[TR] One owner 69 TR6 @ 60k miles

[David Friedlander]

Beautiful car, Keith! Congrats!

Dave

On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 2:24 PM Keith Richard Stewart <keithstewart at bell.net>
wrote:

> Love it. Here is my 57 that was once in the Desert Triumph Club out of
> Phoenix
>
>
>
> Keith
>
> *From:* Andrew Uprichard <auprichard at uprichard.net>
> *Sent:* April 20, 2019 5:14 PM
> *To:* 'Geo Hahn' <ahwahneetr at gmail.com>; 'Tom Householder' <
> trhouse at columbus.rr.com>
> *Cc:* 'Triumphs' <triumphs at autox.team.net>; 'triumph fot' <
> fot at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [TR] One owner 69 TR6 @ 60k miles
>
>
>
> Eight months ago I came across a smallmouth TR3 which was the worst case
> of rot I have seen to date.  I bought it as a parts car but as I left the
> seller said his father had bought the car new in 1957, had gotten married
> in it, and had driven it from one coast to the other (with pics to prove
> it).  The old man was now in a nursing home and his wish was that he could
> get one last drive in the car.  So the seller (his son) asked if he could
> buy it back if I were to restore it.
>
>
>
> Yesterday I fired the car up and went through all the gears and overdrive
> with the car in the air (since it was raining here).  This has been the
> most time-consuming and frustrating restoration I have done, but (apart
> from putting a couple of hundred miles on the clock) it is done – see pic.
>
>
>
> Sadly the old man passed away last month.  He was cremated, but the family
> has delayed the funeral until June so I can get the car finished and back
> to them for dad’s last drive !!
>
>
>
> It is a touching story and I am glad to have played a part in it.  Watch
> out for an article in VTR later in the year.
>
>
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
> Oh – and the reason I replied to Geo’s email?  Because I will never take
> on a rust bucket like this again !!!
>
>
>
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