I'll second that.
After 8 years there's a lot to go wrong. I just moved mine next door when I
bought it and had to replace the tires before I could drive it. The tires
had rotted and were missing big chunks of tread. I think cars (and machines
in general) deteriorate faster from disuse than from hard use.
Walt Philipson
-----Original Message-----
From: R. Ashford Little II [mailto:ralittle2@mindspring.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 9:01 AM
To: 'chuck chamness'; 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: TR 6 length and weight
Chuck, I'm all for driving a car when it makes at least a little sense,
but you said "this car hasn't been driven much in the past 8 years." I
would not drive a car 60 miles, much less 600 miles, if it hadn't been
driven in 8 years.
And this is coming from someone who picked up his car, and then drove it
1,000 miles back home.
R. Ashford Little II
www.geocities.com/ralittle2
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of chuck chamness
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 8:28 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: TR 6 length and weight
I've been lurking on the listserv to get a better sense of what owning a
TR6
in 2003 means, as my last experience with one was in 1980. Thanks for
the
education.
Now, I'm taking the plunge and will need to trailer my
soon-to-be-purchased
'74 a few hundred miles to get it here. Would someone confirm that
the
weight of a TR6 is approximately 2500 and the length is just under 14'?
I'm
not certain, and I need to make some trailer decisions.
Thanks in advance for your response. I've watched your emails long
enough
to know the questions only get more complicated from here!
Chuck
PS. The gutsy move would be to save the miles on my Suburban and instead
fly
to the car and drive it 600 miles back. The car is in billed as
excellent
condition with fewer than 50,000 miles. However it has not been driven
much
at all (as in not registered) for 8 years. Fly and drive or trailer?
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