Interesting John and all.......my first new car was a 1969 TR6 purchased in
March of 1970. I wanted red but all that the dealer had in stock was Jasmine
so I took that one almost sight unseen. When I went to pick it up and sign
the papers, the car was brought around and oddly parked in front of the
dealership's main window so I couldn't see the passenger side well without a
bit
of a shimmy around to that side. I blissfully signed and drove off home happy
as pig in you know what!
While I was washing the car a few days later I noticed that the paint
quality in the portion below the horizontal panel crease on the right wing and
right door had more orange peel and wasn't as "glossy" as the rest of the car.
I
don't know why but I looked under the car on the passenger side and was
horrified to see a deep scrape in the frame from just behind the right front
wheel well to nearly the back of the door.
Long story short, I complained, got the area repainted to original
specs.....the Triumph Regional Rep (geez, maybe it was Mike Cook!) told me
that they
traced the damage back to "large man" who worked on the docks at Leonia, NJ
POE who had a habit of mis-judging the ramps when he unloaded cars....hmmm -
methinks that perhaps this "large man" was influenced by something other than
his size??
Oh well, all ended well.....
Chip Krout
Delaware Valley Triumphs, Ltd.
Skippack, PA
1976 TR6 CF57822U
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