She's back !!!

[Paul L]

Paul D - Sounds like an epic trip, but I am sure it will be well worth it.

Obsessed you say? I'm writing this reply before breakfast.

Anyway, I've got to go and get ready for work!

Good luck, Paul.

[garyh]

And what does the wife think....

[tlrtone]

Great story Paul, and stuff of legends!

Bet the story of the "great expedition of 2013 to collect a stranded maiden" will be elaborated on throughout the generations to come

Good to see '66 back in the UK, and ready for the summer!

[Paul D]

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[Mister Towed]

Fantastic! An absolute bargain and an epic road trip to boot, inspiring stuff worthy of 'boys own' annual.

As for the reason for sale, it looks like Micha could've been right all along - in Germany, a car for the weekend fun the tuv inspector is not allowing.

Is she a keeper, or are you planning to improve and turn a tidy profit?

Either way, I'm looking forward to meeting you at some show or other and hopefully catching up with '66 - the car that really hooked me into this Sammio thing.

Oh, and I've just relayed the story to my wife. Who's now told me if I'd let her know how much it was up for sale for she'd have paid for the road trip so I could go and fetch it

If only I'd run it by her when I first saw the link , I might just've beaten you to it.

[Mister Towed]

Here's a pic I took in 2011, Stoneleigh I think.



As I recall, the guy with the pen and paper is a tuv inspector telling Gary why he won't sell any Sammios...

(Apologies in advance if that's you in the rather fetching ecru sweat top)

[garyh]

T, did you ever go to Detling? Thats where i saw it. To the right was the Hawk stand. I thought the Sammio was prettier than the 289...

[Mister Towed]

Originally Posted by garyh

T, did you ever go to Detling? Thats where i saw it. To the right was the Hawk stand. I thought the Sammio was prettier than the 289...

That's right, it was Detling.

Much as I like the Hawk 289 (can't stand 427's though) the Spyder has it on looks as far as I'm concerned too. Far more subtle and less brutish than the Cobra.

I'm sure there will be people who disagree and think the Cobra's the better looking car, and they're entitled to their opinion. Even though they're wrong...

[Paul D]

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[davecymru]

Great story and tops marks for going through with it!

It also puts unbuilt Sammio up for sale on e-bay into proper perspective

[Paul D]

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[Mister Towed]

Ahh, I obviously didn't make myself clear. When I said 'apologies if it's you' I actually meant anybody who's reading the thread who happens to be the guy in the picture.

Whoever you are in the picture, I hope you bought a Sammio after talking to Gary for two bloody hours while I waited patiently to give him a deposit cheque.

[phil9]

nice to here the story old 66 sound's like it was fun just great to see it back ..hope u have a lot of great time s out in it