"Only Driven On Sundays"..Buying an 'old' Race Car,Cost ,Commitment and Bullshit !!

[thunder427]

...Christchurch,back in the 60's, I caught up with my friend at the 'local' hotel after work one Tuesday night,where he was very animated with regard to the fact that he had just found a 'Sports Car' in Ashburton on his drive back from Timaru,was slightly ticked off that his Dad (who was just the best Mentor and friend to me!) wouldnt cover his palm with the extra cash or give him time off work to immediately go and pick it up...at the table sat a couple of our friends wadding thru a 'Jug' each,all of us where taken in by the Find,probably all thinking..."How Come I can never find a special car like this.just the chance"...money was a thing that would stop most of us in those days (Nothings changed in 40yrs!!)

Well all calmed our friend down and planned a Saturday 'Pay and Pick-up' safari to Ashburton,leave time was to be around 8.00 (incase we had a 'Big' Friday night!)...this Car was a 'Real' rare Sportscar with Triumph TR2 running gear,(Named after a 'Bird'????!!!!)........Come Wednesday one of the 'Table' crew at the 'Bar' was missing in Action,off the social 'Radar' so to speak,Thursday,still no sign of our missing person,come Friday he drove in to my Friends 'Servo',driving the 'Sports Car'..."look what I just Bought"!!!.........The Air was 'BLACK',restraint was required to save 'our' friend from spending the rest of his life behind bars for a crime of Passion...."I kill the barstard",comes to mind........the 'crack' in the friendship exists till this day,oh !!!you can 'Superglue' the Crystal back together,the Crack will always be there !!!

So how do you get to be in the 'right' place at the right time,remember the heading..The Cost,The Commitment,its some times better to pay a more and get a lot more, than pay less and get nothing.....the Bullshit !!!,just remember there is plenty of that,its a bit like looking for the engagement ring the dog ate,you have to sift through it to find the real Gold!!!......

So talking about Gold!!!...Look under, The Roaring Season-'Wanted,Period Race Cars 'For Sale !!.......No Bullshit!!!

regards.thunder427/MJ......Would you buy a 'Used Car' from this man !!!!!:co