I'm at risk of being burned at the stake for heresy, but in 1972 at the
ripe age of 20, I had the good fortune to have use of a new 240Z for the
weekend -courtesy of my employer.( I rough-framed houses then) I had just
gotten over a romance with a 2nd generation Japanese-American girl (her
father did time in a California detention camp in WWII) and I can say I
was thrilled with both at the time. I still don't understand why my boss
lent us his car for a few days, but I can tell you we had a blast. We blew
away everything except for those sneaky race-prepped street cars. Against
stock production cars, we took on anybody.
I was saddened to see that the 240 became a bloated luxury-mobile , because
it had so much potential as a sports car.
Dreaming of the day the "Strumpet"
is back on the road,
Jeff Johnson
'76 TR6 CF50378U
"Strumpet" Aldous Huxley- 'Brave New World'
At 04:38 PM 4/26/00, you wrote:
>Hey I'll support you. The miata is a fine successor to the MG. And the
>miata can be quite a scrapper with the addition of a turbo charger.
>
>As for heresy I'm restoring a 240Z, the car probably most responsible
>for
>the demise of the british roadster/sports car.
>
>Matt Ritter
>
>bstinocher@unipres.com wrote:
> >
> > Forgive me, list, for I have sinned...
> >
> > At this moment my wife should be finishing the transaction for our
> diversion
> > from the true faith: we have bought a 93 Miata!
> >
> > If my 250 is half as fun to drive as that Miata, I will be one very happy
> > driver. It certainly can't be any more cramped! All this does is make
> me even
> > more anxious to have a true British roadster in the stable.
> >
> > Hope that this doesn't get me "excommunicated" from the list. It is
> just a minor
> > dalliance...
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