To: | "Allen Hefner" <lbc77mg@gmail.com>, "Spridgets list" <spridgets@autox.team.net> |
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Subject: | Re: [Spridgets] O.F. memory |
From: | "Nelson Wittstock" <k8djc@zoominternet.net> |
Date: | Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:39:05 -0000 |
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I remember very well the buying of my Sprite. I was in the USAF in England in 1961. The salesman, Andrew Wilson-Gunn, came to my base and was taking orders. I ordered the car in December. On January 8 a buddy drove me to Donald Healey's dealership in Warwick and dropped me off. After completing the paper work I was shown my new shiny black Mark 2 Sprite. I was thrilled with it. I was about half way back to my base which was about 50 miles from Warwick when the car slowed down and just stopped running. It took a minute to realize that I was out of "petrol." There was not a house anywhere in view. A kindly passing driver stopped to ask if could help and then drove me ten miles to the next town and back again with fuel. The rest of the trip was uneventful but I will never forget that day. I still enjoy driving it. Nelson ------------------------ spridgets@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/archive |
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