Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow

Is it me? Am I the only person on the planet that feels that parting with a special car is like selling one of your children to medical research? โ€œJohnny… this is Dr. Mindbender, youโ€™ll be living with him from now on at his laboratory. Let us know how youโ€™re doing if you get a chance in-between experiments.โ€ I know it sounds a bit dramatic, but this is how Iโ€™ve felt everytime Iโ€™ve sold a car.

The first time I encountered this strange โ€œseparation anxietyโ€ was when I sold my TR3. This was my first classic car and the first car I ever restored. I spent countless hours restoring this car not just because it was a miserable basket case (first in a long line) but also because I was learning โ€œthe restoration craftโ€ as I went along. A lot of my blood went into and onto that car!

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