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<div>OMG! Does this mean the carpet coming out too?</div>
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<div>Bill Dentinger</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: yellow04 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net><br>
To: fot <fot@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Sun, Mar 11, 2018 8:00 am<br>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Has anybody ran these new brake calipers?<br>
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As the person who innocently started this thread on the subject of the <br>
readily available reproduction steel 16P calipers, a part I can't <br>
construe how anybody could call a cheater part, I'll add my two cents...<br>
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Tire technology moved Vintage Racing to a place that we can't go back <br>
from. Like it or not, in order to keep us safe at the speeds these new <br>
tires allow us to go, you need to get with the program or take your <br>
chances. Even the venerable Hoosier Vintage TD bias ply tire can be <br>
really fast in the right hands and we have proof many cars lost wheels <br>
running Vintage TD's. Safety enhancements were needed, and the gray area <br>
between whats a safety enhancement and a speed enhancement will always <br>
be the heart of the debate.<br>
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As I am now taking care of Old Blue, Bill Dentinger's TR3, a car that <br>
has been considered the most vintage correct TR3 running in the States, <br>
this is an issue I have personally been grappling with. It became <br>
crystal clear to me that to be comfortable running the car at any level, <br>
there were some things they did "back in the day" that just don't cut it <br>
any more. Updating some bits to make sure all the wheels stay on the car <br>
is just common sense. Taking it beyond that, there lies the conundrum... <br>
For what it's worth, under my watch Old Blue will run worm and peg <br>
steering, 87mm bore, a Triumph gearbox, and as many of Bill's original <br>
Triumph Competition Dept. bits as I can. Good fun.<br>
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Henry<br>
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On 2018-03-10 02:18, Tony Drews via Fot wrote:<br>
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> Not sure how a brake question turned into the annual "what is vintage"<br>
> debate - seems late in the season for it this time...<br>
> <br>
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