<div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 11, 2020, 12:20 PM Mark J Bradakis via 6pack <<a href="mailto:6pack@autox.team.net">6pack@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Back in the summer of 1990, maybe '91, my wife and I took a vacation in <br>
Wales and England. And gosh, somehow our trip just happened to coincide <br>
with the TR Register's 21st annual gathering. That was an amazing <br>
event, relly enjoyed it.<br><br>
<br>"Anyway, we came within a minute or two of missing our flight back to the <br>
States because the customs guys at Heathrow were absolutely, positively <br>
certain that the bright yellow metal cylinders in my suitcase, the Spax <br>
shocks, were actually some sort of bombs. <br>
<br>
mjb."<br>
<br>Mark,<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Should have grabbed the shock back and pushed and pulled to demonstrate damping action, I am not sure if everybody would have taken cover, but you probably would have ended up in handcuffs, at least for a bit.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Similar story, friend was bringing back a turbocharger for a BMC A series. There was a lot of hemming and hawing about whether it should be allowed on the plane. Ultimately the airport guys asked if the part was ever exposed to petrol. My friend decided the pragmatic answer would be "no", and they let him and the parts through.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Greg Lemon</div><div dir="auto">Still has his TR250</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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