My brother took his TR 7 to a mechanic in the early 80's... to have ALL
the shocks/etc. (front and rear) replaced with Konis... He paid hard
money. I remember the transaction well, I had gone with my brother to
pick up and drop off his car.
Later, I bought my brother's TR 7... and used it as a daily driver...
(my 4A was in storage)... When I found the front end diving, I
discovered the front was still factory... He had not done a thing.
Since I had become friendly with that mechanic, over the years... (I
always did my own work, but I would buy parts, new and used, from him) I
told him about my find... and he just gave me a little knowing poker
smile.
Cancer took this man a few years later. Karma?
Linda Long (IM) wrote:
>
> Listers,
> I re-learned a valuable lesson today that burns me so much I thought I'd
> try to get over it by sharing it so others might not get done the same
> way. You might have noticed an ad on the VTR classifieds for a guy in
> Florida looking for Goodyear redlines, one tire at a time. Well, I
> bought my 76TR6 new with Goodyears and know I had a spare that was never
> used. With visions of dollar signs I went into the garage only to find
> in the trunk that my Goodyear had magically turned into a Michelin X.
> While I certainly can't prove it other small unique TR parts turned up
> gone after I visited a TR mechanic in the Dallas/Ft Worth metroplex area
> 12 years ago. I got a buck that says that hoser took my tire 12 years
> ago thinking he had more of a right to it than I did. Granted, he gave
> me a virtually new Michelin but I still hope he rots in hell (sorry to
> be vulgar)
>
> I learned 12 years ago after first speculating how this guy literally
> ripped me off to do most of the work myself. But, when I do have to use
> a mechanic I checked the car close b4 I found a mechanic that I could
> trust.
>
> bye for now (and I feel better)
>
> Tom Long
>
> 64TR4
> 68TR250
> 76TR6
>
> ps...anyone want to buy a Michelin X redline
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