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From: Bob Kramer <pop.flash.net@pop3.flash.net> [Is that REALLY the address?]
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 18:09:50 -0600
Subject: RE:TR6 mileage, vacuum, TRF
> My high mileage TR6, 95K, gets about 28 mpg on the highway using the
> overdrive and not the air-conditioner. Using it drops my mileage to
> about 25-26 mpg.
>
> I ran my vacuum retard unit for years straight off the tap on the back
> carb. I did this as I had removed the thermo-switch from the top hose
> when I replaced it with a single piece hose when my originals failed.
> Works fine. Constant vacuum at the retard unit--no real problem with
> needing the faster idle via the thermostatic switch. Replaced as
> original when I refurbished my car back in 1988 (wow that sounds long
> ago!).
>
> And finally, a comment about the TRF. I am really glad they are getting
> their feet wet on the net. I hope someday to be able to look-up and
> order on-line. I would like to think my picture is in TRF's hall of
> fame
> somewhere for all of the money I have spent there over the years. I
> remember how sad I was when the company I was doing business with, START
> YOUR ENGINES, said they were being bought out. Then imagine how glad I
> was to find out that a MUCH BETTER company had stepped in to take their
> place, called THE ROADSTER FACTORY. Finally a place I could turn to
> instead of the AWFUL British Leyland/BL Cars/Jaguar Rover Triumph/JRT
> then nobody excuse of a dealer. Parts? You could actually get them!
> Catalogs? The best in the business (sorry TerriAnn). Prices I could
> afford, things I could get and a place that seemed committed to the
> car/industry. Backorders? Yes. Ocassionally. But nothing that ever
> keep my car off the road. They supplied lots of parts that KEPT MY CAR
> ON THE ROAD! And just so you don't get the wrong idea that I never had
> to wait for anything, I hold in my hand invoice 90-018128-0 where I
> ordered a GREEN HOSE SET. The "90" in the invoice # means 1990. When
> was that delivered? Mad? Not a bit. Glad somebody was trying to
> reproduce it!
>
> I've ordered lots from Victoria British; been disappointed a few times.
> Ordered from Moss; good company. Ordered from Rimmers; good company
> (AND ON-LINE). The Wedge Shop; GREAT COMPANY AND FREE TECHNICAL
> ADVICE. I've carried on so, and I'll come to a halt. I've spent $$$ on
> my 3 Triumphs, and I hope all of the companies I have done business with
> have made a fair profit so I can continue doing business with them. My
> orders have declined, because my cars are finished. But I'll always
> return to the companies that helped me get my cars this way, in order to
> keep my cars this way. As for people's quirks--who doesn't have them?
> ALL OF US DO BECAUSE WE LOVE TRIUMPHS! HA!
>
> Off of my soap box; better go put on my ASBESTOS underwear!
>
> Bill Wood
Well said. I used SYE (until bought out by Moss) and another co. in Fairport
NY (lived in NY at the time). Sounds like it's time for a new challenge, can
I interest you in a TR250 resto project? Just kidding.
Bob Kramer, Austin Texas
Hill Country Triumph Club
TR6 x3, TR250 x3, TR3A Vintage Racer
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