to our very dry Central California climate, the car is
> > surprisingly in good shape. The floors are sound except for 2 small
> > holes and the inner and outer rockers are solid. The odometer reads
54K
> > miles. The entire car is there, right down to the hubcaps! It took me
2
> > trips with my Nissan pickup to haul all the body panels, engine, head,
> > trans, seats, windshield, and all the aother parts that were unbolted
> > from the car home, and a tow truck with a dolly set-up to bring the
> > rest.
> > Now for some help...
> > 1) The car is painted powder blue and has a red interior. But under
> > the blue appears to be white. Is there a paint code somewhere on the
> > car so I can determine the original color?
> > 2) What info can be determined by the commission number? (See bottom)
> > Anyway, just wanted to share my story with you all. I have a long road
> > ahead of me, but I look forward to it. Many thanks to Lewis for making
> > this dream come true!
> > By the way, I paid $200 for the car!
> > --
> > Harris
> > '59 Bugeye Sprite -- Buick V6 powered!
> > '60 TR3A -- TS67621
>
> Congrats - I'd love to see it! Give me a call if you trailer all those
> boxes of parts up to Fresno!
>
> Peter Ficklin
> '64 Spit
> '68 Spit
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