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Post by horen2tas on Sept 20, 2011 21:22:58 GMT -5
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Post by thehag71 on Sept 28, 2011 5:32:14 GMT -5
What an exciting day. Of course, as far as I know Jeff Troy is the only one of us to ever have experienced that! The rest of us have had to take delivery of beat up, neglected, abused, poorly assembled, if at all, even more poorly wired, missing parts, unloved versions of the originals. I don't know if Jeff ever took delivery of a brand spanking new, never assembled, new from the factory GT-2, but I do know he took delivery of a brand spanking new, never assembled, new from the factory GT and has driven the piss out of it for at least 35 years!
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Post by horen2tas on Sept 28, 2011 15:37:32 GMT -5
I think the kid in the picture with the "mod hair doo" is the new owner. Check out the bell bottom jeans! Ah that was the time! Those were the days!
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Post by Jeff Troy on Sept 28, 2011 18:14:49 GMT -5
Hi, Hag & Friends,
My GT was delivered in May of 1976.
I was living in Newtown, Pennsylvania, at the time, and that big Bradley truck was a very impressive sight as it drove up the driveway.
There were at least a half dozen GT bodies in slings on either side of the interior, and stacks of numbered boxes with the parts to complete each kit.
Bradley was -- without question -- the most professional kit car operation of the day. I got round-the-clock phone support, and any part in question was immediately replaced by the company at no charge - and fast.
I never liked the GTII, and bought my GTII kit only because I had such a fantastic experience with my GT. I found the Twoie in California, in 2000, new-in-box, at a great price, and couldn't say no. Cost me $1000 and a broken windshield (loose inside the car) to have it hauled to Pennsylvania.
After 10 or more years of garage rent, collecting double glass, air-co and every optional GTII part on the planet without drilling a single hole or turning a single screw, I found a new-in-box Fiberfab MG-TD in 2005. A few years later, I sold my GTII kit and everything along with it at roughly a $3000 loss.
My MG is coming along fine (see post in Off Topic Section), and I still drive my GT almost every day - sun, snow, ice or rain.
Sorry to get off the subject. The Bradley truck was a real rush!
Warmest regards,
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