[TR] Hard to find bits for TR3/TR4 to bring back from the UK?

[MMoore8425 at aol.com]

I used to travel back and forth between the UK and USA  frequently. I  climb 
large parabolic antennas as part of my work. I also measure things with  some 
hand tools. 
I also pick up Stag  and TR parts and bring back.
I once flew out of Leeds-Bradford International Airport. I had a flat  map 
reading flashlight (a viewing lens with a handle holding 6 aaa cells side by  
side), my Rose body harness (for climbing) and a dial caliper. I was also  
beringing back a 1949 Triumph 1800 waterpump pulley for a friend.
 
I was paged shortly after I checked in and was immediately escorted by  two 
young muscular men, through a hidden doorway (looks like a piece of  paneling) 
into a room with a number of other young and probably armed men.
 
Crowded very close on either side, they had me carefully open my suitcase  
while it was being videotaped. It was being played back to a monitor which  
another person was watching out of my vision. 
I was grabbed and restrained several times by the two guys in either side  of 
me when I moved too fast for them. After I opened the suitcase, they had me  
lift off the Rose body harness and hold it up; A voice said "That's the  
parachute".   
Then the dial caliper : "That's the timer". 
Then the map light "That's the detonator"
Then the  1949 Triumph 1800 water pump pulley "That's the  lump".
 
I had stacked these all together on top of each other. The gentlemen were  
visibly relieved.   I was told to always hand carry my dial indicator as  the 
dial looked like a timer whenever it was xrayed. I lost it to the Lufthansa  
boys though after 911 in Frankfurt because they said it could be used as a  
weapon.
 
Mike Moore 



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