Over twenty years ago, I sold my third Austin Healey to pay for a vasectomy
reversal. My daughter, Austen, is soon to be twenty-one years old and
graduating from college in New Zealand. I now have my fourth Austin-Healey and
my daughter loves it. She still hasn't driven it, as she is afraid of the
old three speed manual, but she has helped from time to time with the
maintenance and every time I would return from a drive, she said she loved the
way it would make the garage smell. I'm hoping to get her behind the wheel
after she graduates and returns home, so we'll see, but if she doesn't, one
of my grand daughters is waiting in the wings and chomping at the bit the
drive grandpa's little red car.
Steven Kingsbury
BN1 #598
In a message dated 6/10/2011 11:19:31 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
lapierrem at sbcglobal.net writes:
Damn you guys are killing me. I wasn't even gonna open this thread up
but
I did. Now I can't stop reading this thread. I can only hope that some
day my daughter will appreciate the fact that I am hanging on to an MGB-GT
in hopes that some day she will be ready to invest some time an money in
it.
Sure would be a ton-o-fun even though she doesn't know the
first thing about turning a wrench .. But she sure enjoyed the times we
spent toolin around town in the MGA when she was little.
Tried to teach her to drive a stick once, at least we were still talking
after that.
Time will only tell. At least I can still drive her around in my cars if
she
decides she doesn't want one of her own.
But then she is getting married next year. I might have to start
planting
the LBC seed in her fiancis head. One trip around town in the Healey
should
take care of that situation.
Mark
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