I have to jump in here. Dad bought the TR3A I am now restoring when I was
7. (in 1959, you can figure the rest.)
kengano@advant.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Terrick <dterrick@pangea.ca>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, December 20, 1997 8:55 PM
Subject: young, younger, youngest?
>Well, DuperSude got me.... I was 15 when I got my TR4a. I'm working on
>the restoration now. Of course, since 15, I've bought, threased, and
>crashed a TR6, restored a GT6 racer, and done two TR6 restos for people
>with less time and more money than me.
>
>However, my "young" story goes back to GRADE 1 when I was 6.
>
>The Grade 6 teacher, Phil coulter, had this cool french blue TR6 and used
>to whip around a corner in 2nd gear at full throttle along my walking route
>to school. I vowed I would have one. A few years later, a friend of
>mine's older brother's girlfriend's (dad) had a black TR4a that she drove.
> I vowed I'd have one of them too.
>
>I got them in the reverse order. I figure that means I've been a TR junkie
>for 23 years now. I'm 29.
>
>Dave Terrick
>Winnipeg
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