We drove out to Emerson to pick up the Triumph GT6 which we bought on Ebay last week. Or the week before last week. Wednesday the 28th-whichever week that was.
Anyway, we hitched up the trailer and hauled ourselves to emerson.
In a truck without air conditioning.
In a 90-degree new jersey summer day.
Oh joy.
With few mishaps (snapping a tensioned cable out of place in the trailer, breaking a parking light on the car), we shunted the car into the trailer and drove it home.
For $501.00, its doing pretty well for itself. The interior looks ok, the panels are straight, and the car is complete. The engine doesn't work, and we have no idea of the condition of the diff or transmission, or anything else really. The past two owners have tried doing some work on the car- it's been painted in red primer by the first. the second evidently didnt have any time for the restoration, as he had a total of 15 cars. Whoa.
We need to get moving.... we only have 4 classics. 5, now.
The jags and porsches are already taking up garage space, so this is destined to stay in the trailer while we strip it out. We're planning on building a second garage in the back garden to hold more cars and big projects, so it'll move to there when its done.
I'm pretty psyched, I have to say... dad is too. Restoring a car is a dream for both of us, so this is quite an opportunity.
I'm hoping that once things are a bit cooler, i'll be able to start stripping insulation from the interior.
I'm really excited- i keep finding myself opening the trailer door just to look at it. I love the GT6... such clean lines on it... I wonder why they never really caught on...
Saturday, June 7, 2008
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