Rut
Obi Wan
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On the heels of my TR4 rust bucket comment, I have another query/comment. There have been several posts on various LBC forums in regard to leaving nice cars/lots of junk to people who don’t have a desire to own them. Coupled with the frequent passing of forum members and friends it’s really playing a mind game with me. I currently have 1 MGB, 1 Bugeye Sprite, 2 TR6s, 5 TR4/4As, and a Scout 2 and Jeep YJ that I’m building for my son. We just moved into a new house and I built a 30x40 shop with it for cars, wood working, and general piddling around. I just turned 69 which is young enough given my family history (95-100+) and other than a little arthritis, a bad back, and crappy memory I’m doing well. I figure I have 2, maybe 3 restorations left in me and the YJ is only a couple of weeks from being finished. I want to do a 4A resto and a 4A restomod and the Scout 2 since my son likes it. That leaves me with a few extras and other than possibly putting one of the 3 TR6 motors in the 4A restomod I probably need to consider selling, whole or in parts a lot of these cars. No one can answer these questions for me, but I really needed to share my thoughts on this dilemma. My good friend and car buddy Sam says that I should sell it all and buy something nice to restore like an early XKE or 356 (he’s a racer and driving instructor for PCA). That sounds easy enough, but LBCs are what I grew up with and I have a strong connection to them. My wife says sell a few, keep a few and buy a newer 911 so she can drive it since she’s not into roadsters. I’m really interested in what y’all have to say and I’m curious about what you’ve done to address this issue, if anything.
Thanks, Rut
Thanks, Rut