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"A TVR would fight for its life,
its honour, its family and,
most of all, its pint"

Jeremy Clarkson

Below: Here is the story of our 1980 Spitfire.
In April 1968 Jean took delivery of her first
Spitfire and had just a few minutes to drive it to
her home in Nashville. There was a curfew in
place due to civil unrest stemming from the
murder of Dr. Martin Luther King.

She continued to drive it to Maplewood High
School for the next year. Upon finishing high
The Cars of February school she married a man who had a two-year-
old son and the little two-seater got traded for a
Love Affairs to Remember larger vehicle.

Gone but not forgotten look back to ( above) the 1965 Austin Healey Sprite that started
it all in 1990 when JD Damon organized the Nashville British Car Club Fast forward to Jean?s retirement years and she
often wondered about her first love. (That
Now it's 2023 would have been The car, silly.)
Cover Car: This is my 1979 TVR 3000M. It 's a
Take a look at these red heart throbs, the pride and joy of our members. beaut iful car in out st anding condit ion and a joy In 2020 her husband, me, went on a quest to
t o drive.
replace the original Spitty and with the help of
I bought the car in the 90s from a collector in Buffalo, Belle Meade Auto Brokers found this 1980
NY. model with OD in Florida. It made it to Nashville
My good friend and fellow car enthusiast Stephen in time for Jean?s birthday without Jean knowing
Port found it and he and I flew up and drove the car anything about it.
back to Nashville. Other than replacing the fuel gauge Since then (and with help from JD?s British Cars)
and routine maintenance the car has behaved there have been more than a few wonderful
perfectly. It is quick, nimble and a blast to drive. A six drives around northern Davidson County.
cylinder, 289, gives it all the get up and go you need. Joe and Jean Vick
Paul Polycarpou

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