Please welcome Gary...we need to find him a Triumph to race.
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From: AA00727@aol.com[SMTP:AA00727@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, June 29, 1998 11:46 PM
To: AlexanderJosephH@Waterloo.deere.com
Subject: Friends of Triumph
Thanks for the greeting!
I am a captain for American, age 50, married with 4 children, one in
college-
two still in H.S.. I flew the 727 from '79 to '96 starting as a flight
engineer and working up through first officer and finally the left seat. I
am
presently on the DC-9 super 80 as the 727 flying has mostly left Chicago and
I
don't care to change bases.
I have always been interested in racing but have never acted on the urge. I
bought a '61 TR-3 while in college(still have what is left of it) and picked
up a '62 about 2-3 yrs. ago. Just joined VTOW last year and have not had a
chance to participate in many of their activities but did enjoy seeing Augie
Pabst's collection with the group this winter.
I have a real bug to get into vintage racing and have been looking around to
see if I could find a car that I could buy without depriving my kids of a
college education. So far the cheapest I have found is a '64 MG Midget that
has been raced in the past, and is supposed to be rust free although a
little
faded. Sounds like it would take some work to get it track worthy again but
it
is available for $2,500. Also found a Saab Sonnet for $4,500 that is
presently
racing but I don't know much about Saabs. I have always liked the TR's for
their relative simplicity.
I hope to meet you this summer, I will be at Elkhart on Sunday only.
Gary Blihovde
P.S.
I missed a chance at a solid '64 Spitfire by a couple of days, seems like
the
Spit would be an easy car to work on. This one sold for $1,500.
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