[TR] TR4 Rubber Steering Coupler Tale

[Doug Mathews]

Got to share this.....

When I was younger and dumber (still not the oldest brightest bulb 
around), I bought a 64TR4 around 1980 and drove it all over. Still 
have it. I knew the steering had some play and I had noticed the 
steering shaft coupler was just meshed together and not connected. I 
guessed it was made that way. I took trips up trough the NC mountains 
and on some stretches down hill, I'd get up to over 100 coasting.
One night after a football game in Athens, I was on the way home 
(yes, I had imbibed a little too) and  when I started from a red 
light and turned right to head home, the darn car sort went straight 
midway through the turn.  The policeman directing traffic had to move 
out of the way as I put on brakes and slowly drove up over the curb. 
He came over to see what I was up to and when I showed him how my 
steering wheel could go in circles, he said I had 2 choices....leave 
the car there and walk home (about a mile) or he'd have someone take 
me downtown to spend the night.

I took the first option!

Doug