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RadioGuy · Postby **RadioGuy** » 11 Dec 2011 02:07

SWEET !!

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silverseven · Postby **silverseven** » 12 Dec 2011 00:48

are you not glad you saved her now [;)][;)][;)][;)][;)]

Ron.

whitenviro · Postby **whitenviro** » 12 Dec 2011 20:21

It's great to see it looking so good again, but getting it there made absolutely no economic sense! With the amount insurance paid, plus my out of pocket for the rest of the paint job I don't even want to think about it.... [:(][xx(]

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1980 Pageant Blue DHC with removable hardtop.

seven · Postby **seven** » 14 Dec 2011 10:22

By the look of it now, it will be worth it[;)]

The car is unable to handle my driving capabilities

Steve-LPS-Thomas · Postby **Steve-LPS-Thomas** » 14 Dec 2011 16:47

Economic sense? I don't recall seeing that in the TR7 owners handbook...

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whitenviro · Postby **whitenviro** » 14 Dec 2011 18:49

Well,I have to agree with that! But even in a TR sense, I'll never be sure it was the right thing to do. I probably could have gotten a decent TR8 or a spectacular TR7 for the same amount, and had a really good parts car to pull things from. Now I have the spectacular TR7, without the parts car!

Maybe someday I'll be able to just appreciate it and not think about the cost. As a sailing friend says: Owning a sailboat is like staying awake all night, standing in a cold shower, tearing up hundred dollar bills. I think some version of that applies to a collector car too, laying on your back on a cold concrete floor with oil dripping in your face.

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1980 Pageant Blue DHC with removable hardtop.

Steve-LPS-Thomas · Postby **Steve-LPS-Thomas** » 14 Dec 2011 19:53

Top down on a sunny day you'll not regret it. It's a fabulous colour and you'll never meet another like it in day to day driving. I think colour plays a bigger part in things than we realise. I had a UK spec Rhd TR8 but Metallic Bordeax just didn't do it for me!

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Beans · Postby **Beans** » 14 Dec 2011 20:28

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Have to agree there, every time I drive my DHC and look over the bonnet at the mouse grey Euro boxes, it puts a smile on my face [:)]

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1980 TR7 DHC (my first car, now restored and back on the road)
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