by Anura Guruge
on May 31, 2023
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This is I, as I approach my 70th birthday, FINALLY acting mature & grown up.
Got my U.S. citizenship (after 38 years)!
Decided that I might as well get rid of my British cars SINCE I don’t drive them.
The MGB has been under covers, unmoved (let alone driven) for OVER 5 years!
The V12 Jaguar XJS had been in storage for 2 years.
That I sold them, on Facebook, 2 weeks apart is quite amazing.
Both buyers were named ‘Bill’ & they were both in their late 60s, just a TAD younger than me. They were BOTH wonderful.
The Bill that bought the MGB is from New Jersey & is QUITE FAMOUS. He is Mr. Figs! Please check him out — ‘Bills Figs‘. As you can see WE hit if off. We were friends from the first time we spoke on the phone last week. And his daughter. WOW. What a talented & SUCCESSFUL young lady. Having them here made my day.
He is going to FULLY RESTORE the MGB! That makes me very happy. I bought these cars to preserve them. I now know that at least two are going to be RESTORED. That is great. I feel I have done my bit.
Bill was kind enough to give me two figs trees & he even planted one!
See the pictures.
I, for the first time in 9-years, no longer own a British car!
That this happened within 6 weeks of me
getting my U.S. Citizenship is a
TOTAL COINCIDENCE.
But, it makes me feel guilty.
Yes, I am now a DUAL-CITIZEN.
I do need to get another British car.
But, it has to be NEW & truly British.
