In article <"024583ADC51BD056*/c=us/admd= /prmd=Cat/o=NOTES/s=Gosling/g
=Richard/i=B/"@MHS>, Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
writes
>
>Mike,
>
>Daffy seems to be pretty much identical spec to yours, just a very little later
> - her comm. number is FH125144.
According to the books, Daffy and Carly should be twins, with a few
minor exceptions:
I have the nice "TRIUMPH" number plate light housing, and you don't
(change at FH116000).
You should have the US-style bonnet bracing bar (changed Dec. '77)
I have the earlier SU carbs; you have the later (changed at FH118874).
You have a viscous fan coupling on your radiator fan, and I don't
(changed at FH105734).
You have fine grain vinyl; I have coarse grain (changed at FH113678).
You have loop pile carpets, I have tufted (changed at FH114523).
You have (I think) the Mota-Lita steering wheel with the real leather
rim and the Leyland Logo in the centre; I (should) have the three-spoke
(unslotted) wheel with the vinyl rim and Triumph name in the centre
(changed "mid-1978").
That is actually quite a lot of changes in a short period of time.
> She comes with drivers and passenger side
> footwell courtesy lights, and has the little holders for them on both sides.
> And they work! However, I see what you mean about short cables, since I last
> took the switches out to clean the contacts.
A pain, aren't they? How much would it have hurt BL to provide an
extra inch of cable?
> She also has a boot light, which
> also works (well, some of the time). There is a little switch built into the
> left hand boot hinge - the hinge presses it, disconnecting the switch, when
> closed. Wires lead from a live supply (from who knows where) to the light,
> then from the light to the switch, which completes the circuit to earth when
> the boot is opened.
I know where the wires are - they were easy to find! Let me just go
out and fumble around the boot hinge...
Whoopee! No sign of the switch, but I've found the (all-but-invisible)
mounting bracket, and now I don't need to drill any holes in Carly. :-)
>
>Wipers and wing mirrors should be black.
Oh, dear. I *like* my silver wing (door) mirrors, and she would look a
lot more "classic" with silver wipers as well. One correspondent tells
me that the black fittings were not universal until a bit later, so I
might be able to cheat and go silver, despite Thomason's claims that we
all should have black fittings from FH80000 (i.e. Jan 1976)...
> The flaking paint on the wiper arms
> may be Triumphs fault not necessarily the DPO, as Daffys are similarly flaky.
I'm glad to hear that Daffy will not put Carly entirely to shame when
they meet! :-)
> The black trim items (escutcheons) behind the outside door handles should also
> be black - I have seen cars with polished metal ones (and even one with one of
> each, being restored by a work colleague of mine).
Mine are black (but loose and faded).
>
>Daffy does also have the map light. The switch on this seems to have died long
> ago,was re-wired by PO to be permanantly on. I find if I loosen the bulb
> holder it turns off, when I need it I re-tighten the bulb holder!
That sounds fair.
>
>I had no idea there were different gear knobs within a particular model.
> Rimmers only lists two knobs for single-rail boxes (i.e. all 1500s), one each
> for O/D or non-O/D. Each of Mk 1, 2, 3 and IV seem to have their own
> gearknobs designs, although the Mk IV with O/D is the same as 1500 with O/D
> (although non-O/D knobs are different). Then again, Rimmers may be trying to
> make their own life simple by not carrying every possible variation. Or the
> different gearknobs pictured may have been dealer-fitted or after-market
> accessories. I have never met an aftermarket knob with an O/D switch in it,
> although there seem to be hundreds without.
As far as I can tell, there are dozens of different answers to this
question. My own view is to go with the enormous close-up of the gear-
knob in the sales literature, which is unfortunately the least
attractive option available - wood-effect plastic. Yuk! No wonder
there are so many cars with aftermarket gear-knobs.
>
>Try ringing TRGB about original steering wheels and gear knobs - they break a
> lot of cars, and have a stock-room full of dismantled components that I spend
> happy hours sifting through! Chances are they will have an old one they can
> sell you, and they tend to be very cheap on their second-hand stuff (or maybe
> they just do that to me because I am such a frequent customer! Or they just
> feel sorry for me!!!) Then you will have to pop in on the way, and Daffy can
> meet Carly!
I shall do this on my return from the Black Sea, as it is high time the
two girls got together and swapped horror stories about their respective
owners.
ATB
Mike
--
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea,"
published by Greenhill Books on 28th March, 2001:
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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