Amen Brother.
Larry Miller
>> Most of the guys on this line unfortunely have never experienced the real
>> Healey days as you describe, that was the haydays when the cars were used
as
>> they shoul
>
>Ah, yes, Jeff, the early '60s were the halcyon days for sports car
>owning and driving. Those were the days....
>
>--when as a young enlisted sailor I could get the Navy to close down the
>Memphis Naval Air Station in 1962 for a weekend of autocrossing around
>the runways.
>
>--when in 1963 I could afford to go sports car racing in Stuttgart,
>Arkansas, rubbing friendly elbows with Jim Hall and Dr. Dick Thompson in
>the next pit.
>
>--when I could use the same Frogeye Sprite that I drove daily for
>racing, autocrossing, gymkanas, and rallys around Tennessee lakes and in
>farmer's pastures.
>
>--when in the middle of a 10,000 mile trip around the country in 1963, I
>could pull off the highway in Silver Spring, Maryland, and enter a
>shopping center gymkana. And take second place with my boot stuffed
>with all of my worldly belongings and the spare tire tied on the top of
>the back end. (I had to get back on the road again, and they never DID
>send me my trophy or dash plaque!)
>
>--when you could buy parts for your Frogeye in the Sears catalog or from
>J.C. Whitney.
>
>--when "imported car" had nothing to do with Japan.
>
>--when "concours" meant absolutely nothing to Frogeye drivers. Their
>cars weren't OLD enough to be "concours".
>
>There is an old song that sums it up: "Those were the days, my friend,
>we thought they'd never end...." Pity that they did.
>
>Bob Evans
>Anaheim, California
>Frogeyes AN 5L/762, AN 5L/6893
>
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