Welcome back, TeriAnn, we've missed you.
Larry Zink
Z Group Racing and Performance
Houston,Texas
----- Original Message -----
From: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@cruzers.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 18, 1999 7:42 PM
Subject: re-intro
>
>Hi Everyone!
>
>I have been off the Triumph mail list for a couple of years and have just
>signed back up.
>
>I thought I would write a short intro for those of you who have joined
>the list since I left and just say Hi to the "old timers"
>
>My name is TeriAnn Jennifer Wakeman (TJW not TAW). I live near Santa
>Cruz, California.
>
>I'm an off and on member of Triumph Travelers Sports Car Club.
>
>I own two cars. My old car is a 1960 Land Rover 109 that I've owned
>since 1978. My new car is a 1961 Triumph TR3A (TS75519L) that I've owned
>since 1986.
>
>I joined the original British car mail list back in late '86 or early '87
>when the list had less than 25 members and the group was unnamed.
>
>Regarding the name. Someone suggested Sons of Lucas (SOL). I countered
>with the name Daughters of Lucas and Scions of Lucas became the
>compromise name for the members of the mail group.
>
>In early 1989 I took my yet unnamed TR3 off the road for a few months to
>spruce it up. I planned to rebuild the engine, front suspension and
>install a new interior. Well as I removed parts from my car (which was
>freshly painted just before I purchased her) I discovered additional
>problems. It seemed a new problem appeared each time I took a part off.
>A member of the original mail list first coined the term "Ship fitter's
>disease" to describe my reaction to the problems I found.
>
>When the Triumph mail list split off from the original British car list,
>I was one of the charter members of the new list.
>
>During my rebuild I renamed my car "The once and Future TR3" As it turns
>out the dreaded previous owner wire brushed the rust then bondoed and
>painted over it. I finally reached the point where I decided to take all
>the paint off and discovered the second rustiest TR3 I had ever seen.
>When I was hunting for a TR I passed up TR3s with less rust thinking they
>were best off scrapped for the very few usable parts remaining.
>
>Rebuilding the car has been a trail and I have left off to do other
>things for periods of time when the work got too overwhelming. I lost
>interest about two years ago and even unsubscribed from this list. But
>even then I occasionally would do a little something.
>
>10 years from when I decided to take the car off the road for a few
>months I started bringing her back onto the road and shaking out the
>rebuild bugs.
>
>It was interesting taking her out after driving the Land Rover for so
>long. The Land Rover accelerates 0 to 60 same day. Assuming no major
>head winds of uphill sections. The TR3 accelerates 0 to 60 same minute.
> Since I could no longer call her the Once and future TR3 I have renamed
>he in honor of this experience. I now call her "The Pocket Rocket".
>
>I'm still ringing out the bugs and have a few parts left to install but
>she looks like a car and goes like "a bat outa hell" I'll have to add a
>section to my web site describing the engine.
>
>So anyway, Hi everyone!
>
>
>
>TeriAnn Wakeman Border to Border
>Santa Cruz, California Expedition Society
>twakeman@cruzers.com "Live the adventure"
>http://www.cruzers.com/~twakeman http://www.bordertoborder.com
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