I found out yesterday that my father had a thing for sports cars that I hadn't heard of before. Seems his dream car had been a 1950's vintage Triumph.
From the post about sports cars, above is the Mitsubishi 3000GT that we used to have. This was my 'dream car' that Stacy had gotten for me. That's why at the time I thought I'd never really drive it, I decided to trade it in for her GMC truck. It was a
really nice car. Like I said, large, about the size of a Corvette, did look good and those models still do look great! Very stable and plenty fast enough. Although technically a 4 seat car, we always had those small rear seats folded an used it as a hatchback storage area.
Last time we were up at Fred Davis's place was 4th of July 2004. Above was his beloved Jaguar XKE. It was a 2 plus 2 model, although I don't think any human ever was back there. Even a kid would have been too large! And as I'd said in the post, when I drove it around and actually put some driving miles in it, it was pretty cramped and tight. Sure looked good though! He willed this car to a very good family friend. I hope she's enjoying it! Fred entered both of these cars every year in the community 4th of July Parade through town. He just about always won first place prizes on one the other or both! In 2004, the Sparton below got first place.
This was Fred's show car. Called a "Sparton" it was a kit car based on a stretched Nissan 300Z body. He'd bought it used only to find out when he got it that it had a standard transmission which caused him some discomfort in driving it because of problems he was having at the time with numbness in his left leg. It was totally show! Stacy had the unfortunate duty of being the rear seat passenger in this car. She was folded up and at an angle to fit in the back seat! Only a two door and no back opening it was a bit difficult for anyone to get in and out of in the back.
Back in a few with some photos from last weekends Eureka trip.
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