In 1980, My wife and I left Florence, OR in our 76 TR7 on the way to San Francisco for our first vacation in many years. 100 miles south, on US 101 North of Gold Beach, as I pulled out from getting a speeding ticket cruising thru the curves, the car illuminated the oil pressure warning light, made a horrible noise, and quit. Long story short, it had split the #1 main bearing length wise down the oil channel, spit the bearing half into the timing chain, and lunched the engine. Ever heard of that before? None the less, I had 2 more 7's and three 8's over the years because I thought it was a great "modern" Triumph. 16 years later my youngest son and I drove a hastily restored TR8 that hadn't run in 5 years 44 hours, non stop straight from Michigan to Oregon and back 2 weeks later with no problems at all. Montana speed limits were un restricted at the time and we cruised thru Montana for hours at 115/120. Now, another son has just purchased a rust free 1980 in Eugene, OR for $800 and just sent me a a CL listing for a rust free 1980 with a Buick v6 that sold for $450. As some of you might know, I'm into a 10 restoration on my 57 Small Mouth, have had 6 or 7 TR3's, a couple of 4's , and 2 TR6's along with 2 XKE's a few MGB's etc etc. But you know, I would love to have another 7 or 8.