Bob Kramer wrote:
>
> >
> > Dave Eaton said:
> > > Let's not go around alienating Spitfire owners. We've been the
> > >red headed step child too long.
> >
> > Spitfires and GT6's get absolutely no respect, even from other
> > Triumph owners. I have observed that my GT6 becomes invisible
> > when parked next to a red TR6. Take a look at the asking
> > prices for Spitfires and GT6's compared to other Triumphs.
> > Mine is nice enough to win an occasional award at a car show
> > and I would be lucky to sell it for 1/3 what it cost me to
> > restore it. Spitfire and GT6 owners unite! It's time to
> > demand the respect that our unique and beautiful cars deserve!
> > Of course TR6's are handsome cars but they are not in the same
> > league with the sensuous, flowing lines of a Spitfire. I
> > remember the day in 1967 when I was strolling through the faculty
> > parking lot at Texas Tech and came across the first GT6 in town.
> > I stopped dead in my tracks. I had never driven anything but
> > American cars and hadn't given other British cars much more than
> > a passing glance but I knew then and there that I had to have one.
> > No, the top doesn't go down, but if it did it wouldn't be a GT6.
> > Dave Fain
> > 1967 GT6
> > (resuming lurk mode)
>
> Without getting into the middle of a merits of X vs. Y, or which league a car
> is in, I have noticed that nice Spitfires are selling for higher prices than
> ever before.
>
> Bob Kramer, Austin Texas
> Hill Country Triumph Club
> 3 TR6's, 3 TR250's TR3A vintage racer
Bob,
I've heard of a Morris Oxford, but what's an Austin Texas - a Cambridge
with a Dodge 440 Hemi, right?
Adam Turner
'74 TR6
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