Sat. Oct 20, 2007
My torn calf muscle is healing, but verrry slooowly. I still hafta hobble around in The Boot, although I can manage without it around the house.I got the bill for restoring the Triumph. Just for the mechanicals totals $23,000. Yeah, that's what I said. But not all of that is absolutely necessary; that's just to bring it up to like-new condition. If I'm willing to settle for like-a-few-years-old I can save $9,000.
When my employer went out of business two years ago I got a pretty good severance package that will pay for the basic restoration. But the more I look at it, the more I like the idea of having a 34-year-old car that I can safely drive anywhere.
Someone pointed out that I could buy a brand-new Mazda MX5 Miata for $26,000, and it would be a lotta fun, but for the same money, the Triumph would be unique fun. So I've looked into getting a loan to have everything done at once (except the cosmetics), and it all seems very feasible. And I can enjoy driving it again while saving up the bucks for a new interior and new paint.
It's gonna take a coupla months to get all this done, but I've waited 22 years. I can wait a little longer.