Ross Vincente -- Transamer. Financial - Los Angeles wrote:
>
> > Herald chassis and drivetrain with a sporty body bolted on to it
> (if it is still in decent shape - otherwise I'll drive you
> > down to about $1,000). Try to find a TR6 in GOOD running
> > condition for that amount of money.
>
John Matthews replied:
> You all are leaving out the most fun car of all.
> The Herald!!!!!
> It is the coolest looking of all, it costs almost nothing, and you
> don't have to pay those high sports car insurance rates.
> If you want to really have fun it's the only way to go.
> Just my 2/100 of a dollar.
Right you are, John! (And I didn't even pay him to say that!) Trouble
is, it's getting tough to find Herald (or Vitesse/Sport 6 -- coolest of
the cool) convertibles in usable shape at much less than double or
triple that $1,000 figure noted by Ross.
Of course, those of us who are TRULY COOL[tm] would gratefully choose the
saloon body style, oft overlooked in search of the mythical Convertible.
Saloons are, in fact, much scarcer in the U.S. than are convertibles (at
least when new, probably still now), but they are left alone, hopefully
someday to be found by TRULY COOL[tm] folks. ;-)
--Andy
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