Hi everyone, thanks for letting me join the fun. Back in 1976 I joined the Navy and went through flight training in Pensacola. A fellow had a XK-120 for sale, looked nice, but I couldn't afford the $6K he wanted for it. A friend of mine suggested the "poor mans Jaguar" a TR-3. I purchased a TR-3B in Florida, and a few years later in 1985 I also purchased a TR-3A from my buddy who recommended the TR-3 in the first place. A lot (1,010) of carrier landings later (in an EA-6B Prowler) I sold my B, but kept the A (the guy who bought the B subsequently totaled the car in an accident). I shipped my TR-3A to Japan when I was stationed there and enjoyed driving it around Tokyo and the surrounding countryside. Coming back to the USA I got married in 1994, but funds were tight and I reluctantly sold my TR-3A to pay for the wedding. However, I always kept in touch with the guy who bought the car and offered to buy it back multiple times over the years to no avail. Finally, in March of 2019 he offered to sell it back. I bought it sight unseen and went to CA ready it for shipping to SC. It was an exciting moment to see it again after all those years. Mice had filled the engine cylinders with grains of rice, and the headers and exhaust system as well. They ate the seats, and the wiring harness, the ignition wires, and made mouse condominiums throughout the car - in the trunk, the main compartments, the glove compartment, the side door pockets. The shoes were fused to the brake drum, the brake and clutch cylinders were full of dark brown sludge as well as all the lines. The fuel tank had copper colored goop in it and a paper grocery bag - I don't know why. The car had started rusting away as well. Other than that, the car was fine and back where it belongs. I still haven't gotten it started, but I'll figure it out! Thanks for listening!