Yeah, and my previous TR4 ended up in Denmark.
On the plus side, it's highly likely that the cars will be well taken care
of and adored, because it's no small investment to get them there.
The best response is to ship more Dolomite Sprints over here. Perhaps we
could require a 1:1 trade. =)
-Nick
'62 TR4
Seattle
>Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:35:19 -0800
>From: don@napanet.net
>
>Just read the posting from the fellow in France trying to get the history of
>his CA TR3. I wonder how many of our treasured and loved old British cars
>have been shipped to other countries. It's no wonder that our hobby is
>struggling here. The British sports car hobby was huge in the US back in the
>day.
>
>I posted once to the MG list that it would be nice if we had a sort of trust
>of some kind that kept the remaining cars here in the US. I got hate emails
>from Europe and Australia saying "no fair, you guys got all the cars when
>they were new, and it's only fair that they go elsewhere now."
>
>My old MGA is in France; my first TR8 went to Germany; second TR8 to Canada;
>my MGBs are in various European countries. Oh well.
>
>Don Scott
>1962 MGA Mk II
>1973 MGB GT
>1991 Miata BRG
>1962 TR4 (seeking)
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