<html><body><div>Gonna be a lot of opinions on this. </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>I am going to counter that one because my stock steering is very easy to steer and turn. My wife, who is a smallish woman, has driven my 1960 TR3A in that last 3 autocross events held at Triumphest on the west coast, and won the women's class. Obviously lots of hard cornering, and no problems.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>For those of you interested, this was my run. <a href="https://youtu.be/6BZ7LfgOgnA">https://youtu.be/6BZ7LfgOgnA</a></div><div>Second fastest lap of the day, yes I'm bragging, only beat by a crazy fast TR6 with a Buick V6 engine, and fully autocross modified suspension, with 12" wide tires all the way around.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Back to the steering, if your stock system is difficult to steer, time to rebuild it.</div><div><br></div><div class="x-apple-signature">Rye<br>PH: 530-FIND-RYE</div><div><br>On Dec 15, 2018, at 03:17 PM, Andrew Uprichard <auprichard@uprichard.net> wrote:<br><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="msg-quote"><div class="_stretch"><span class="body-text-content">So many suggestions, but if the car is for a young lady, a rack and pinion<br>conversion would make steering soooo much easier.<br><br>Andrew Uprichard<br>Jackson, MIchigan<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Hoyt<br>Duff<br>Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2018 2:53 PM<br>To: Triumph Mail List<br>Subject: [TR] The Gift of a Triumph<br><br>I met a new friend today. He owns a TR3 and has owned it for about 35<br>years, He did a restoration on it a while back and talked to me about<br>doing some maintenance on this treasure because he wants to give it<br>to his daughter, who is graduating from college this spring.<br><br>I reminded him that giving someone a TR3, especially someone not<br>mechanical inclined, is not necessarily a gift of love.<br><br>We discussed some ways in which the TR3 could be a more reliable car<br>for his daughter. It would not be her primary transportation, just<br>something to occasionally enjoy, but not become a maintenance burden<br>or morph into just another non-running TR3 laid up in someone's<br>garage.<br><br>It is bone stock. I have a few ideas about what might be changed to<br>make it more suitable for a gift, but I'd appreciate some ideas from<br>the list since what I would do for my TR# might be very different from<br>what might be best for this young TR3 owner.<br><br>-- <br>Hoyt<br>** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" data-mce-href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" data-mce-href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs" data-mce-href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs">http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" data-mce-href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage:<br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/auprichard@uprichard.net" data-mce-href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/auprichard@uprichard.net">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/auprichard@uprichard.net</a><br><br>** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" data-mce-href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" data-mce-href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs" data-mce-href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs">http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" data-mce-href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/ryel@mac.com" data-mce-href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/ryel@mac.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/ryel@mac.com</a><br></span></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>