Listers,
Just thought I would write a brief report about the Mark Joslyn estate
auction we attended on Saturday. If you're curious about Mark you can
find some info here http://www.wvbscc.org/citoa/markjoslyn/
We found out about the auction from a note posted to the list. Susan
saw it and felt we should go check things out. For those of you who
know us you probably wouldn't be surprised to know we took a trailer
with us, "just in case"!
13 of his cars were ultimately auctioned off Saturday including a nice
1949 2000 roadster that needed some work, a pretty decent TR6, a
couple of 63 TR4s, some Sport 6s, couple of GT6s and a few
parts/project cars. Along with the vehicles being auctioned was his
collection of toys, books, manuals, parts and you name it. Mark was
quite the collector! Susan and I were amazed at some of the prices
the toys and parts were bringing. There were a lot of nice goodies
there that interested a whole lot of people world wide. The auction
was also carried live via the internet and there was someone biding
from New Zealand that was winning an awful lot of bids. While at the
auction we met Mark's two brothers Jayd and Randy. It was very
enjoyable talking with both of them along with several of Mark's
friends. I learned a lot about Mark and after looking at one of his
pictures online I'm sure I had seem him at a VTR convention or two.
While at the auction we bid on and won one of the 1963 TR4s. The car
is in pretty darn good condition and is sporting a brand new (never
ran) engine built by Jack Wheeler. The car needs carburetors (lost
after Mark's passing), radiator rebuilt and some minor odds and ends.
The car had been at the service shop since 2002 while Mark had the
engine out for rebuilding and various other things being taken care
of. The engine actually went back into the car for the first time two
weeks ago. Needless to say I'm looking forward to the first drive :)
For those of you who knew Mark and his cars if you have any
remembrances or know any of the history of his 63 TR4 with the red
racing stripe I would be interesting in hearing about it.
Bottom line is I hope Mark realizes his TR4 is in good hands and will
be driven regularly.
Brad
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