[TR] Interesting experience

[marty sukey]

A few years ago I took the race spitfire to the TRF Summer Party. They had the
car show downtown that year and there was my beater spitfire parked amongst
the beauties.  A woman with some youngsters was walking the line of cars, she
was a local and it looked like they were not rich. The one young man, maybe
4th grade ish had stopped and was giving the spitfire a once over. I walked
over and asked if he wanted to sit in it. By the look on his face that was the
last thing he expected to hear. Really, go ahead I told him as I opened the
door. He looked back at mom and she gave him the ok and in the drivers seat he
went. He looked like he just saw santa clause! I'm pretty sure he dreamed
about being a race car driver that night and it made my day also.

Marty


> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:02:30 -0600
> From: mark at bradakis.com
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] Interesting experience
>
> Back when I had running race cars I'd take one to the club's annual show.
> Part of the registration packet were nice placards for info, and they
> included
> Please don't touch in bold letters. I'd toss that sign, had my own that
> said
>
> Go ahead - climb in, waggle the wheel and make vroom vroom noises!
>
> There are quite a few pictures around taken of kids of all ages doing
> just that. Oh, I would disconnect the battery so that flipping switches
> and pushing buttons would do nothing.
>
> mjb.