[TR] New TR in the driveway

[Karl Vacek]

A week or two ago I decided to sell some Triumph parts I had left over, as I
had no more Triumphs.

First, thanks for the great response - several listers bought parts that I
didn't need.

God works in funny ways, though.  Going through the parts and thinking about
the great Triumphs I'd owned over the past 43 years, I felt kind of
sentimental.

This week, a guy (whom I'd never met) who lives about 2 miles from me sent me
an e-mail.  He'd found my name through the VTR and was looking for someone who
might be interested in a TR4 he'd restored and then left in storage for 25
years.

Restored is an overstatement.  His paint job is flying off the car, and the
interior came from Warshawsky's (the brick and mortar store that was the
parent company of J.C.Whitney) but it's at least presentable.  I now have a
basically rustfree 64 TR4 in the driveway, waiting for a turn in the garage
after I finish some stuff on my wife's Midget.  It's an original "L O" car,
with the OD in place.  Original wood dash too, though he "restored" that with
some fabric-backed vinyl woodgrain wallpaper.  He also tried to start it on
25-year-old gas, which not only doesn't work but it smells incredibly bad.  I
thought gas stunk after a couple of years, but this stuff is incredibly
noxious.

Anyway, with some fresh hydraulics, rebuild the carbs, etc, etc, I should be
driving it after a couple of days' work.  And doing a paint job next winter, I
guess.

So I guess I'm back.

Karl




"This year will go down in history.  For the first time, a civilized nation
has full
gun registration.  Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and
the
world will follow our lead into the future !"
          -  Adolf Hitler, 1935