'58 Complementary Triumph TR3 Motorcar

"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?


Just like old airplanes, start with the type club. Here's the web site for
one close by you, the Sacramento Valley MG Car Club:

http://www.svmgcc.org/

Gerry

In m Gerry Caron wrote:

"Jim Weir" wrote in message
...
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?


Just like old airplanes, start with the type club. Here's the web
site for one close by you, the Sacramento Valley MG Car Club:

http://www.svmgcc.org/

While Jim is looking for a Triumph, I think your suggestion makes a lot
of sense. 8^)

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"Del Rawlins" wrote in message
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While Jim is looking for a Triumph, I think your suggestion makes a lot
of sense. 8^)


Sorry... Old age is setting in. 8^)

Try: http://www.triumphtravelers.org/

Gerry

There is a book you need: "How to repair your foreign car" by Dick
O'Kane -- it was written in the 1960's and was mostly but not
exclusively about British vehicles.


It had chapter titles such as:

Why, when Britannia rules the waves, can't they make a car
that runs in the rain?

Carburettor is a French word meaning "Leave it alone...."


There were also chapters on what your tool kit should have. The
typical British car's contents were described and derided "The
mallet for knock-off spinners will do you no good when you need a
lug wrench...."

It suggested you take a sunny day and figure out how to jack up the
car & change a tyre then, not not wait for a dark, cold rainstorm.
[Hint: my BiL's Morgan is jacked up from INSIDE the car..]

There was an entire chapter on likely the worst-designed piece of
hardware since the Tacoma Narrows Bridge -- yes, the SU electric
fuel pump.

And every single word is true. Buy it before you get the car.



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"David Lesher" wrote in message ...


There is a book you need: "How to repair your foreign car" by Dick
O'Kane -- it was written in the 1960's and was mostly but not
exclusively about British vehicles.

I was listening to click and clack one day and a woman called in and her
recently licensed son had been offered two used cars as gifts from relatives.
One was an old RangeRover and the other was a non-descript type.

Their suggestion as that owning the Ranger would teach him a valuable
lesson: "Never buy a British car."

Jim Weir wrote in message . ..
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, running for Governor made most of us believe that you had lost
your mind. This PROVES it.

Why do they say "There will always be an England"?

Because when they finally turn off that great ignition the entire
country will just keep running on.

- John (FORMER owner 59 TR-3, 66 TR-4A) Ousterhout -

"Jim Weir" wrote in message
...
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


Woooo weeee.....lots of negativity here concerning British cars...lol Some
of it is tongue in check, some is not. Take the negative with a grain of
salt, and consider that most of the problems stated have indeed happened,
but far less frequently than one is lead to believe.

I currently own a few British cars, most of them Triumph. The short list of
road worthy (although not necessarily on the road at this time): 3 1962
Triumph TR-4's, one silver, one red, one blue, one each of the following,
1962, 1965, 1967, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 Triumph Spitfires, stretching
the roadworthy bit on the 1965 a little. Other than that is a couple Jags,
only one is road worthy at this time, 1958 Jag Mk IX Saloon.

The carbs on these things should not be anything like the flaky nature
people are presenting here. I normally adjust on any given vehicle roughly
twice a year, at the major seasonal changes. Plugs do seem to get eaten up
pretty rapidly, with replacement in the 6000 mile range not uncommon. My
Powder Blue 1962 TR-4 has given me something over 130,000 trouble free miles
(no telling how many miles it had on it when I got the car) in the past 7
years with only normal maintenance, leaving me stranded on the side of the
road one time, bad points. The points had been telling me for weeks (hard
starts, rough idle) that I needed to replace them, I kept thinking "next
weekend". I converted it to electronic ignition right after that, since it
was my daily driver, and never had another issue. The carbs do get rebuilt
every three years or so, takes maybe two hours tops.

If you do get a TR-3, do yourself a big favor and make sure to get one with
overdrive. Without OD the car is a bit too "buzy" at highway speeds, and it
really is not fun on longer (say more than 30 minutes) runs. The OD turns
it into a very different ride.

Someone else mentioned Hemmings, that is a good source, but be prepared to
spend a bit more, most people who list there expect the car to fall in the
book value ranges. I have had good luck with things like
www.traderonline.com and www.autotrader.com and local swap sheets /
classified adds. Most of my cars were located within about 75 miles of my
house.

Someone else put the link of www.vtr.org up, there is some good info on
there concerning buying these cars and what to look for. Specifically
http://www.vtr.org/TR3/index.html is a place to start, with
http://www.vtr.org/buyers-guide/index.html being something to read also.

T!

Triumph_TR4 (at) hotmail (dot) com

On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 18:24:18 GMT, "Token"
wrote:

Woooo weeee.....lots of negativity here concerning British cars...lol

To be fair then, consider the Renault Dauphin.

Don

"Don Tuite" wrote in message
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On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 18:24:18 GMT, "Token"
wrote:

Woooo weeee.....lots of negativity here concerning British cars...lol

To be fair then, consider the Renault Dauphin.

Don

Careful! You're getting close to home, here. Several parts on the Emeraude
plans call for "Citroen", i.e. canopy door latches, cowling hinges, etc.

Rich S.

On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 13:40:41 -0800, "Rich S."
wrote:

"Don Tuite" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 18:24:18 GMT, "Token"
wrote:

Woooo weeee.....lots of negativity here concerning British cars...lol

To be fair then, consider the Renault Dauphin.

Don

Careful! You're getting close to home, here. Several parts on the Emeraude
plans call for "Citroen", i.e. canopy door latches, cowling hinges, etc.

Citroen is a different pot de poissons. Except for the 2CV, a
Citroen's faults, if any, come from an excess of engineering elegance.

Don