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

[Jim and Debbie Leyden]

Take it and store it.

Jim
'93 MTX


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Fisher" <ianf@eden.rutgers.edu>
To: "'Ron Nottingham'" <nottingham@alltel.net>; "'SHOtimes list'"
<shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 7:58 PM
Subject: Triumph TR3B was RE: [Shotimes] Mazda 6 s and "Soul"


> 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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