Miata Mailing List: May 1994, Message #147
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   From: BILL.ALLEN@metrokc.gov
Subject: Cars I've owned
   Date: Fri, 6 May 1994 17:34:41 -0400

I thought about listing cars I've owned, but the list would be too long, and
really not very interesting, as-side from the '60 MGA I drove and loved for 9
years, and the '70 124 Spider ditto for 7 years (the engine wore out!)  Of
course, I had my obligatory first cars, a $75 1931 Chevy and a $125 1934,
mechanical-braked Ford that went like hell and you learned to smile at those
you used as brakes when you rear-ended them!  But, "Miata Mike" Johnson's note
pushed me over the edge.  I just cannot believe that someone else in the world
owned two Austin Marinas, simultaneously, in the same colors as I had (I assume
he really means a wierd maroon rather than red)!  At the time, I thought I had
the Southern California market for Austin Marinas cornered.  My oldest daughter
and I both "totaled" the Marinas, but we got them back to the streets.  They
had a humongous trunk, the MGB engine, but unfortunately "Prince of Darkness"
Lucas electrics.
Well, enough of that, I couldn't keep quiet after the coincidence.
I'll go back to reading sporadic daily digests that get by the hall-monitor, we
have for a network manager.
Bill Allen, the sun's shining in Seattle!