[Nobbc] new members

[Peter & Nancy Bergman]

Hi Greg & Trish,

Thanks for the kind words.  You were a lucky 17 year old that got to drive a 
nice Jag.  I was a 9 year old kid in Finland in 1950 when a rich car dealer 
imported the first 120 to race. Our family was out for a Sunday walk, when I 
heard it behind me, then saw it go by, and smelled the aroma of whatever 
they were burning.  He didn't win the race, but his car won my heart, and 
when I was 19 I bought mine.  It was already old and clapped out, but I 
drove it for about 4 years without putting up the rag (literally) top.  I 
sold it when I was getting married the first time, to a l7 year old and his 
British mother, but it came back with the father the following day, who 
demanded the money back or he would sue, as he hadn't been in on the deal. 
My dad, who was already 65, said he always loved that car, and bought it for 
a small song, drove it lots of places (Lake Tahoe, Los Angeles among 
others), drove is locally, often while somewhat inebriated, and wrecked it 
once with the sun in his eyes, and wine in his brain, had some really cheap 
body work done, but kept driving it.  When he died in 1974, it sat at my 
moms house until 1986 when I towed it home.  In the meantime, I had divorced 
and remarried, our son came along, so it sat for another 10 years until I 
started working on it.  It's been on the road about 6 years now, but it's 
only been about 3 years that we've become  involved with some events, and 
it's surely high time! There were a couple of times I could have used that 
bulldog though, when Lucas gremlins (in its prior life with me) left me by 
the side of the road... Anyway, we look forward we look forward to spending 
time and miles with nobbc and you all.

Pete & Nancy Bergman





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Tatarian" <gtwincams at gmail.com>
To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] new members


> Welcome Pete and Nancy! Trish and I found your XK120 absolutely stunning 
> at the Woodland show- loved that wonderful color.
> The first classic car I drove was a 120-M (SE in the UK) when I was 17. 
> The kind owner's wife almost divorced him when she saw me driving back to 
> the house after a spin around the block. They bought it new and kept is in 
> almost concours condition, despite regularly driving it to shows. They 
> showed me pictures from a show many years prior to me knowing them, of 
> their Jag on the grass at a concours, with their bulldog tied to the 
> bumper and skidmarks in the grass at the rear wheels. Apparently the dog 
> had seen something it wanted and proceeded to drag the Jag a few feet 
> across the grass, with the handbrake on.
> Hope to see you on a drive despite the distance - maybe we can lure you 
> and some of our other southern members up if we organize another Marin 
> tour.
> Cheers,
> Greg and Trish Tatarian
> 1971 Lotus Elan S4
> 1974 Triumph TR6
> 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV2000
>
> Norman Weinfeld wrote:
>> Ron,
>>
>> I didn't know all that. Thanks for shedding the light. And I would also 
>> like
>> to say how delighted I am to now have Pete and Nancy along in their 
>> superb 120
>> to evermore squash any hopes I might otherwise have had of ever winning
>> anything...
>>
>> Norm Weinfeld
>> San Francisco
>> XK140 DHC
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