Burt, I'm still laughing at your story. Thanks for sharing. It reminds me of
my experience this past Sunday. I love it when kids come up and go ape shit
over the car. Honestly, it's hard not to notice a rally car, right?
I dropped off my friend at her home after a long day of touring on Sunday.
As we're exiting the car in the driveway two boys - maybe 10 or 11 ride up on
their bikes. Their enthusiasm was just overwhelming. They loved the color,
the racing graphics. They asked to look under the hood - I obliged. They
asked to sit in the car - I opened the door and told them to jump in. One of
them is sitting in the driver seat, gripping the steering wheel and making
wheel-burn out noises as I'm sure he's imagining racing down the street. The
other in the passenger seat remarking how cool the car is. My friend and I
stood back and let the kids enjoy their moment. Both of the boys saying how
jealous their dads will be when they find out they got to sit in a
Cobra! "hey Mister, is this a real Cobra"?
"No son, it's an Austin Healey."
"Is like an MG or something"?
... or something...
I'm still laughing about it.
Cheers,
Carlos
ahy3000@comcast.net wrote:
Simon,
I had the dubious distinction of winning bests "foreign" car at a local cruise
night that was 99% corvettes. The trophy even has a corvette on top! My wife
could not stop laughing saying they probably gave me the trophy so I would stop
showing up at their event.
Whatever....
BW
--
Burt Weiner
'63 BJ7
HBJ7L/23582
ahy3000@comcast.net
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Simon Lachlan"
> The Good News:-
>
> I took my Mk II BT7 to a (very local & small) village fete/classic car show
> the other day. There was a very eclectic and slightly ratty selection of
> other "classics", no other Healeys. Unbeknown to me, there was a "Best of
> Show" competition, which my car won. (Remember, this is only local stuff
> here).
>
>
>
> The Bad News:-
>
> I bought a few books at the book stall, had a pint and left without even
> knowing there'd been a competition, let alone that "The Old Banger" had won!
> Someone else got the prize!!
>
> Better luck next year!
>
> Simon
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