Please excuse the way I spelled Brooklands. That's Bad...
Spellcheck still telling me to change it.
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From: "Wayne Lee" <wayne@motorcarriage.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 6:40 PM
To: "John Macartney" <macartney.john@yahoo.co.uk>; "Triumph List"
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] What cost to give up your Triumph? (Rhetorical?)
> Hi John,
>
> There is no way to put oneself in another's Shoe's and attempt to share
> or
> understand his rational behind his decision. He is indeed a lucky Man to
> have
> that Car,(Woolf Barnato, Brooklyn, LeMans, come to mind, and he obviously
> understands as do a lot of us that we're just the Caretaker's of our Car's
> that are
> Collectible and not of the disposable sort just like our Home's that we
> have.
> I'm a former Bentley owner (a 48 Mk VI) and currently own a 65 Silver
> Cloud III
> the last of the Coach Built Rolls. But I could summarize my selfish
> thoughts of
> being in his position very easily.
>
> How much Petrol do You think he could put into his Speed Six over the
> next
> few year's? Whatever that # is, he would receive a bigger return for his
> Estate
> after he leaves it than some 1.5% IRA or a dodgy Investment of some type.
> I'd rather be looking at that Bentley every day, (much like a fine Art
> Investment)
> even when I wasn't enjoying driving it, than looking at a Bank Book
> reflecting the
> sum of Money I brought in for it. This isn't the right time to sell such a
> Car and he
> should hang on to that Puppy to the end if he doesn't need the revenue
> from it.
>
> Cheers,
> Wayne Lee
> Douglas, MA
> 64 TR4
> 69 Spit
> 75 TR6
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