[Hal Copple]

why do so many tiny details just look "off", is it because pictures just don't show it very well? It has some parts of an FIA, some of an S/C, and some from a 289 car. The shifter for one looks different.

Many years ago, i wanted a Triumph TR-8 very much, but of course couldn't afford one. Then when production was discontinued, i was so discouraged, i bought practically without seeing it a worn out prototype coupe TR-8, from a shyster dealer, because i thought i could never get one if i did not jump on the deal. That car was a rag, and eventually i sold it and got a nice V8 TR-8, a much finer car.

So i too experienced the pitfalls of being too anxious to get a sports car. It is almost like saying it would be better for a prospective buyer of this sort of car to have someone not emotionally involved decide whether or not to buy such a car. Sometimes our friends are capapable of better decisons for us than we are ourselves.