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Subject: [TR] TR3A fuel troubles
From: tjwakeman at gmail.com (TeriAnn J. Wakeman)
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:31:15 -0700
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On 11/8/11 2:55 PM, Randall wrote:
>> My TR3 is 50 years old this year and I've owned it for 25 of those
>> years.  I won't be able to say that anymore in a couple months but I
>> find those number to be interesting.
> I do hope that means the car is turning 51; not that you are selling it.
>
> -- Randall
>
> Yes the TR will be turning 51 and my time with it will be turning 26.  Just 
> as my Land Rover will be turning 52 and my time with her 34 years.  I'm one 
> of those people who anticipate and delight in such things as odomoters 
> turning over so my car reaching half a centry at the same time I've owned my 
> car for half its existance seemed especially fortuitious.
> I still think of the 3 as the new car, even though she cost me a bundle in 
> 2011.  Hard top, boot lid and front valance all taken down to bare metal and 
> repainted.  New headliner in the hard top. New cam&  lifters to replace the 
> flat ones because I thought my oil had more ZDDP than it did.  New valve job 
> while the cam was out. Purchase&  install of a limited slip.  New rear 
> brakes.  New aluminum front hubs&  axles that are a lot stronger than stock. 
> I ended up buying&  remodeling a house this summer so the new hubs are still 
> in a box. Unless I buy a heater for the garage, installing the hubs will wait 
> until late spring.
No, my TR3 along with my Land Rover will most likely be part of an 
estate sale.  Hopefully sometime far in the future.

Teriann

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