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Re: [TR] TR3 Budget Lock

To: "terryrs@comcast.net" <terryrs@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Budget Lock
From: Michael Marr <mmarr@albiontechnical.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 22:46:41 +0000
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Thread-topic: [TR] TR3 Budget Lock
Don't smoke 'em, but feel free to buy me a porter if we ever meet :)

Mike

Michael Marr
Albion Technical Services
Mobile:  630-202-0065

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> On Jul 29, 2015, at 5:41 PM, "terryrs@comcast.net" <terryrs@comcast.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> Cigar to Michael Marr!
> 
> If I lived in the upside down state of Vermont, I'd have tried that first!
> 
> Thanks, Michael.
> 
> Terry
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@albiontechnical.com>
> To: terryrs@comcast.net
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 6:20:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Budget Lock
> 
> My spare tyre compartment will hold a 48 spoker with an OEM bias ply tyre, 
> which I think is a 5.50, if I remember correctly.  It's a while since I 
> looked at it, but I seem to remember it fits best with the knock off taper 
> seat oriented downwards.
> 
> Mike
> 
> Michael Marr
> Albion Technical Services
> Mobile:  630-202-0065
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Jul 29, 2015, at 4:04 PM, "terryrs@comcast.net" <terryrs@comcast.net> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Budget lock????  All right.  I confess, I put the rear tire well lid on with 
>> pretty new toilet seat escutcheons about 13 years ago and haven't opened it 
>> since.  Now I can't remember the fastener used.  Looks like a duzi.  Used a 
>> long-handled flathead, and found it's a simple lever.  Guess that's why it's 
>> a budget lock.
>> 
>> Sourced a old style 48 spoke wheel, restored it, tubed it, and planted a 
>> nice narrow tire on it.  Alas, the opening is too narrow to accommodate the 
>> spline/hub.
>> 
>> Are old steel wheels the only option to carry a spare?  Anyone every put the 
>> spare on the trunk with some ad hoc but cool looking assembly?
>> 
>> Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
>> New Hampshire
>> 
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