Richard said when adding up the cost of his TR restoration "...Woe is me as
I'm getting closer to a total, beginning to think I should have got married
as it would be cheaper".
Richard:
I tried to send this to you already, but it bounced off, because I changed
my e-mail address so I am sending it through the list. Sorry if you already
received it.
As you say you are not married, let me set you straight on one thing. The
Triumph restoration capable of consuming the same amount of money as even a
barely competent woman has yet to be created. I give the following
comparisons:
Fancy Alloy valve cover = $100 (covers top of engine, great looks last a
lifetime)
Fancy female wash & cut = $85 (covers top of head, Great looks last 48
hours, repeat once each month)
New Italian tires on four wheels = $400 (One set required every 4-5 years)
New Italian shoes on two feet = $400 (25 sets required initially, 5/year
ongoing)
Complete 8 coat paint job = $5000 (stunning looks for 10 years if polished)
1 fur coat = $5,000-$15,000 (lasts 10 years at $150 storage/year, but called
"that old rag" after fashion changes every 4 years)
Ahh, but you say "Oh cynic, you are talking about maintenance; The entry
cost of a car is high, not so a woman, Surely only a few movies and a dinner
or two are required to get a woman". And so the response to this is:
Perfect condition restored TR6 = $14,000 (redone top to toe ready to look
fantastic for decades with maintenance involving polishing rags and oil
changes)
One 1.5 carat solitaire diamond engagement ring = $20,000 (on hand of woman
that will begin to let herself go 10 days after honeymoon, maintenance
involves $1000/day helath spas and plastic surgery)
And so I leave it to you to decide which is the more expensive. All I can
say is that if I took the money invested in the woman and instead put it
into restoring machinery, the type of Spitfire I could drive would be the
one with wings not just four wheels.
Mark Hooper
1972 TR6 and wife with 150 pairs of Italian shoes (that I know of)
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Seaton
To: Web_disscusion List
Sent: 09/02/03 6:02 PM
Subject: Winter and suicidal tendencies and cries for help!!
I've been doing a very bad thing in my boredom, right now it's snowing and
I can't physically work on the car right know. So what to do? Well why not
find out how much the receipts total up on the frame off restoration? There
are only a few receipts left to go and when I checked totals half way
through, it was in the ball park of the guessed figure. Unfortunately before
the
body panels.
Woe is me as I'm getting closer to a total, beginning to think I should
have got married as it would be cheaper, unless you have to pay to get rid
of the demon seed. Then the TR is lots cheaper. At least the TR won't take
your woman away, but she might take it!
I might as well press the total..... but where is my gun first?
Richard Seaton
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