[TR] Forever Parts

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How do I defend the clutter to my wife?

Quote Woddy Allen. "There you go, picking on my hobbies again". 
The parts he was talking about aren't car parts. 

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-----Original Message-----
From: terryrs at comcast.net

Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 23:16:23 
To: Triumph List<triumphs at autox.team.net>; 6 Pack list<6pack at autox.team.net>
Subject: [TR] Forever Parts


Some months ago on the Triumphs list, someone asked about the immortality
(sort of) of various parts that survive replacement during a restoration

About five years ago, I restored my TR3A from the ground up and have been
driving it from ice-out to first snow in New Hampshire, all that time using
the original Lucas coil.B 

Amazing.

Today I swapped it out for a new one, not because it died, but because I was
getting inefficient spark from the wire connection.B  Frankly, I just didn't
like the solder on copper washer connection.B  The replacement has a push on
type.

The coil is fine.B  From 1959 to 2009, it pushed the car like intended.B Fifty
years of service, and it's now on the parts bench, and I can't bring myself to
throw it away. Sort of like an old, loyal horse, I guess, it deserves to be
appreciated in old age.

Crazy.

How do I defend the clutter to my wife?

Terry Smith

New Hampshire
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