Bernie, Leon,
At 16:20 20/01/98 EST, you wrote:
>... a fellow Triumph owner ... who is going to relocate ... to Australia.
> I'm planning to fit a larger radiator and/or possibly an electric fan. What
> else might I consider ?
Contacting the Victorian clubs is certainly the first thing to do. However,
I would suggest bringing out spares of anything expensive and heavy (eg.
head, diff, gearbox). It's not usually hard to find such things here, but
they often cost 2-3 times as much as Moss or Rimmer Bros. You could easily
sell them at a profit, if you decide you don't need them.
If you import parts from the UK, our wise and benevolent rulers charge about
40% duty, then apply about 20% sales tax to the sum of the purchase price,
shipping cost, _and_ duty. (Ingenious, aren't they!) Of course, this policy
is completely justified: we have to protect 0.01% of our domestic auto
industry from extinct foreign competitors!
Allen Nugent
Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
University of New South Wales
Sydney 2052 Australia
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