[TR] TR250 battery tray - car photos

[Glenn A. Merrell - TSN]

Thanks Darrell and All,

I surely appreciate the viewpoint that it is only original once. But it 
is also 80k miles and 47 years old, and yes, original, but maybe it not 
would be considered a time capsule by any stretch. Still has the 
bumblebee stripped hoses that gotta get replaced, and there are of 
course previous owner (PO) and DPM (Dreaded Previous Mechanics)  things 
that have to be fixed.

You might know that my Triumph roots are pre -stag.  My dad had a 
Standard 10, my first two Triumphs were Heralds; one Sport 1200 
convertible and one 1200 Salon both passed on to me after my dad was 
done with them, then after wrenching at a B/L dealership through school 
in the early 1970's my first TR250,  then a Triumph hiatus for 17 years, 
then three Stags over another 17 years and now a TR250 again.

My Emerald Green 280 hp Rover engined Stag that I put +60k miles on 
going to VTR and Triumphest shows is now in Texas to a happy owner who 
has done a respray and new top.  My Bronze Stag that won 2nd in Concours 
at Breckenridge is also in Texas, now owned by Duncan and Sheila Wood to 
replace the one they lost to their house fire in 2012.  Both Stags can 
be seen as fully featured on BritishV8.com.
So not my first rodeo with Triumphs or restorations, and I still have a 
Stag that I am restoring which will be again very modified, but not 
obvious to the inexperienced eye.

This is why I am evaluating the path forward with this 250 since I still 
am a Stag guy who remembers my early Triumph roots.
See a couple of photos of it here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stagbytriumph/13342281753/
and
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stagbytriumph/13342140505/

I did a very detailed pre-washing photo archive  that I will be 
uploading soon.

   I can  tune, tweak, rebuild and cleanup with the other perishable 
replacements and DPM faux pas, it needs a few dents properly cared for,  
then l have a fairly nice and original TR250.

Here is my dilemma and concern:  Would that still be "original"?  I 
think the purists will say no, even though it is all regular maintenance 
as indicated in the Owners manual.

Thanks for your input.
Cheers!

Glenn Merrell, a.k.a. StagByTriumph
TSN admin
TriumphStag.net
StagByTriumph at triumphstagclub.org




On 3/21/2014 7:11 AM, Darrell Floyd wrote:
> Glen,
> You know what I am going to say.  There are very few 250's that have not been restored.  A car is really only original once. There are quite a few big bucks 250 restorations out there.  If you do restore,  keep it authentic. IMHO it will be worth more at least to folks like me than if if is modified.  This is especially true if you have a fine original example to start with.
> Enjoy it most of all,
> Darrell
> BTW,  sort of a big departure from the TR8 & Stag type I normally think you would be.   Welcome to the  "Triumph over Conformity" group.

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