[TR] Dealer vs Factory Options

Chip19474 at aol.com Chip19474 at aol.com
Fri May 2 08:22:41 MDT 2008


Interesting John and all.......my first new car was a 1969 TR6 purchased in  
March of 1970.  I wanted red but all that the dealer had in stock was  Jasmine 
so I took that one almost sight unseen.  When I went to pick it up  and sign 
the papers, the car was brought around and oddly parked in front of the  
dealership's main window so I couldn't see the passenger side well  without a bit 
of a shimmy around to that side.  I blissfully signed  and drove off home happy 
as pig in you know what!
 
While I was washing the car a few days later I noticed that the paint  
quality in the portion below the horizontal panel crease on the right wing  and 
right door had more orange peel and wasn't as "glossy" as the rest  of the car.  I 
don't know why but I looked under the car on the  passenger side and was 
horrified to see a deep scrape in the frame from just  behind the right front 
wheel well to nearly the back of the door.
 
Long story short, I complained, got the area repainted to original  
specs.....the Triumph Regional Rep (geez, maybe it was Mike Cook!) told me  that they 
traced the damage back to "large man" who worked on the docks at  Leonia, NJ 
POE who had a habit of mis-judging the ramps when he unloaded  cars....hmmm - 
methinks that perhaps this "large man" was influenced by  something other than 
his size??
 
Oh well, all ended well.....
 
Chip Krout
Delaware Valley Triumphs, Ltd.
Skippack, PA
1976 TR6  CF57822U 
 
 
In a message dated 5/1/2008 2:37:03 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
standardtriumph at btinternet.com writes:

Yes,  sometimes they fell off - but they were always put on  board,




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