[TR] TR "Standard" motor rebuild.

[terryrs at comcast.net]

As ever, have followed with interest the posts around improvements of the
Triumph engines to gain more horsepower, etc.B 



Must say, as a daily driver who is only held back in recent days by frosty
windshields and a heater problem I haven't had time to ferret out, that my
stock '59 TR3A accelerates and cruises at OD speeds that are not the best
examples for my 14 year old, who tells me about practically every car he sees
that it's the car he wants.



What do you think is best for a high school kid with proneness for personal
mayhem?B  ...I'm guessing vintage VW bug with a bad cylinder.



At any rate, back to topic, the performance issue I have with my stock TR3A is
not being able to slow down, not speed up.B  I have a perverse glee in kicking
into the fast lane when I get onto InterState '93 on my way to work and
passing frauders in high performance cars with new plates.B 



I even hesitate to confess that I laugh at cars in the breakdown lane that are
40 years newerB than mine, a lesson I should have learned on the Grapevine
near Bakersfield, when my father's truck passed other Macks stalled and
overheated, only to break down ourselves some miles down the road.B  But
apparently I need to learn that lesson again.



So...I stand with the stockers.B  It's not what's under the hood, it's who's
behind the wheel.B 



Say, what ABOUT thoseB maniacs in SUV's who speed up when you try to pass them
on the few straightaways on Route 3A?????



Just my two cents worth....



Terry Smith, '59 TR3A

New Hampshire