Sounds like your having fun Jack. That's the way it should be with LBC's,
they need to be driven.
Glad to see your leading the little boys astray. Get them hooked so we have
someone to sell our cars to when we're to old to get in them!
Mark Ascherl
1981 TR8 DHC FI
Raleigh, NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 12:15 PM
Subject: Participation
>
> I've been on both sides of this issue and enjoyed them both.
>
> I restored a vehicle which won a Senior First from the Antique Auto Club
> of America, a very stringent organization as far as rules of judging,
> training of judges, etc. I also became a certified judge, which was a
> lot of fun.
>
> The first year of ownership was very satisfying -- going to shows,
> always winning first prize, etc. The second year I got tired of sitting
> under trees sipping lemonade. The third year I drove the vehicle only
> 300 miles, still not comfortable with big puddles and certainly not
> gravel roads!!
>
> Currently I own a TR6 that looks great and is admired by the natives but
> will never win anything at all in a show, and I understand why. However,
> last year we drove it 15,000 miles, from Illinois to Florida, from
> Illinois to Maine, from Illinois to Oklahoma, and when the little boys
> in the neighborhood drop by, I let them sit in it (dirty old man leading
> our youth astray heh heh) and wash the handprints off later.
>
> I'll never take my current drive to a show for the purpose of winning
> anything, so the events have to be tailored to give guys like me some
> enjoyment with other activities than on the show field.
>
> --
>
> TR6 -- 29 and still running
> TR4 -- 39 and still racing
> uncle jack -- yeeehaaa
>
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