multiple ownership

["Wayne Abbott" <wabbott@domain.elided>]

It was 1975, and I was 17 when I bought my first Triumph TR-4, a 1963 for
$175.  It needed some work so I drove my Dad's car two towns over to the
nearest Triumph dealership.  As I attempted to purchase some little part I
noticed the labor rate sign on the far wall.  GM automobile labor rates were
about a third of the Triumph labor rates.  They didn't have the part.  I
went that evening to the library and signed out the Chilton's manual.  At
those rates I figured I better learn how to fix it myself.  The dealership
seemed to never have the part I needed, neither did most of the parts
stores, so when a car suitable for a parts car came available I bought that
one too, $75.  The next three TR-4s were too good to pass up or had too much
parts value to let go to the crusher.  A very nice 67 TR4A from some friends
for only $750 since I had done so much work on it for them, a wreck with a
hot motor, Laycock de Normanville (or something like that) electric
overdrive and IRS, from France, ooh-la-la.  I grafted a rear clip from a TR6
onto it.  And then the last parts car for $25, wire wheels, stainless steel
exhaust, and more rust than steel left in it.

I don't know if I will ever use them but I still have a pair of early TR6
seats, some early TR4 hub caps, and some other minor bits and pieces.

Conditions seem similar for many of us Alfa owners now?


Wayne
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> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 15:28:20 -0400
> From: "Watry, Andrew (LNG-MBC)" <Andrew.Watry@domain.elided>
> Subject: multiple-Alfa owners
>
> I was pondering my own four Alfas, and the two of the guy I got some tires
> from last night, and wondered if Alfas are unusual in being owned in
packs.
> That is, people often own more than one Alfa.  I can think of several
people
> within a mile radius of me who have two or more.  We alI know Alfa stands
> for Always Looking for Another, but are Alfas (or Alfa owners) unusual in
> this regard? Do MG, Triumph, or Porsche folks, for instance, tend to own
> several of them at a time?  Any theories?
>
> Andrew Watry
> Berlina Register
>
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