[TR] The Gift of a Triumph

[Ken Gano]

1. Electronic ignition 

2.  Weber carbs. 

3.  Advance Wire (Dan Masters) wiring harness. 

4. Steel (or Panasport) wheels. (Not wire). 

5.  Gear reduced starter. 

Several other things come to mind, including an aluminum radiator, but those are the very first “reliability” things I would consider. Basically, take away all of the subsystems that can go out of adjustment. 

Ken Gano

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> On Dec 15, 2018, at 4:21 PM, Andrew Uprichard <auprichard at uprichard.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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