bugeye59@kingsnet.com wrote:
>
> Just to let you all know, the TR3 that was posted here for $500 the
> other day by Lewis McKillop is now resting comfortably in my garage.
> Fortunately for me, Lewis lives around the corner and was able to give
> me the info on the car and the guy's phone number before anyone else got
> to it. (Sorry, guys--but I have wanted a TR3 for a long time!)
> Anyway, it is a '60 TR3A. The guy that I bought it from took it as
> payment for a paint job he did a few years ago for a guy whose brother
> owned the car. This poor chap tore the car down in hopes of restoring
> it somewhere around 1970, but was shipped by the Navy from his home of
> Maryland to Moffet Field, California to serve in the Viet Nam conflict.
> He never returned. The car stayed with the brother up until a few years
> ago when it was traded for the paint job, and stored outside in a corn
> field until today.
> Thanks to our very dry Central California climate, the car is
> surprisingly in good shape. The floors are sound except for 2 small
> holes and the inner and outer rockers are solid. The odometer reads 54K
> miles. The entire car is there, right down to the hubcaps! It took me 2
> trips with my Nissan pickup to haul all the body panels, engine, head,
> trans, seats, windshield, and all the aother parts that were unbolted
> from the car home, and a tow truck with a dolly set-up to bring the
> rest.
> Now for some help...
> 1) The car is painted powder blue and has a red interior. But under
> the blue appears to be white. Is there a paint code somewhere on the
> car so I can determine the original color?
> 2) What info can be determined by the commission number? (See bottom)
> Anyway, just wanted to share my story with you all. I have a long road
> ahead of me, but I look forward to it. Many thanks to Lewis for making
> this dream come true!
> By the way, I paid $200 for the car!
> --
> Harris
> '59 Bugeye Sprite -- Buick V6 powered!
> '60 TR3A -- TS67621
Congrats - I'd love to see it! Give me a call if you trailer all those
boxes of parts up to Fresno!
Peter Ficklin
'64 Spit
'68 Spit
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