[TR] Convention agend

[Don Spence]

What about just driving the cars and forget about the "mine is  
prettier/cleaner/more original than yours."???


On 29-Oct-10, at 10:13 AM, triumphs-request at autox.team.net wrote:

> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] Convention agenda
>
>
> Another issue that springs to mind is verification - in talking  
> with the
> previous owner of my car (the second owner who bought the car when it
> was 6 years old and had it car for 20 years), I think that my car has
> much of the original trim, including the carpets and top.  Wear seems
> consistent with that, but I can't document it, only cite his claims.
>
> Mike Burdick
> Durham, NC
>
> On Fri, 2010-10-29 at 07:53 -0400, Dave1massey at cs.com wrote:
>> In talking to Darrell, VTR is quite aware of this effect and there  
>> is talk
>> of promoting a "Survivor's" class for unrestored cars.  There are  
>> a few good
>> examples of unrestored cars out there and it is a shame to take  
>> one apart
>> for a restoration.  A local club member bought a very clean TR2 in  
>> original
>> condition only to do just that.
>>
>> ...
>> This opens the discussion to a whole list of issues.  What do you  
>> do about
>> OEM replacements?  What do you do about resprays in original color  
>> and
>> original materials (if available)?  What about tires?  40 year old  
>> tires have no
>> business on the road.  Original gas and oil (no don't get  
>> ridiculous)?
>>
>> Open for discussion.
>
>
>
>
> From: Dave1massey at cs.com
> Date: October 29, 2010 6:46:55 AM MDT (CA)
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] Convention agenda
>
>
> In a message dated 10/29/2010 7:28:30 AM Central Daylight Time,
> salty1249y at gmail.com writes:
>> Another issue that springs to mind is verification - in talking  
>> with the
>> previous owner of my car (the second owner who bought the car when it
>> was 6 years old and had it car for 20 years), I think that my car has
>> much of the original trim, including the carpets and top.  Wear seems
>> consistent with that, but I can't document it, only cite his claims.
>>
>
> Good point.  And what about warranty replacements.  These would  
> have been
> OEM and authentic but not factory installed.
>
> Thanks for the input.
>
> Dave