[Mgs] Danger Will Robinson! TR3 content!

Max Heim max_heim at sbcglobal.net
Tue Jun 16 10:14:48 MDT 2009


Nice car. Good story. FWIW, I agree with your approach.


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 6/16/09 7:15 AM, Rick Lindsay at rolindsay at yahoo.com wrote:

> Hello Friends,
> 
>    Its been pretty quiet here and that's not always a bad thing.
> Still, I thought I would toss in a little post seeing as how I
> haven't written much here since I traded away my MGB.  I know
> this note contains Triumph content so you can delete now, if
> you desire.  Otherwise, please share my excitement over this
> old gem.
> 
>    A couple of months ago I bought a car I have had on the radar
> for nine (9) years!  The owner finally decided to let the car go
> and true to her word, she sold it to me.  The car is a 1962 Triumph
> TR3b - the 72nd from the end of TR3 production.  It is an original
> car, except for paint, and it is a 1-1/2 owner car.  What?  The
> original owner bought it new in 1963 and willed it to his daughter
> when he died.  She let it set in her garage, untouched but covered,
> for 10 years.  I bought it from her a couple of months ago.
> 
>    The car has about 41k original miles on it!  Here's a picture
> from when I first visited, http://www.aubard.us/tr3a/HPIM1457.JPG
> 
>    It was last registered in 1998 with a tag expiring in 1999,
> http://www.aubard.us/tr3a/HPIM1463.JPG   BTW, that scarey looking
> stuff hanging under the car is leaves caught in spider webs.  The
> car has no rust.
> 
>    The last safety inspection was done in 1995.  The blue and
> white sticker is from Southern Hills Country Club.  It dates
> from 24 years ago.  The wipers need a little maintenance...
> http://www.aubard.us/tr3a/HPIM1464.JPG
> 
>    Since moving the car to Houston, I have been busy preserving
> the car.  I have chosen not to 'restore' it but rather, 'preserve'
> it by cleaning and maintaining it according to the book.  A car
> can be restored as many times as the wallet will support, but it
> can be original only once.  I want to keep this car that way.
> 
>    Please feel free to visit http://www.aubard.us/tr3a and thumb
> through the zillions of pictures.  Please be advised that this is
> NOT a website designed for public viewing but rather, just an
> off-site place for me to store backups of my car pictures.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rick


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