"Michael 182" wrote in message news:9FvTb.163259$sv6.892831@attbi_s52...
"David Lesher" wrote in message
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Jim Weir writes:

My lady has just informed me that she would consider a complementary
Triumph TR3
to our classic '58 Cessna 182 a good idea. She's willing to cash in her
old
Chevy on the Triumph...oil leaks and all...for a TR-3 of that era.

Anybody got a lead on one of those old rascals?


And you people worry about fixing AIRCRAFT electrical systems....

I had a mid-70's MGB once. A friend suggested I replace the electrical
system with a tallow candle, claiming it would be more dependable. He was
probably right. My brother gave me a can of mechanics soap because I was
always showing up at his house with grease stained hands, having had to dig
in under the hood in route.

Michael


Jim, I owned a 59 TR-3A which unfortunately got killed while parked in
front of my house by a DUI. I subsequently bought a 64 TR-4. I enjoyed
them both immensely. But they do need a bit of TLC. I didn't have as
much trouble with
the goofy Lucas electrical system as I did with the damn carburetors
which are kind of an unsucessful knock of an SU. I did own the TR-4
for years. After I
drove hell out of it I rebuilt the engine, reupholstered it and gave
it to my daughter to drive when she went to Cal-Poly, Later my son
took it over and completely restored it and sold it just this year.
Ed Sullivan