Greetings from Iowa! Over the years I've owned many different marques, including a lot of American iron as family cars and plenty of others as my daily drivers. Now I'm retired (and single!), so I'm gathering what I like. My current fleet includes a 2005 Lexus LX470, 1988 Rolls Royce Silver Spur, 2003 Mercedes SLK32 AMG, and a 1976 Midget.
I'm not a collector really, just a car nut with poor self-control. The LX470 is my winter truck (necessary in Iowa) and I'll keep it, and the Rolls is a recently acquired long-term desire, so it's staying too. The SLK is up for sale (impulse buy, and too **** fast), and the MG I bought purely to play with then sell.
My car history includes a 1962 Citroen DS19, 1959 Triumph TR3A, 1967 Saab 96, 1968 Fiat 850 Racer, 1973 Fiat 128 (the only new car I've ever bought), 1972 Saab 99, 1969 Volvo 145, and lots of others I've forgotten. I owned most of these in the 70s-80s, in later years 4 children came along and restricted my eclectic tastes a bit, so I drove mainly Japanese and kept an American boat for family use. But even during those years I managed to maintain a 68 Cadillac hearse for a family outing car...
Anyway, I'm now selecting a very limited fleet for my own use, which will include the RR, the LX470 (snow!), and a yet to be selected small British car. I'm not looking for a sports car, though a convertible is not out of the question. What I really want is an Austin A30/35/40 or something similar, and that's how I found this Forum. It will be a near daily driver, not a show car but no rust and no mechanical issues. Something I can use around town and actually enjoy.
I'm hopeful that I'll find some kindred spirits here too - I'm the kind of guy who will go out to the garage and just sit in the RR and inhale... And that 59 TR3A was the single greatest car I have ever owned - I used to just stare at the "Made in Coventry" on the ID plate... Awesome! Yes, I am strange that way, but hopefully some of you are too and understand what I mean.
So here's to British car nuts, I'm looking forward to having some fun here!
Garry
I'm not a collector really, just a car nut with poor self-control. The LX470 is my winter truck (necessary in Iowa) and I'll keep it, and the Rolls is a recently acquired long-term desire, so it's staying too. The SLK is up for sale (impulse buy, and too **** fast), and the MG I bought purely to play with then sell.
My car history includes a 1962 Citroen DS19, 1959 Triumph TR3A, 1967 Saab 96, 1968 Fiat 850 Racer, 1973 Fiat 128 (the only new car I've ever bought), 1972 Saab 99, 1969 Volvo 145, and lots of others I've forgotten. I owned most of these in the 70s-80s, in later years 4 children came along and restricted my eclectic tastes a bit, so I drove mainly Japanese and kept an American boat for family use. But even during those years I managed to maintain a 68 Cadillac hearse for a family outing car...
Anyway, I'm now selecting a very limited fleet for my own use, which will include the RR, the LX470 (snow!), and a yet to be selected small British car. I'm not looking for a sports car, though a convertible is not out of the question. What I really want is an Austin A30/35/40 or something similar, and that's how I found this Forum. It will be a near daily driver, not a show car but no rust and no mechanical issues. Something I can use around town and actually enjoy.
I'm hopeful that I'll find some kindred spirits here too - I'm the kind of guy who will go out to the garage and just sit in the RR and inhale... And that 59 TR3A was the single greatest car I have ever owned - I used to just stare at the "Made in Coventry" on the ID plate... Awesome! Yes, I am strange that way, but hopefully some of you are too and understand what I mean.
So here's to British car nuts, I'm looking forward to having some fun here!
Garry