<html><body><div>When I was getting my car on the road in 2013, after it had been sitting for 20+ years, I bought it as a project, I wanted to upgrade what ever I could to make it more dependable. I'm enjoying seeing almost everything I did, be suggested. So, this is the list of what I did.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>- TR4A Head </div><div>- 87.5 Big Bore Kit </div><div>- Engine balanced </div><div>- Hastings Rings </div><div>- Viton Rear Main Crank Seal Conversion<br></div><div>- Wizard Racing Aluminum Radiator </div><div>- Electric Fan<br>- Skinny Belt Pulleys </div><div>- Harmonic Balancer Pulley </div><div>- Rebuilt SU Carburetors </div><div>- Distributor Rebuilt by Advanced Distributors </div><div>- Petronix Points </div><div>- Lucas Alternator </div><div>- Hi Torque Starter Motor </div><div>- Negative ground conversion<br></div><div>- Spin-on oil filter conversion<br>- Optima Battery<br></div><div>- Hardi Electric Fuel Pump </div><div>- 9.2lb alloy flywheel (stock is 32 lbs) </div><div>- TR6 Clutch & Pressure Plate </div><div>- Rebuilt TR4 OD Transmission </div><div>- Rebuilt Rear Differential with taller gears </div><div>- Rebuilt Driveshaft </div><div>- Adjustable Rear Racing Lever Shocks </div><div>- Rebuilt Gauges at Palo Alto Speedometer </div><div>- Miata seats </div><div>- Moto-Lita Steering Wheel </div><div>- 6 1/2" Panasport Wheels </div><div>- 205/60R15 Goodrich Tires </div><div>- 7/8” front sway bar</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div></div><div>Currently it's kind of a rat-rod as it's painted flat black which does get a lot of positive comments. I wanted to get all the mechanicals sorted before dealing with paint. I'll be looking into this <span style="color: #000000; font-family: SFNSText, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: SFNSText, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;">Dan Masters wiring system too as my wiring is kind of a mess.</span></div><div><span style="color: #000000; font-family: SFNSText, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: SFNSText, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></div><div><span style="color: #000000; font-family: SFNSText, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: SFNSText, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;">Rye</span></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br>On Dec 15, 2018, at 09:57 PM, Ken Gano <triumphs@consolidated.net> wrote:<br><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="msg-quote"><div class="_stretch"><span class="body-text-content">1. Electronic ignition <br><br>2. Weber carbs. <br><br>3. Advance Wire (Dan Masters) wiring harness. <br><br>4. Steel (or Panasport) wheels. (Not wire). <br><br>5. Gear reduced starter. <br><br>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. <br><br>Ken Gano<br><br>Sent from my iPad<br><br><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">On Dec 15, 2018, at 4:21 PM, Andrew Uprichard <auprichard@uprichard.net> wrote:</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">So many suggestions, but if the car is for a young lady, a rack and pinion</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">conversion would make steering soooo much easier.</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Andrew Uprichard</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Jackson, MIchigan</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">-----Original Message-----</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Hoyt</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Duff</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2018 2:53 PM</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">To: Triumph Mail List</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Subject: [TR] The Gift of a Triumph</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">I met a new friend today. He owns a TR3 and has owned it for about 35</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">years, He did a restoration on it a while back and talked to me about</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">doing some maintenance on this treasure because he wants to give it</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">to his daughter, who is graduating from college this spring.</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">I reminded him that giving someone a TR3, especially someone not</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">mechanical inclined, is not necessarily a gift of love.</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">We discussed some ways in which the TR3 could be a more reliable car</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">for his daughter. It would not be her primary transportation, just</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">something to occasionally enjoy, but not become a maintenance burden</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">or morph into just another non-running TR3 laid up in someone's</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">garage.</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">It is bone stock. I have a few ideas about what might be changed to</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">make it more suitable for a gift, but I'd appreciate some ideas from</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">the list since what I would do for my TR# might be very different from</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">what might be best for this young TR3 owner.</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">--</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Hoyt</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" data-mce-href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">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></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">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></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Unsubscribe/Manage:</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><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></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" data-mce-href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">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></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">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></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/triumphs@consolidated.net" data-mce-href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/triumphs@consolidated.net">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/triumphs@consolidated.net</a></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><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>