[TR] The Gift of a Triumph

[Alex & Janet Thomson]

How true that is. I helped to install one of those kits into my brother's
TR3A and it became a totally different car - in a positive way. Yes, maybe
the original box could have been reconditioned. But it's hard to imagine
that it could ever be as responsive and as light as the conversion.

Alex Thomson

TR6
GT6

-----Original Message-----
From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Andrew
Uprichard
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2018 5:21 PM
To: 'Hoyt Duff'; 'Triumph Mail List'
Subject: Re: [TR] The Gift of a Triumph

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

-----Original Message-----
From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Hoyt
Duff
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2018 2:53 PM
To: Triumph Mail List
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.

-- 
Hoyt
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