Bob Danielson wrote:
>
> This younger thread is quite interesting from a couple of standpoints.
> For
> many of us, we saw, drove and owned these cars when they were new. You
> took
> them everywhere, drove them in all types of weather and cursed them
> when
> they didn't run (somethings never change). I bought my first LBC at
> the age
> of 19 back in 1967 (a 61 Sprite), my second (a 64 Healey 3000) a year
> later.
> College graduation, marriage, insurance cost and impending fatherhood
> forced
> its sale in 1969. From the day I sold the Healey, I regretted it and
> looked
> forward to replacing it. My first attempt came as I was turning 40,
> but
> college tuition bills took priority. As I approached my 50th this year
> I was
> determined and started attending LBC shows. What struck me was the age
> of
> the participants..... the vast majority were 45 and up. This isn't
> about a
> midlife crisis..... it's about owning something you've missed for
> years and
> about driving as it was meant to be: top down, close to the ground,
> engine
> and exhaust noise in your ears and people smiling and waving as you
> drive
> by. It's a shame today's youths will have nothing comparable to
> remember
> 20 -30 years from now.
> Happy Holidays
> Bob Danielson
> 75 TR6
> http://pages.cthome.net/BobD
They do, but Big Wheels aren't street legal.;-)
Larry Zink
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