[TR] Bonnets, was Re: vote criterion

[McGaheyRx at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/26/2009 9:44:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
standardtriumph at btinternet.com writes:

When I  see a row of highly polished cars with the bonnets and trunk lids 
open, I  usually walk the 
other way thinking about dead sharks
 
 
 
This has been a very enlightening thread for me. 
I like looking at cars with bonnets up - its intensely interesting to me to 
 see things like the TR6 with 6 motorcycle carbs on it at The VTR South 
Central  Regional and the TR4 with EFI running thru 2 SUs I saw at The  
Gathering.  I saw Richard Good's oil seperator on 2 or 3 different  TR6s at The 
South Central Regional - I'd never seen that before. There were  several TR6s 
with original AC systems - took a really close look at those to see  if they 
looked like mine and discovered they all had 1 part I'm missing. I  know 
these cars look like with the bonnets down - if they hadn't had them up, I  
would have missed seeing all this neat stuff and, in some cases might have  
missed the ensuing conversations with the owners - and I'm only talking about 2 
 shows in April!   Consequently, it would be very rare for me to  vote for 
a car with bonnet closed - I had no idea so many people (any, actually)  
felt otherwise.
Participants choice shows are great occasions for seeing cars, socializing  
and so on, but I think we've demonstrated that the awards are really 
popularity  contests that don't mean very much - since we all vote for what we 
like or what  strikes out fancy on that particular day.
 
Cheers,
Jack Mc 
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