I seem to recall reading somewhere, probably in Piggott's sidescreen
compendium, that there was at least 1 sidescreen TR exported to pre-Castro
Cuba. Imagine if that car's owner (or owners) was able to keep it running 40+
years with no supply of factory parts?! The mind boggles! JD
>>> "Musson, Carl" <musson@chekhov.arts.usf.edu> 01/18 9:30 AM >>>
A co-worker just got back from Cuba (some kind of art museum cooperation in
the works). His "guide" (B. said he was sure the guy worked for the Cuba's
version of the CIA) took him to a friends house for supper. In back of his
house was a warehouse that had about 10 1950's Chevy's & Fords including a
54 corvette (my guess from the description of the taillights). Sitting
there... just waiting. B., knowing of my interest in old cars tried to take
a picture, but was very firmly told "NO". He said they were very dirty, but
looked to be all there.
It will be interesting to see if/when it happens.
Carl
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Massey [SMTP:105671.471@compuserve.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 9:11 AM
> To: Chris De Wet
> Cc: 'spitfires@autox.team.net'; Triumph; Jim Hill; 'Steven Newell'
> Subject: RE: Triumph market discipline
>
>
> Message text written by Chris De Wet
> >BTW if prices become too fancy :-) in the USA or UK , you investors :-)
> out
> there should consider buying from us poor third world countries :-) . In
> fact about 85 % of classics that do come on the market are exported to
> Europe , USA or Australia . Granted , there are not a lot of classics down
> here , but our money is worth next to nothing , so it's real cheap for
> overseas buyers .
> <
>
> All the collectors are saving their pennies for when Castro dies.
>
> BTW, welcome back, Chris. You may complain about the value of your
> currency but few of os get three weeks off for Christmas!
>
> Dave
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