[Fot] Triumph Values

[Mark Eginton]

Have to second the notion of a lot of folks out there feeling nostalgic about
TR3s. I note in my experience: Every baby boomer seems to have a TR3 story,
most including the phrase "...we were so drunk...". Most stories are of a
friend or brother who owned it, some have push starts and electrical fire
themes...

I have been driving my TR3 since I got my license and riding in it since I
was 4, and I still amazed to this day that people come up to me with new
stories, same themes, on a regular basis - but they seem older these daze...

I have watched as my TR comes in and out of my interest cycle; it will sit
for years then I get the bug and fire it up, dump in a little money and drive
it till my next reason for parking it. It never ceases to amaze me how much
more out of place it looks on the road each time I bring it out. Started
noticing it in the late '70s. These days it really has reached semi-celebrity
status generating quite a bit more attention than my mid-life crisis Vintage
Mustang Muscle Car.

I have to admit I feel naked these days, driving without the steel cage,
belts and airbags of todays cars. That spear pointed at my heart gets my
attention every time someone cuts me off but hey, old habits die hard (knock
on wood glove box covers)...

gotta love 'em...

M

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From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net on behalf of Bill Babcock
Sent: Sat 1/27/2007 10:08 PM
To: Bill Sohl
Cc: fot at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] Triumph Values



Actually, there's very little question that TR3's are valuable cars.
They are now relatively rare and the people who are nostalgic for
them are still on the right side of the dirt--a lot of them have
money.