[V8] Subject: Re: Export/Import numbers

[toml99 at todomundo.com]

I've had the number 75 in my head since I got the Lago car in  
02.....with 50 something being '91's, and the rest 90's.  I remember  
shortly thereafter, a mint Pearl 5-speed came up w/120K and just had  
the timing belt/clutch slave done in the seattle area for $5000.  He  
was a lister, and all I remember was he was USAF, and was going  
oversees(someone out there remembers this).....I even went to the  
shop and looked at the car on the hoist(and it was clean!).  At the  
time,money was flowing, but I still wasn't sure about the new to me  
Lago car(52K)/V8 thing(seemed daunting/moneypit,heard rumors,told to  
run away, don't look back, etc.),hell, I was a Saab guy.  Anyway, It  
sold, and I didn't really think much of it.  It's haunted me ever  
since, and if I had to put the top 10(ok maybe 20) regrets of my  
whole life, it would be not buying that Pearl 5-speed.  It's most  
likely still around here somewhere........hopefully not running in  
someone's garage....Tom