[TR] The Gift of a Triumph

[Andrew Uprichard]

So many suggestions, but if the car is for a young lady, a rack and pinion
conversion would make steering soooo much easier.

Andrew Uprichard
Jackson, MIchigan

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From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Hoyt
Duff
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2018 2:53 PM
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Subject: [TR] The Gift of a Triumph

I met a new friend today. He owns a TR3 and has owned it for about 35
years, He did a restoration on it a while back and talked to me about
doing some maintenance on this treasure  because he wants to give it
to his daughter, who is graduating from college this spring.

I reminded him that giving someone a TR3, especially someone not
mechanical inclined, is not necessarily a gift of love.

We discussed some ways in which the TR3 could be a more reliable car
for his daughter. It would not be her primary transportation, just
something to occasionally enjoy, but not become a maintenance burden
or morph into just another non-running TR3 laid up in someone's
garage.

It is bone stock. I have a few ideas about what might be changed to
make it more suitable for a gift, but I'd appreciate some ideas from
the list since what I would do for my TR# might be very different from
what might be best for this young TR3 owner.

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Hoyt
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