British Triumph, 1957 TR3. Another cool car parked outside of our store, Seasons on Montana in Santa Monica. There are a lot of magnificent cars in this neighborhood. The distinguishing difference from where I grew up is that most of these cars are not restorations. They are original in every way; paint, upholstery, engine compartment. They are like exclusive stamp collections: pampered and dust free from the first day they rolled off the production line. That is what makes the difference. No body putty on these guys. People cared enough and had enough money to take care of them, with the foresight to see that they were works of art and would be worth an incredible amount of money in the future if they were preserved as perfect examples of the bygone era that they came from. We could do that for ourselves; preserving what is best…
