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Re: TR3A Side Curtains

To: "Hansen, Hans C, III (Red), GLSVC" <rhansen@att.com>
Subject: Re: TR3A Side Curtains
From: "T. R. Householder" <trhouse@greenapple.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 09:45:58 -0500
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net, dochs@greenapple.com
References: <B13F591F20ACD311BE4300902761550F3D1497@njb140po06.ems.att.com>
This is an option available.
Try the new touring curtains for $225.00. These are bracketless.Stow
without taking up near the space.

I'll send you the Blurb....

T.R.

Hansen, Hans C, III (Red), GLSVC wrote:
> 
> Folks --
> 
> I have recently acquired a 1958 TR3A, TS41439L. I got it on eBay, the car
> being delivered earlier this week. I am very pleased with what I bought,
> even though it doesn't start right now. The most important factor is that my
> wife ("The Treasurer") likes the car. It should start once this cold weather
> breaks and I have more time to work on it. After all, the previous owner
> drove it all summer and fall and drove it onto the car carrier. The car
> spent two and half weeks and over 5000 miles enroute to my home.
> 
> But I digress. The side curtains are toast, one with white fabric and the
> other with none at all. I'm interested in your opinions on how to re-build
> these in black. I know TRF can do it for about $450 and several months'
> time. New ones cost $500, $300 on sale. Does anyone have directions on how I
> can re-build the side curtains; what material to buy and  where to get it;
> how to stitch the fabric, etc.? Or do you know of anyone who does this in a
> reasonable amount of time at a more-than-reasonable cost?
> 
> Okay, okay, I'll explain what happens when I try to start it. I thought it
> might have been the cold weather (it was -5 degrees F this morning in
> Connecticut). The battery is a new (6 months) Die Hard. The choke linkage
> was disconnected. The PO said he never needed to use the choke in Oklahoma.
> Because it was late and all the stores were closed, I used wire to replace
> the missing clevis pins in the linkages. Still no start. There is a strong
> smell of gas and some is slowly dripping from the rear carburetor. I haven't
> checked to see if I'm getting a spark yet, that's my next step. Any other
> ideas?
> TIA,
> Red Hansen
> '58 TR3A - TS41439
> '74 TR6 - CF13994

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