well, i just have to go even further off topic. There is something about one's first car. In '66, i called my dad from college, told him i was getting a Honda 305 Scrambler, and he immediately replied "i'll pay half of a car to keep you off a motorcycle".
So that afternoon i bought in Lincoln, NE, my first car, a '63 TR-4. Drove it 44,000 miles in the 11 months i owned it. Rebuilt the engine twice, once driving 1100 miles with 3 pounds of
oil pressure! Experienced just about everything in that tiny British Roadster, loved pretty girls, long trips, countless thousands of corners i drifted thru, and so much more. Was my "daily driver" even in colder than 20 below Zero.
In winter, i would have to go out several times at night, start it, and sit in it until it warmed up, put Sterno cans under the
oil sump in the morning, staying away from the
oil and fuel drips, heated dipstick (once wiping it with my hands absent-mindedly, suffering a tremendous burn across my hand !), had a seat stolen, drove it without any driver's seat for a week, and on and on. I learned to be prepared and resourceful with that car.
Sold it for more than i paid for it, for an MBG, and have wanted another TR-4 ever since. I loved the TR-6's when they came out, but of course, could not afford one. Remember, a new TR-6 cost as much as a new GTO or 442 or Road Runner back then.
I think starting off with an English Roadster is what made me always want to drive small, nimble, sports cars. Which is what i have done since.
The thing about an English Roadster, was when you got to the party or whatever, everyone turned your way and said
"look, it's Hal, he made it."
When you get your '6, be sure and post some pictures of it.
Thanks for the memories,