FWIW, those old wet-liner engines didn't seem to be too worried about shrouds
or not - or
even water come to that! Years ago, a brand new TR4A was driven from a storage
field to
London for preparation prior to delivery. When it arrived at the company's
London Service
Division, there was an odd 'hot' smell coming from the car with steamy
overtones. The
delivery driver said to the Service Receptionist "you'd better check the
engine. Ever
since I left Honeybourne (which was about 120 miles distant), the temp gauge
hasn't
registered and the heater doesn't work." Never occurred to her to stop to see
what was
wrong - she was only paid to deliver the car and not look after it. On lifting
the bonnet
we discovered there was no bottom radiator hose at all and little evidence of
one ever
having been fitted. As things turned out, the car was for an employee who
worked at the
London location and he never had any trouble from that engine for the whole
period he
owned the car which was about 5 years during which time it had a spectacularly
hard life.
Jonmac
Current Book: IN THE SHADOW OF MY FATHER
http://www.toolbox.ndirect.co.uk/triumphbook
New Book: THE CROCUS AND A CORNFLOWER http://www.toolbox.ndirect.co.uk/crocus
The SLOW progress with 'Canley Girl': http://www.toolbox.ndirect.co.uk/
Triumph Charity Run in 2000 (in UK): http://www.toolbox.ndirect.co.uk/stories/
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