tomgt6 said:
Well, between the spitfire, herald and the GT6 I would say the GT6 is the most fun to drive. It has more power, and to me drives better. But than again I was telling someone the other day I always felt like an old man trying to recapture my youth when driving the spitfire and gt6. When I drive the herald it seems to fit me. Old, slow and broken down.
I know what you're saying, Tom, and I can't really say I disagree <span style="font-style: italic">per se</span>. For me, though, it's more like -- having owned, driven and enjoyed all three (along with some other stuff) -- they all equally suit different moods for me. My GT6s were a bit like "guilty pleasure" cars (power, style, and about as close as I'll ever get to a true GT style of car such as an Aston Martin or E-Type Jaguar), Spitfires were always like comfortable sneakers, and Heralds just exude charm.
This particular GT6 might just have the potential to be THE STEAL of a lifetime. Hopefully it's barn storage was fairly dry, though, particularly involving the underside. I have one early Herald (1961 but first titled near the end of 1962) convertible with under 60,000 miles on it and mostly original -- and pretty respectable -- paint and interior. Problem was that it sat in a dirt floor garage from 1970 until I bought it in 2000. Oddly, the floors and body underside in general survived pretty well, but the chassis suffered mightily, as did pretty much anything resembling a steel line (brake, fuel). And the engine, distributor and carburetors are all (still) well and truly stuck. Oddly, though, the brakes were also all stuck to the drums when I first saw the car, but it took little more than the time it took in jacking up each corner to remove the drums, take out the shoes and put everything back together so the car would roll, which it then did very well.
Moral of the story: Damp storage can affect the strangest things!