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</div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;">Hi Joe,</div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;"><br></div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;"><br></div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;">I could be interested in your TR2 block and any other drive train bits that go with it.</div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;"><br></div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;">I have the very sad hulk of TS 1037LO (TR2 long door square tail lights) including the frame, very rough body panels, and a few random bits. I do not have the tub or drive train. I have records indicating that the engine was TS 1233E. My step-dad took possession of this car in 1992 as well as a complete but disassembled slightly newer TR2 TS 3381LO (long door). The older car was obviously considered beyond restoration and most of the parts were sold by a previous owner. Our purchase included very little of the older car but a year later we answered a classified add that turned out to be the rest of our car! Except that the drive train had been "sold to some guy in California". Last year I decided to start a search for the missing drive train and actually found it. It's been rebuilt and put into the beautifully restored very early TR2 TS 281L. It's a well known "olive" yellow car with kind of an odd raspberry colored interior, it's been in magazines so you may have seen it.</div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;"><br></div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;">Needless to say I don't expect to ever be able to reunite the car with the drive train so I've been expecting to use a TR3 donor to complete my TS 1037LO... but your TS 1362E engine would be even better as it's only 129 units later than my lost engine.</div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;"><br></div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;">Please reach out to me directly if you are interested in selling it. I replied all as I thought some of you folks might enjoy the story. I've also traced the lineage of the newer TR2, I've found 4 previous owners back to 1962 including a guy who said he learned to drive in the car as a teenager in the 60's. I also found the guy that started restoring it in the 80's and had to break the news to him that zero progress has been made on it since then... but I have ambitious plans!</div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;"><br></div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;">Dusty Nicholson</div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;"><br></div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;"><br></div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;"><br></div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;"><br></div><div class="ydp951c93cbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px;">
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On Saturday, December 1, 2018 09:54:25 AM CST, Joe Alexander via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Thanks all, for the kind responses. Always something to learn.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">We could make this block available, if it had any importance to a hobbyist. We have no need for it.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Thanks,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Joe Alexander<br clear="none">4505 Donald Dr<br clear="none">Cedar Falls, IA 50613<br clear="none">The-vintage-racer.com<br clear="none">Gasketinnovations.com<br clear="none">Cell: 319.464.4711<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="ydpc97a30f2yqt2800234554" id="ydpc97a30f2yqtfd49034"><br clear="none">> On Nov 30, 2018, at 10:03 PM, M&M Hado <<a href="mailto:mhado@att.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">mhado@att.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Joe,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> You may have gotten your answer already but there were no cam bearings prior<br clear="none">> to TS8997E which is about at the start of TR3 production. TR2's did not<br clear="none">> have cam bearings and , therefore, no securing screws in the side of the<br clear="none">> block. Your block TS1362E is clearly an early TR2 block.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I have seen heads with and without the bridge machined in the casting so I<br clear="none">> think it is not significant one way or the other. It seems to be more of a<br clear="none">> stiffener than anything.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Mike<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> -----Original Message-----<br clear="none">> From: Fot [mailto:<a href="mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">fot-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] On Behalf Of Joe Alexander via<br clear="none">> Fot<br clear="none">> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 1:27 PM<br clear="none">> To: <a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">fot@autox.team.net</a><br clear="none">> Subject: [Fot] Early Block<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Kas and All.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Sean was stripping a block and noticed that there were no Cam Bearing<br clear="none">> Retainer Hardware. And the center web bridged the width of the block and was<br clear="none">> machined.<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> TS1362E<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Clearly, running design changes for a reason. Any insights on this?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none"><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">fot@autox.team.net</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot</a><br clear="none">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/nicholsondustin@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/nicholsondustin@yahoo.com</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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