Tom O'Malley wrote:
>
> Ah!
>
> Just got back from the CTR show in Wickham park. Like last year, it
> was super!
>
> Scions in attendance included Paul Arildsen, Sumner Weisman, Michael
> Ferguson, Keith Ehrlich, Bob Wanta and Henry Frye. I wanted to get
> these names in before I forgot somebody like I did at the MOT show
> earlier this year. <Hi Tom Walling! :-)> Actually, I'm sure there
> were more listers there who I just never caught up with.
>
> Keith had me laughing for twenty minutes or more as he related his
> "horror story" front end rebuild finished only minutes before
> showtime. Then he tried to "jump class" and get his car entered in
> modified where the competition was minimal. He purposely painted his
> front suspension twenty different colors and his rollbar bright yellow
> to confuse the judges....what a sneak! :-)
>
> Sumner took an honorable mention with his "driver" TR3. He had a sign
> under the bonnet saying to effect "I may be ugly but I run just
> great!" The car looked pretty darn nice to me but hey, what do I
> know? I drive a Spitfire! :-)
>
> Paul Arildsen had his new "Wanta powered" MkIV there and he seemed
> real pleased....Duel S.U.s, hot cam...I was jealous!
>
> Bob...he had TWO cars....his neat '70 <'71?> red E-Type and his white
> '75 <'76?> Spit? A post show interview confirms what we knew all
> along guys...he *prefers* driving the Spit! <and so does his little
> dachshund> :-)
>
> And Henry? Well what can I say? Here's a guy after my own heart.
> Despite having an inventory of perhaps twenty or thirty concours
> Triumphs <all stolen>, he brings a TESTOR ORANGE TR3 will holes in the
> sill big enough for me to put my hand through! Watta guy! Now I
> don't feel so bad about covering my front bumper last night with
> chrome tape. BTW....I learned this trick from Richard Jackson. :-)
>
> Ohhh....almost forgot meeting Michael Ferguson. Hope I've got your
> name right Michael. Michael *has* no car to poke fun at...not yet
> anyway. But he tried to buy a black concours winning TR3A from the
> owner for $5000 cash. He he....this guy musta' had more than 5k
> invested in the boot accessories. Talk about a neat picnic basket!
> :-)
>
> One again the only O'Malley awards were in the coloring contest...my
> youngest daughter took a solid second place in the 6 year old class.
> Competition was fierce but she brought home the spooky stickers.
> I may contract her to paint my car next year as she seems to be much
> better at "staying in the lines" than I am. :-)
>
> Cheers!
> Tom O'Malley in Southbridge Massachusetts
> '74, '77 Spits
Actually, Tom, I have TWO TRs, but everyone warned me about you ahead of
time so I left them push-pinned to my bulletin board! And sure I offered
$5K for what had to be an $18-20K car (and he's probably got twice that
in it)! His response was..."got it on you?" Oh well...I expect that, if
I HAD had it on me, I'd now be the proud owner of his picnic basket!
Seriously, it was nice meeting (or in a couple of cases, RE-meeting) you
guys today. Also, Brian Sanborn, a new TR4 owner, was in attendance. He
gave me his photos of the other '4 he was considering. Maybe...
It was a very nice show and reinforced my desire to find something more
substantial than push-pinned photos! Wish me luck!
[Oh, Sumner, pic to follow snail mail as soon as I get them developed
(yes, I shot the whole roll today).]
Michael Ferguson
Vernon CT
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