[Spridgets] NYC LBC?

[Ron Soave]

--- On Sun, 7/6/08, David Booker <tncarnut1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> If you want to see LBC's, next time take a day trip out
> on Long Island, they're everywhere.  

David,
I'll take you up on that. I grew up in Commack, my 1st car was an MGB. I also owned a Spitfire and my father had a Lotus while we lived there (I was born there in 1965, moved away for good in 1990). I used to slum around at the Penny Lane LBC shop in Huntington to learn. In my younger and arguably stupider days I drove my MGB into the city to Yankee games from 1984 to 1987 before they drew 55,000 each night. I've broken down on FDR drive, Co-op City in the Bronx and in the worst one ever, the GW bridge. My wife got her Masters degree at NYU, and my favorite car to drive in the city was a 1972 Buick LeSabre that I bought for $50. It was an anti-cabbie weapon. In the Midwest where I am now, I drive an old Alfa daily, my Bugeye when it's running right, and have a co-worker who lives an MGA daily. We also have Flounder, Peter C., and Lieb running around locally in their LBCs. I travel a lot, and the Midwest in summer seems to have the most cool old cars out
 and about on a regular basis these days.

Cheers,
Ron