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A buddy had a Spitfire, and as I recall, it was more barebones than my TR4-A.
Mine had a hinged convertable top, while as I recall his top was like the one on the Bug-eye Sprite: metal tubes that fit into slots to form an arch, and the canvas top was laid over it and fastened with snaps to the body.
He asked me to accompany him when he went to pick it up from the seller, because he was not experienced driving standard (!!!!)
I drove it a few miles before it became very difficult and finally impossible to change gears. We got it into a gas station where we discovered that the clutch fluid reservoir was empty. After adding "Girling fluid" we went on our way to a shopping center parking lot, where I gave him a course in driving a car with a standard transmission.
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RBSinTo said:
Likely because when you drove it, you were shaken, not stirred.
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The GT-6 left me marked for life when a hot Hazelnut latte exploded between my legs bottoming out on a right freeway access with a hard dip in the road, hitting the freeway right after getting the coffee in the U district.

When I got to my destination a couple hundred miles away, it had all dried on my khaki shorts a slightly darker stain and the Hazelnut just smelled like like rat pee after a while. I spent the day at an antique show out of state, probably got bored of people staring at my stained shorts when the novelty wore off.

It would be 20 years before I could enjoy Hazelnut flavor again.
 
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I quit riding last year but my last bike was a Moto Guzzi Breva, a modern bike with (to me) a classic feel. When I got rid of the bike I bought a Miata. Similar vibe. I love the romance of the old classics but changing oil and tires and not doing much else is pretty appealing too.
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Another Miata owner here (2023 RF - my first sportscar)
 
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1956 Buick Centurion

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"This is the car thread."

Great! I was thinking I was in the other thread for some reason.

Here is something miscellaneous .... I may start the Volvo up, for the first time since rebuilding the engine, this weekend. Should I get a video clip of that?
 
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I do need to check the fuel tank for crud before pouring in fresh gas. No " Skinners Union " carb wants to suck up bits of rust for a Christmas present.
 
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Keeping non running rigs totally on empty is a chore, but necessary for survival.

Best to keep tank completely full - a lot less condensation - if used at least a few times a year, and if only started once/twice a year, only use non Ethanol Premium in the tank.
 
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Guildedagain said:
The GT-6 left me marked for life when a hot Hazelnut latte exploded between my legs bottoming out on a right freeway access with a hard dip in the road, hitting the freeway right after getting the coffee in the U district.

When I got to my destination a couple hundred miles away, it had all dried on my khaki shorts a slightly darker stain and the Hazelnut just smelled like like rat pee after a while. I spent the day at an antique show out of state, probably got bored of people staring at my stained shorts when the novelty wore off.

It would be 20 years before I could enjoy Hazelnut flavor again.
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'At's whatcha get fer delting te scattershield.
But how'd the seat take it?
 
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Guildedagain said:
LOL

Maybe the funniest guy in the history of mankind?



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He is quite the driver: Crashed his McLaren F1.

Twice.

Cost his insurance company over $1.4 million to fix it the second time. Then he sold it for around $12 million in 2015, after paying less than a million for it in 1997.
 
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