Allow me to thank you for the very heartwarming story.
Congratulations and more power to you.
Happy motoring!
Jeff Johnson
'76 TR6 CF50278U
At 10:26 PM 7/3/01 -0500, Nancy and Bob Wise wrote:
>Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
>I think you all will appreciate this. I'm 46 years old. My dad and
>I have been in and out of LBCs for years, although we have lived far
>apart since I graduated from high school in 1973. Sixteen years ago,
>my parents bought me a 1961 TR3A project car as a Ph.D graduation
>gift (it's what I asked for). I have fiddled with it slowly for over
>a decade and a half, spending lots of time and way too much money on
>the restoration. After a body-off restoration and totally rebuilding
>every component on the car, he and I cranked it up yesterday.
>
>It runs. It actually runs. For the first time since 1986, it runs.
>We still have to attend to little details like front end alignment,
>license plates, seat belts, and insurance but, by the gods, it runs.
>
>We are hoping to drive it to the vintage races at Road America in
>late July (only about 1.5 hours away).
>
>It was pretty cool to have him there when it first fired up.
>
>Bob
>Appleton, Wisconsin
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