[TR] 10 Feb Drive a Triumph

[glemon at neb.rr.com]

Yes I drove my Tr4A (and Sprites and MGBs) daily in the Midwest through hot summers and cold winters, it was the best way to enjoy a car, and I miss the days when these were just used cars you drove around and had fun in (or maybe I just miss my carefree youth).  I still enjoy seeing and old British car parked on the street (rare sight these days) that is driven, loved and lived with as much or more than I do seeing a pristine car on the show field.

But the sad fact is our cars don't last long as daIly drivers, at least in the rust belt.
The few cars I bought that weren't rusty when I bought them back in the day were oxidizing through the metal after a couple winters, but some of my best old driving memories are tearing around in a cozy little roadster on freshly fallen snow.  They usually got around pretty well, and when they didn't it wasn't hard to push them out.

Greg Lemon
TR250




---- Ron Olds <rolds at plausa.com> wrote: 
> When I was 16 I had a TR3 as my only car.  Living in Chicago I drove the car year round for many years. It wasn't uncommon to see the car buried in snow similar to the one in the picture. The car wasn't a collector car to me it was my only transportation which is the best way to enjoy a car..
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> Ron Olds
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> From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Rye Livingston
> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2017 11:58 AM
> To: George Richardson
> Cc: Triumph List
> Subject: Re: [TR] 10 Feb Drive a Triumph
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> George,
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> So sad to see that beautiful car buried in snow.  Where did you take the photo?  City and state.
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> Thanks
> Rye
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> On Feb 11, 2017, at 02:57 AM, George Richardson <gpr at key-men.com<mailto:gpr at key-men.com>> wrote:
> I would have had a bit of trouble driving my car yesterday. For the record, in case you can't tell from the photo, it's a 1957 small mouth TR3
> On Feb 11, 2017 12:49 AM, Rye Livingston <ryel at mac.com<mailto:ryel at mac.com>> wrote:
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> Do you have a photo of it under the lawnchair cushions to send me?
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> Rye
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> Rye
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> PH: 530-FIND-RYE
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> On Feb 10, 2017, at 09:11 PM, Mark Hooper <mhooper at indiefilmnet.com<mailto:mhooper at indiefilmnet.com>> wrote:
> With the temperature at -17C (not including some nasty wind chill) in Montreal, I am tempted to say what would happen to any nuts out driving with the top down... As it is, my TR6 is sitting in the unheated garage, rather wistfully covered in lawnchair cushions, awaiting the Spring.
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> Mark Hooper
> 1972 TR6
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "TeriAnn J. Wakeman" <tjwakeman at gmail.com<mailto:tjwakeman at gmail.com>>
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> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:58:06 -0700
> Subject: [TR] 10 Feb Drive a Triumph
> Drive a Triumph collect a peanut. 10 Feb drive a Triumph day. The Peanutmobile was at the grocery store when I went over to stock up for the expected weekend storm.
> TeriAnn Wakeman
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