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Subject: [TR] Fred Thomas
From: suhringtr36 at comcast.net (suhringtr36 at comcast.net)
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:55:28 +0000 (UTC)
With my newly restored '70 TR6 ready for a road trip and show, my wife and I 
drove to Alexandrea, VA for the 1998 British on the Green show. What a great 
drive down. After checking in at the hotel, we decided to go out for something 
to eat. Well, the 6 started acting up and running real rough, bucking all over 
the place. We limped back to the hotel and I looked around the engine the next 
AM. Decided to go ahead and drive to the show and again after a while it ran 
terrible but made it to the show. As you might suspect, out of nowhere a 
gentleman comes up and asks what the problem was. I explained this to Fred and 
he cocked his head and said it must be the condensor. He went out and found a 
spare one, swaped it out, and it fired up. He insisted that we go for a drive 
to make sure, so I left my wife to walk the grounds and Fred and I went out for 
a dirve. Came back and the friendship was sealed. The next year we came down 
and went out to diner with Fred and Debie, having a great time. He made it up 
to my place a few years back to visit a sister and his first time at Carlisel. 
Enjoyed hanging out at my garage and getting caught up on life. Fred will truly 
be missed, but he certainly has left his mark with many of us.

Scott Suhring
Mechanicsburg, PA
'70 TR6
'59 TR3

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