As a slightly different wrinkle, I agree with the one who said that the part
of love for these LBC's is paying the dues to keep them on the road. My own
'59 TR3A frame off has been three years of dues paying. Uhm, and paying by
check too....
Anywy, my son is 12 years old, getting interested in cars, and wants my TR3A
"when you die." I'm just over 50, so to him that means soon. He's helped
me after a fashion, and is getting interested in cars for when he can drive.
What kind of sports car that is contemporary today would be good for him to
start with, one that doesn't require a lot of maintenance now, when he
doesn't have the skills or time for it, but which later he can look back to
as a fun car he'd like to have again when he gets to be my (our) age? As
much as I love my TR3A, I doubt it will be much good in another 40 years.
Terry Smith
New Hampshire (Man, I love a car with a gas pedal in it!)
>I had a 1996 Miata years ago, and thoroughly loved the car -- perfect
> 50/50 weight distribution, punchy dual-overhead cam engine, great
> short-throw transmission. At the same time, as an LBC guy, I did have
> mixed feelings about it. Why, you might ask? Well, during the entire
> time I owned the car, I wished that it were an English car. I longed
> for the day that the Brits could produce such a machine again. I was a
> tiny bit bitter that it wasn't an MG-F, and that I couldn't get an MG-F
> in the United States. Also, I was always a bit annoyed that Mazda would
> consistently evoke (by name) the great LBCs in their advertising. That
> was kind of cheesy.
>
>
> Bill S.
> 1968 Triumph TR-250 (CD8464L)
> 1965 Austin Healey 3000 Mk III
> www.TR-250.com <http://www.tr-250.com/>
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