Listers,
Here's a very recent picture of my "Yellow Rose", give it a look see...
http://camalott.com/~spitdrvr/car.jpg
N.A. Campiglia III
Abilene, TX
'67 Spitfire MKIII
'74 Spitfire 1500
----- Original Message -----
From: Laura G. <savercool@email.msn.com>
To: Susan Hensley <susan@bearcom.com>; Spitfire List
<spitfires@autox.team.net>; Friends of Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: Spitfire Kinda Day
>
> Sadly, Nigel's ego has taken a bruising recently as someone was kind
enough
> to punch 2 dents in his boot lid and one in his bonnet. (I have a good
idea
> as to who it was-but she's being asked to leave anyway.) And I'm moving
> soon, too.
>
> Needless to say, when Dave saw -he flipped!(I asked him-"You still think
of
> Nigel as your baby, don't you?"-and he said "Well, of course!")
>
> But wait untill he's "well" again- I'm sure he'll be strutting around!<G>
In
> the meantime, I just keep polishing him and telling him, "Mummy loves her
> Nigel!" And "What a pretty boy!"<G>
>
> Hmm....no wonder my neighbours think I'm nuts and take it out on poor
Nigel!
>
> Laura G. and Nigel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Hensley <susan@bearcom.com>
> To: Spitfire List <spitfires@autox.team.net>; Friends of Triumph
> <fot@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 12:14 PM
> Subject: Spitfire Kinda Day
>
>
> >
> >Hi all!
> >
> >It was so absolutely gorgeous today here in the Dallas area that I had
> >to take Elliott ('68 Spit) to work today. The whole fourteen miles in
> >to work I got honks and whistles and "Nice car!" comments -- Elliott's
> >ego is starting to rival Nigel's (Hi Laura!)!! At a traffic light a
> >truck driver leaned out of his rig, and in a ve-e-e-e-ry Southern drawl
> >said, "Whut model is thayat?" I said, "It's a Triumph Spitfire," and he
> >said, "Whu-u-u-t?" I yelled, "TRIUMPH SPITFIRE!" and he said, "Whut
> >model?" I said, "Spitfire, that's the model!" He said, "Whu-u-u-u-t?"
> >I yelled, "SPIYUT-FAR!!!" in my best Texas drawl, and he goes, "Oh,
> >okay! Nice car!" :) I'm glad the light changed just about then...
> >
> >I had lunch with a friend today (Elliott enjoyed sitting in the sun in
> >the parking lot of Gershwin's, rubbing mirrors with Mercedes and Lexus
> >(guess who got the looks -- not those cars! :), and found out her
> >neighbor is Bob Norwood (sp?), the guy who races/builds Ferraris and
> >other exotics -- he's featured in this month's Car and Driver. He has a
> >shop down on Northwest Highway here in town. She said whenever he sees
> >them outside as he is leaving his home, he revs the engine of whatever
> >it is he's driving -- Ferrari, Porsche, etc. and winds it up for them.
> >
> >I hope all of you are having a wonderful Triumph kinda day as well!!
> >
> >Keep Triumphing,
> >Susan Hensley :)
> >1968 Spit Mk3 Elliott
> >1967 race Spit Mk3 Tristan
> >2 TR6 projects...
> >
>
>
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