'58 Complementary Triumph TR3 Motorcar

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?

Jim



Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

In Jim Weir wrote:
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?

Any MG driver ought to have a considerable lead on one.

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this car, don't you?

Michael





"Jim Weir" wrote in message
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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?

Jim



Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

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On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 21:03:02 -0800, Jim Weir wrote:

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?

Jim



Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

Jim Weir wrote:

Anybody got a lead on one of those old rascals?

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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....

"A good days work, and home before dark"
The sign at Lucas Works...

I know a horder of such British cars. He owns two very essential
tools:

a) a cell phone

b) a pickup truck with car hauler trailer.

Good luck Jim. If you don't believe me, ask Click & Clack....
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& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

"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

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

Jim,

These old sports cars can be a lot of fun, but do think about the safety
implications. They don't have any of the modern safety features we've come
to take for granted, and the results of an accident can be disastrous.

Henry Bibb

I had a '57 TR3 going to college, and other than a damned gas tank seep that I
never COULD find, and keeping the SU carbs balanced, it was one of the more
reliable vehicles that I owned.

Of course, there is an alternator conversion for the Lucas (Prince of Darkness)
generator, and while it isn't exactly "stock", it does a lot for the reliability
of the machine. The wire loom that goes under the carpet by the copilot's feet
is also very interesting when it finally frays shorted on a lonely road in
Kansas between St. Louis and San Diego {;-)

Jim


"Michael 182"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

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-among others...
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-You do know you're going to have dirty fingernails for as long as you own
-this car, don't you?
-
-Michael

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com