[TR] 65 mph

[oliver]

I have a very modified TR6.  but above 90 I get a little scared.  this thing 
is 40 years old.  and open.  I did 140 in a relatively new enclosed car with 
crumple zones and airbags etc.  but this little car . . .

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From: "Andrew Uprichard" <auprichard at uprichard.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 5:15 PM
To: "'Joe DeMuth'" <jdemuth at ties2.net>; <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: [TR] 65 mph

> Joe!  You rarely drive faster than 65mph?  I am going to take the fifth on
> this, but I was speaking to a guy at the Battle of the Brits (annual show
> for the Detroit Triumph Sportscar Club last Sunday - and well attended) 
> who
> had just bought an unrestored TR3 from Canada a month previously.  He had
> gotten caught in a thunderstorm and said how he did 95mph to get home dry.
>
> My TR3 has clocked 105 by some reckless individual.  I'd be interested in
> knowing of other owners:  cautious cruising or spurious speeding???  And
> what happens on this chat page stays on this chat page......
>
> Andrew Uprichard