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Re: [TR] Storing my car

To: "'John Macartney'" <johnbmacartney@gmx.com>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Storing my car
From: <stagbytriumph@triumphstagclub.org>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 10:04:58 -0600
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HA, I can't let my 2005 Jaguar XJ8 sit for more than two weeks or the calipers 
rust up, the 32 computers suck all power and drain the battery, the injectors 
don't want to spring back to life, or the ten million garbage plastic sensors 
get damaged and burn out due to the battery voltage falling below 12.25VDC!!

With my TR250 after sitting for months, I pump up the fuel from the fuel pump 
lever, check the fluids and tires, connect the battery, twist the key and drive 
away.

Technology ...

Glenn Merrell, CAP
StagByTriumph Garage
aka Stag-By-Triumph Garage (on FaceBook)
Remember, â??the BEST trophies are: Miles on the Odometer; Stone chips in the 
paint; and DEAD BUGS on the windscreen â?¦ with the occasional smell of 
manure!â??



-----Original Message-----
From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net> On Behalf Of John Macartney
Sent: Friday, May 3, 2024 6:22 AM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] Storing my car

Very close to my home in the UK is a disused WW2 airfield where I clearly 
remember spending many Saturday mornings in the 1960â??s doing stock checks of 
new Triumphs that were awaiting shipment as finished new cars. I was there 
again only three days ago doing some work on our caravan which is dry stored on 
the very adjacent farm. Looking back to those now very distant days, all I 
recall were vast numbers of all models of Triumphs parked in long rows along 
the former taxiways, with many up to their axles in mud, water and or long 
grass as a result of blocked surface drainage. It wasnâ??t unusual for a car to 
be at Honeybourne for several months in the open air with no protection 
whatsoever. Reasons why are too long for this response. On that basis, Iâ??m 
still truly amazed that so many have lasted as long as they have. Letâ??s face 
it, ten years at the very most was the anticipated life expectancy of any of 
those models and the amount of re-working we had to do before final shipment 
was usually horrendous.
In spite of all those early horrors, lots have somehow survived and been 
restored and in answer to the question of storage options, my only response 
would be a dry building that doesnâ??t leak and isnâ??t damp, a nice warm 
blanket, a thorough wax polish, a full tank of fresh fuel, ditto for engine oil 
and some lightweight machine oil sprayed into each cylinder. Ye gods, the car 
deserves it after the hellish it came to know when new.

Jonmac



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