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Originally Posted by TA-71
I purchased my 71 T/A in the fall of 96', it was at a dealer in Arlington Tx. As the story goes I was the 2nd owner of the car. The original owner was a business man from Austin, he did a lot of traveling across the state of Texas and into Mexico. He didn't like to fly so he wanted a fast highway cruiser. He bought the T/A new from a dealer in Brownsville and he drove it from a number of years. One thing interesting is the car was white with blue stripe, but due to his travels into Mexico, the local police made him remove the stripes because the local cop cars where white with blue stripes as well and they didn't want him to impersonate a officer. So for years the car was plain white. Move into the late 80's to early 90's the owner had retired and parked the car, he and his son decided to restore the car, they got about half way into it when the owners health declined and he finally passed away. Again the car sat for a few more years. The son finally could not stand to see the car any longer. He finished a few things and consigned it to the dealer that I bought it from. I never was able to find the son, but I did verify the dealer where it was purchased so the story did check out. I finished the restoration and drove the car for almost 10 years, then I was forced to sell the car due to my daughters illness and subsequent medical bills. I sure wish I could get it back. Here is a photo from a few years ago.
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Great story on the cars history but Im sorry you had to part with it. Desperate times call for desperate measure I guess. I hope your daughter was ok.