[TR] In some ways, Pretend your Randall?

[Paul Dorsey]

Thanks, I will!

On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 9:04 AM andrew uprichard <auprichard at uprichard.net>
wrote:

> Paul:  great to hear from you and know you are well. If ever you decide to
> re-start the TR3 project, there are a bunch of TR owners on the list who be
> happy to answer your questions.  Go for it!!
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> Andrew
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> *From:* Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Paul
> Dorsey
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 15, 2020 2:04 PM
> *To:* Triumph list Team.net <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [TR] In some ways, Pretend your Randall?
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> Andrew, I know it is me of which you speak.  I was the TR3 upstart asking
> the fundamental questions.  Randall always answered them in a way that I
> could understand the answer.  Regardless of the question, he always had a
> correct answer.  The picture someone posted of him doesn't quite fit the
> image of him that I created in my head.  I thought of him as a know-it-all
> (who really did know-it-all) , a grandfather-esque figure for this group.
> Can you believe I caught him making a mistake once?  One that I actually
> got to correct him on, it was something simple like the color of wires or
> something.  He quickly admitted the error.  Maybe "FT" admitted to me that
> Randall seemingly knew it all, and I got a kick from talking to them. (ISTR
> a little friction between these two.  Fred sent me pages of snail mail on
> types of distributors for my 25D and I actually met him and some other
> racer legend at Road Atlanta.  Thru this list, I got to correspond with
> great people like Jack Drews and others, what great guys!  I can't remember
> the name of the guy who rebuilt my oil pump for me.  The guy who braved
> frozen temperatures to exactly tell me correct door gaps.  I never took up
> Randall's offer to help me with my canceling mechanism with my steering
> wheel- what great guys!  I guess now their up there in the 'great
> race-track in the sky'.
> I don't have the depth that all you guys have.  Randall always
> gave out the kind and lengthy (if necessary, answers).  Like an ignorant
> kid, seems like I boasted about the hardness of brass and I got a stiff
> reply from someone else (I can't remember who), but, I can't really
> chalk-up the almost abandoned TR3 project that I started something like 20
> years ago to that.  I'm just too timid!
> Why just today I got a distributor cap that I ordered from Moss for my
> project.  (It's the second cap I've had to order for that car and I have
> never drove it a single mile! Go figure? ).  I live near corrosion acres
> and for awhile I thought of the rust I had kinda like a fine patina finish,
> one that I would be proud to one day show off!  Sad to say, but maybe due
> to age and having a head injury, my license to drive has been taken from
> me.  However, I still dream, however, of fixing the tr3.  If I ever
> re-start my project in earnest, you might have to bear with my stupid
> questions, pretend your Randall!
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> Paul Dorsey- 60 TR3
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> It made me think (again) about Randall.  If anyone had the credentials to
> be arrogant or condescending, he did.  He knew more about these cars than
> most of us collectively ever will.  Yet he was always kind and sincere.
> Some of you may remember the individual a few years ago who was trying to
> restore a TR3 and asked the most fundamental of questions:  Randall was
> consistently patient and helpful while I am sure some of us rolled our eyes.
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> Maybe people are trying to assume Randall’s mantle as the TR guru.  Well,
> it isn’t goin
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