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" It used to be that swarthy men and rapscallions drove these things. They were all young men for the most part, with long hair and impossibly skinny bods. They would hit on your girlfriend in front of you. They had money, and it showed on their threads, but you never knew quite where they got it from. They played in a band, of course, and even if they weren&amp;#039;t good they sure did drugs like they deserved it. Today, they&amp;#039;d probably be in Lexus IS sedans or lifted pickup trucks with heated leather seats; perfectly showy\u00A0modern-day equivalents, yet\u00A0lacking in panache and manual transmissions. What&amp;#039;s a man of the old school to do?\u00A0  A roughshod\u00A0Triumph TR4 should answer all your concerns. This one&amp;#039;s been rejuvenated where it counts: rebuilt engine, apparently, with hot cam, headers, and exhaust; the front suspension has been rebuilt with neoprene bushings; and the wheels are classic Enkei Compes, in gold\u2014let&amp;#039;s face it, a set of proper Panasports would probably double the asking price. The frame is &amp;quot;solid.&amp;quot; The gearbox is &amp;quot;good.&amp;quot; There&amp;#039;s even a roof, not appearing in this Craigslist ad, which is a high-buck value-added feature for vintage Triumph aficionados.\u00A0    The asking price is far near the low end of what a pre-TR6 Triumph goes for. In this case, &amp;quot;needs paint and tires&amp;quot; is more than an asset for the cheap buyer; it is a mark of attitude, an air of nonchalance, a middle finger in the face of gleaming period-correct show queens driven by bearded men in boat shoes. There are no bumpers, because this is a tired and cantankerous old coot from the LBJ years. A survivor. A goddamn warrior. The seats are torn and the rust manifests under the engine bay and it is slightly more glorious for it. Stick a roundel on it and live as a Cold War relic.\u00A0    Oh, and one last thing\u2014if you are currently reading this, please do not buy this car. This one is all mine. I will let my hair blow out in the breeze, and run rust-stained fingers through it at every Legal Seafoods parking lot. Drive tastefully, indeed.\u00A0 h/t to Charles Tao.\u00A0Image via Paul Anderson  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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