Triumph TR3B was RE: [Shotimes] Mazda 6 s and "Soul"

[Ian Fisher]

I was just offered a Triumph TR3B, one of 300, matching serial numbers
(engine in the car is not original, but original is available). The car
is free. Apparently it has rust. How bad, I am not sure. I'd imagine
pretty bad. Someone has already offered 2G on the car, so I know that I
could get at least that for it. I don't have the finances to restore a
car now, but I am debating on whether or not I should get it and hold
onto it to restore and keep or sell down the road or just pick it up now
and sell as is. I could also part it out, but the person giving it to me
probably would not appreciate that.

Opinions?

Ian


-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Ron Nottingham
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 7:22 PM
To: SHOtimes list
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Mazda 6 s and "Soul"


Oh, man...  Why did you bring up the Tiger?  Those are soooo cool.  I
almost bought one back in '89.  Never knew about the Tiger before, but I
knew about the Alpine.  So when I seen it, I thought someone did a hack
job and dropped a V8 in one.  It needed some restoration, but ran pretty
good.  The car sat for sale for about 6 months, the seller said nobody,
other than me, stopped to take a look at it.  He really didn't know what
it was, it belonged to his father-in-law that recently passed away.
Well, I seen a write-up in R&T about the Tiger a couple weeks later.
DARN!  That looks just like the car for sale just down the road!  Went
back with money in hand to buy it, and it was gone, he sold it the day
before for $2000, he was asking $2500.  I kick myself about twice a
month for not buying that car when I had the chance.

Another was a Dodge Dart GT with a numbers matching 340 Six-Pack.  $500,
needed restoring.  A '78 Triumph TR8 coupe with 5-speed (didn't know
Triumph produced 1500 TR8s that year), thought it was a TR7 that someone
swapped a V8 into, for $400 (most were automatics, less than 300
5-speeds were produced).  A GT-40 kit car for $750, needed interior and
mechanicals.  An 87 Dodge Shelby Charger GLHS for $750, missed it by a
week, but I knew what it was, just seen the ad too late.  A '70 Mach 1
for $1000 back in '90, needed paint and a rebuild of the 351C.  Also, a
'71 Mach 1, 351C, pristine condition, one owner, for $3000 back in '84,
but my Dad wouldn't let me buy it (in retrospect, probably a good move,
since I was 16 at the time).  A GTO Judge was also passed over, same
deal as the '71 Mach 1, my Dad wouldn't let me buy it, I was 14 at the
time, but I had the money to buy it.  I passed getting an '88 Porsche
928S4, back in '96, needed a new front fascia and hood, for $1500.  An
'88 MR2 Supercharged back in '89 (I wanted a NEW car then, and the MR2
had 12k miles, it was the same price as the Z24, with 2 miles, I
bought).  An '89 RX7 GTUs, for $2000, back in '92 (man, I would kill for
one now, as the GTUs was a factory stripped race car).

There are more...  but right now, I'm too depressed to even think about
them :-(

Ron N. - Dalton, GA
90 SHO

----- Original Message -----
From: "Derrick Schmidt" <dschmidt@hsc.usc.edu>


> My Tiger has soul.  It takes at least 3 - 5 minutes for my heart rate 
> to return to normal after I get out of it.
>
> Derrick
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