Couldn't agree more. Excellent weather, wonderful cars, great people,
& good hamburgers. Would have like to have seen more Heralds (none)
and TR4(A)
(only 2). I thought that the canary yellow 250 was gaudy, but it won
it's class. I believe that some of the Triumph picnics (beer and
chips) were better than the Bentley's wine-n-cheese ones. Much better
than the LA meet at Woodley Park last week.
John in San Diego
'67 TR4A - it's finally at the body shop getting a make-over!
'71 Volvo P1800E - the "Saint's" car
-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
To: Laura Gharazeddine <Laura.G@141.com>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>;
spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, October 02, 2000 10:33 AM
Subject: San Diego British car day -
>
>>Did you go to the San Diego do at Bonsall? My friend Martin was
going-I
>think he was taking his silver '60 MGA.
>*************************************************
>Yep I did, and he may have been there as well. It was a beautiful
day with
>what must have been close to 300 cars. met several listers that I
haven't
>before, and some I had. 20 or so Roll's, most I've ever seen at any
show.
> large contingency of Triumphs, more so than I can remember in
recent
>memory, almost as many as MG's! One perfect example of a Triumph
1800
>sedan (which should have won an award but didn't for some funny
reason) was
>parked right next to my little GT. Made it look tiny:-) - Possibly
because
>there wasn't a class for it, although the "other" should have
qualified I
>think. Unfortunately, that was shoved in with the Spitfire class
>("Spitfire and other", which is also the class I was in) Go figure -
>Also one particularly outrageous bright red, square tail Spitfire
body
>sitting on top of a custom made frame/suspension, with a HUGE engine
bubble
>probably 1 foot high and a couple of feet wide extending into a point
all
>the way to the front of the 8 or so inch extended length bonnet,
sprouting
>a 460 big block with octopus pipes sticking into the engine
compartment on
>each side, and terminating into a 2-1/2 to 3 inch pipe that exited
out
>through a hole in each (extended) lower front sill, then along the
sides
>"a-la Cobra." Really narrowed 9 inch ford, tubbed, etc. Lots and
lots of
>money, and well executed for the most part, but a little over the top
for
>my taste. Would have fit right in at Route 66 though. Hardly seemed
>practical for the street but I'm sure it went like stink if you could
keep
>the darn thing in a straight line (shades of the rocket pack strapped
to
>the back of a car if you know what I mean. Thank god there aren't
any
>sheer cliffs around there :-})
>Also a nice TR6 with the Lucas fuel injection installed - a handful
of
>Spits (Jeff and Ken C's from the list, Jeff's wife doesn't know what
she
>missed, bring her and the kids on down to Triumphest! - ). The usual
>TR250's TR4's, TR3's and one TR2, and of course the 2000 sedan that
they
>are raffling off at Triumphest 2000. Unfortunately, No Heralds or
Vitesses
>- otherwise a great show - Spent a wonderful time with the wife, a
picnic
>lunch, her sister and family, plus the rest of the people I chatted
with.
>As usual, I never had enough time to talk at length with everybody I
wanted
>to. . .
>
>Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
>
>72 PI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
>70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
>70 Spitfire (long term project)
>
>
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