So, how did I get here?
My first P6 was a Arden Green '69 2000TC that I acquired from my Father in ~'76. I was a student in California & the car was in Pennsylvania (~3,000 miles away). I learned that the car had been retired to the barn due to some sort of problem. Since I'd always liked the car, I asked if I could buy it (cheap) to fix it up. My Father replied: "if you can fix it, you can have it." Turns out that the problem was electrical rather than mechanical. A bundle of wires about as big around as my wrist had burnt from the center of the dash to the passenger door. So, a trip home & a week spent splicing around the burnt wiring and I was on my way. Maiden voyage was a 3,000 mile dash back to Santa Cruz! Drove the TC for a couple of years until the rot (probably as bad on the east coast of the US as it is in blighty) got so bad that my feet got wet when I drove through a puddle!
After moving to San Francisco in '78 I found a April Yellow TC "California car" with a spun main bearing & swapped out the engine & scrapped the remains of the green car. Eventually had an accident & while the yellow car was being repaired, acquired a wrecked '70 Tobacco Leaf P6B for parts. I discovered that the prior owner had a problem with the rear brakes which someone rectified by disconnecting the line to the brakes and blanking it off with a spare bleed screw! :shock: I got the Tobacco Leaf car running & stumbled upon a '70 Davos White P6B that was running on (maybe) 7 cylinders. Swapped in the engine from the Tobacco Leaf & I was on my way again.
After a number of years, the Davos White car was parked following a bout of massive over heating. Fortunately, I'd found another '70 P6B in Arden Green with a light green vinyl roof that came complete with a wrecked Zircon Blue parts car. Eventually acquired a second Zircon Blue car with a good body, but duff transmission, again intending to make one good car out of two bad ones.
Drove the Arden Green P6B for about 10 years, but sold it and the "good" Zircon Blue car to a dealer, leaving me with the Davos White car & the wrecked Zircon Blue parts car. I eventually stripped out the blue car & scrapped the remains.
So, I've owned 2 TCs and at one point owned 5 of the ~2,000 P6Bs imported to the US. I'm currently down to the Davos White car which is patiently awaiting restoration.
Having stripped out two cars, I have a pretty good collection of rust free body panels and various other parts in case anyone in the US is in need. PM me & I may be able to help out. :wink:
James
My first P6 was a Arden Green '69 2000TC that I acquired from my Father in ~'76. I was a student in California & the car was in Pennsylvania (~3,000 miles away). I learned that the car had been retired to the barn due to some sort of problem. Since I'd always liked the car, I asked if I could buy it (cheap) to fix it up. My Father replied: "if you can fix it, you can have it." Turns out that the problem was electrical rather than mechanical. A bundle of wires about as big around as my wrist had burnt from the center of the dash to the passenger door. So, a trip home & a week spent splicing around the burnt wiring and I was on my way. Maiden voyage was a 3,000 mile dash back to Santa Cruz! Drove the TC for a couple of years until the rot (probably as bad on the east coast of the US as it is in blighty) got so bad that my feet got wet when I drove through a puddle!
After moving to San Francisco in '78 I found a April Yellow TC "California car" with a spun main bearing & swapped out the engine & scrapped the remains of the green car. Eventually had an accident & while the yellow car was being repaired, acquired a wrecked '70 Tobacco Leaf P6B for parts. I discovered that the prior owner had a problem with the rear brakes which someone rectified by disconnecting the line to the brakes and blanking it off with a spare bleed screw! :shock: I got the Tobacco Leaf car running & stumbled upon a '70 Davos White P6B that was running on (maybe) 7 cylinders. Swapped in the engine from the Tobacco Leaf & I was on my way again.
After a number of years, the Davos White car was parked following a bout of massive over heating. Fortunately, I'd found another '70 P6B in Arden Green with a light green vinyl roof that came complete with a wrecked Zircon Blue parts car. Eventually acquired a second Zircon Blue car with a good body, but duff transmission, again intending to make one good car out of two bad ones.
Drove the Arden Green P6B for about 10 years, but sold it and the "good" Zircon Blue car to a dealer, leaving me with the Davos White car & the wrecked Zircon Blue parts car. I eventually stripped out the blue car & scrapped the remains.
So, I've owned 2 TCs and at one point owned 5 of the ~2,000 P6Bs imported to the US. I'm currently down to the Davos White car which is patiently awaiting restoration.
Having stripped out two cars, I have a pretty good collection of rust free body panels and various other parts in case anyone in the US is in need. PM me & I may be able to help out. :wink:
James
