Must've been something about
A) that time of year, and
B) that era; I bought my Austin-Healey 100/6 2-seater on April 1st, 1978!
By by 1978 though, I'd already owned four (4) MGBs ranging from a new '73, to a couple of '67s and a '66 MGB. After getting the Healey, another dozen (12) more MGBs / MGB GTs, an MGC GT, a 2nd 100/6 2-seater plus three (3) MG Midgets followed by the year 2000.
I sold
ALL the MGs and the 2nd 100/6 (which had been parted out) and associated loose parts__except for 3 "good/running ones" that I saved for my ex-wife...__between August & September 2000 to a fellow just east of Baton Rouge, then I moved north in October.
By the end of 2000 (11/11/00 to be precise) I began a steady migration over to the
Dark Side__no, not Triumphs, but__BMWs! I kept the Healey (42 yrs now!) and started adding M Rdstrs (a CPO 1999 1st, then a brand new one in August 2001), and eventually rounded it out with an M Coupe (a 1999 version in bought in February 2006). My wife of the last 18 yrs is infatuated with BMW X5s (currently on her 4th since 2002, this one being a CPO 2016 M version with >700 hp) only deviating once to spend two (2) years with an '08 535xi sedan, a deceptively fast 4--door__amazingly, I never received a speeding ticket in that car__if you didn't constantly monitor the speedometer on the highway, you'd think you were only doing 50-60 mph as your speed crept up past 90!
It is however, looking very likely that there's at least one (<1) more British sportscar out there with my name on it. I had a guy offer me "a '67 MGB" about a year ago, (January 2019) at a vintage go kart event. While it piqued my interest, I didn't do anything but let the idea collect dust in the back of my mind. A couple months ago during further conversation, I found out that it was an early (pre-back-up lamps) MGB GT with overdrive, so that got me a little more excited! It was rumored a year ago to have its
full service history too, but in a conversation last night with the guy where the car is currently located (Massachusetts) he told me he hasn't been able to find the file
He knows that he got it from the guy I've been talking to, but unceremoniously lost it somewhere in his house (I'm picturing a scene out of the tv show
Hoarders...).
I know the car needs rust repair, but until I either see it myself, or get some additional pictures from a 3rd-party gearhead I know that's also in the area, no idea how bad it'll be...
So that's a long, convoluted and roundabout way to caution you about thinking that TR6 is your last British car...