<div dir="auto">51 years ago I worked as a mill hunky in Homestead Works. The perfect commute car for that was my Bugeye. Drove great in the snow, as long as it wasn’t too deep, great gas mileage. Ended up selling that car to Ed Woods 20 years later!</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM John Swauger via Wpta <<a href="mailto:wpta@autox.team.net">wpta@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto">In the early 70s my car was a 1969 Triumph Spitfire. I drove it in all kinds of weather but would sometimes borrow my mother’s VW.<div><br></div><div>One winter my battery was so bad that my roommate would have to jump me every morning. I would back my car in and he would pull his in. Once warmed up, the Spitfire would start the rest of the day but would be dead again overnight.</div><div><br></div><div>Of course, these days the cars stay garages until late March.</div><div><br></div><div>John<br id="m_-61420913269529419lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 6, 2025, at 7:01 AM, Gerald Van Vlack via Wpta <<a href="mailto:wpta@autox.team.net" target="_blank">wpta@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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I've owned my 4A for 56 years this coming June. It was my only car for the first 2 years (69 and 70) and driven in the weather regardless of how bad it was. I have no idea how it was driven from new in 1966 but based on its condition when I bought it, I doubt
it was driven in bad weather. Once put away the rust battle began culminating in a replacement frame in 1989 and finally a body tub from TX in 2008 and good fenders. The only original body panels are the "bonnet and maybe the RF Fender. It does get driven
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<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">To:</b> Lawrence Ross <<a href="mailto:larry@lrossagency.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">larry@lrossagency.com</a>>; Lawrence Ross via Wpta <<a href="mailto:wpta@autox.team.net" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">wpta@autox.team.net</a>>; ROBERT JONES <<a href="mailto:rlrobian@comcast.net" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">rlrobian@comcast.net</a>><br>
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50 years ago when I was a lot dumber and a whole lot braver, I drove my tr3 from Morgantown, wv to New Martinsville, WV across a hilly twisty turnny WV road, while snowing. This is still one of my most favored memorable trips in my still drivable beast. Today
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