- 241. Re: [TR] More TR3 things bugging me (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:52:59 EDT
- As to the fender washers and bolts, I think they look good in bright metal and I intend to leave them that way. Hmmmm....that attitude is probably the reason why I never win anything at car shows. Jo
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- 242. Re: [TR] More TR3 things bugging me (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:04:52 EDT
- Ten points deduction for totally unobtainium "baby Tenax" is tough. What is the latest ruling for lack of unobtainium items for Concours? I don't understand-I have had no problem buying those from TR
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- 243. Re: [TR] More TR3 things bugging me (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:30:24 EDT
- Saw a nice red chrome-bumpered MBG too.) We have a later model MGB with rubber bumpers here locally. The man who restored it painted the bumpers body color. I think it looks just so much better. Mike
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- 244. Re: [TR] Trophys & TR's (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:33:26 EDT
- These are fun and I enjoy seeing everything from brass-era to hot rods, but they spend so much money on elaborate trophies and significant cash prizes that they have to charge a $40 entry fee per car
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- 245. Re: [TR] Trophys & TR's (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:41:04 EDT
- I have attended car shows since 1986. It took me a while to figure out how they work. I have judged,I have won a few,and I have lost a lot more! I have shown Triumphs, Chrysler letter cars, and Stags
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- 246. Re: [TR] Trophys & TR's (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:35:34 EDT
- But "as it left the factory" in terms of other appearances? Not that big a deal Jonmac. AACA is the oldest car club in the country.They deduct points for non-factory parts . For instance, I lost a lo
- /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00464.html (8,902 bytes)
- 247. Re: [TR] Trophys & TR's (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:48:21 EDT
- All you have said is right on Mike. It really is an imperfect world when it comes to car shows. I have seen all of those peeves. I would like to add one more pet peeve of mine. Every now and then res
- /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00465.html (10,121 bytes)
- 248. Re: [TR] Trophys & TR's (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:34:21 EDT
- Oh Yeah Mike, I have seen that several times over. I once had to slip out the side door of the Hotel after the awards presentation at a National to avoid an owner when people were saying to me "He i
- /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00467.html (9,720 bytes)
- 249. Re: [TR] Bleeding Clutch Slave Cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:18:08 EDT
- For what it's worth, that is the specified way to bleed the clutch hydraulic circuit on my 1988 F-450, and a bleeder screw is not even provided. Definitely not intuitive if you've never encountered i
- /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00507.html (9,158 bytes)
- 250. Re: [TR] Trophys & TRs (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:24:23 EDT
- It really is more about the people than the cars. Eric Langreder 71 TR6 Absolutely! Mike Moore **Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.
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- 251. Re: [TR] Bleeding Clutch Slave Cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:40:24 EDT
- I don't hold the pedal down. I press and release it a few times. Which really is pretty much the same as doing nothing and then driving it. It is my understanding that the bubbles will work their way
- /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00513.html (8,824 bytes)
- 252. Re: [TR] FW: Re: Trophys & TR's (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:12:55 EDT
- ...frankly, the only trophy I'm interested in is the fingerprints on the hood of fascinated fourteen year olds who discard their everyday disdain to light the world with brilliant toothy smiles and e
- /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00518.html (8,767 bytes)
- 253. Re: [TR] speedo cable key? (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:35:17 EDT
- this past weekend I tried to hook up my speedometer cable to the speedo gauge. However, both gauge and cable had female endings! Seems there may have been a male 'key' to insert in the cable before t
- /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00523.html (7,695 bytes)
- 254. Re: [TR] Trophys & TRs (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:25:10 EDT
- Hey folks, Taking the alternative view that car shows are cool. I always liked the idea of giving awards for best paint, best interior and best underhood. Especially during a Judges Choice competitio
- /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00564.html (9,412 bytes)
- 255. Re: [TR] to re-core or not to re-core (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:23:16 EDT
- My grandfather smoked 3 packs a day all his life and died of old age in his late eighties, but as a physician I know that he was one of the lucky few. I guess with the radiator I just played the odds
- /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00597.html (8,366 bytes)
- 256. [TR] TR3A Ignition switch (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:06:03 EDT
- I've discovered that my "loose connection" under my dash which sometimes keeps me from starting the car until I wiggle the wires, is an internittent connectionin in my ignition switch. I have removed
- /html/triumphs/2008-08/msg00037.html (7,530 bytes)
- 257. Re: [TR] TR3A Grill (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:50:34 EDT
- Hello List, Just unboxed my new grill to find it is perfectly flat. The old grill is sort of concave and fits the opening in the apron just fine. It the correct TR3A grill supposed to be flat or is t
- /html/triumphs/2008-08/msg00056.html (7,397 bytes)
- 258. Re: [TR] tr-3 forward rear leaf spring bolt (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:32:45 EDT
- I keep reading various opinions about the forward bolt which attaches the rear leaf springs to the frame of a tr-3. These are pressure fitted and usually rust fast to the frame. Suggestions are that
- /html/triumphs/2008-08/msg00113.html (8,732 bytes)
- 259. Re: [TR] automatic trans for TR3 ? (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 20:39:44 EDT
- My bro-in-law is thinking of converting his 3 to auto to enable his father to drive it. I think later TRs had borg-warners as a factory option, what model(s) transmissions? Would they drop in or requ
- /html/triumphs/2008-08/msg00180.html (8,261 bytes)
- 260. Re: [TR] OD lubrication (score: 1)
- Author: MMoore8425@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:53:04 EDT
- I suppose one doesn't normally switch OD on or off while in a turn though... -- Jim Muller I drive through a mountainous area and I frequently flick my OD down from 2nd OD to 2nd going into an uphill
- /html/triumphs/2008-08/msg00278.html (7,712 bytes)
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