[V8] Ah...the TR's...

[justin.bowers at comcast.net]

Wow, what a funny trip down memory lane!

My father had a TR6 that  he loved.  When it came time for ME to purchase my first car at the ripe old age of 16 he found a TR4A that someone had neglected for what appeared to be its entire life.  :)

In the end, I wasn't able to purchase the car for several reasons...1. The guy believed the car was made of gold and even though he had neglected it for years it was still worth as much as one in pristine condition.  2.  My dad wasn't all that interested in working on, repairing, or chipping in to sort out all that was wrong with it.  3.  Did I mention I had just turned 16, had very little money, a part time job that paid peanuts, etc.?  :)

Anyway, I've always liked the looks of the TR's (anything from the TR6 era or earlier), and I certainly have fond memories of riding around in my fathers (even though he only let me drive it one time - and he was in the car, and it was just around the block!).

Justin
01 S8q
90 V8q


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at adelphia.net>
> My '61 Triumph TR3A when I was an undergraduate.  My best friend next door
> had a '64 Triumph TR4.  Sunday's were reserved for tinkering by the side of
> the road with the two British Racing Green cars.  
> 
> I got pretty good with SU carburetors and all sort of other things.  I
> managed at some point to take apart the electric switch that engaged the
> overdrive.  When it all got back together...and I have NO idea what
> happened, I managed to get eight speeds out of the transmission...
> 
> Not that it mattered really, but I could get an overdrive in each of the
> four forward speeds. 
> 
> To this day, I have NO idea how that happened.
> 
> Roger
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobram at juno.com [mailto:cobram at juno.com] 
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 2:03 PM
> To: rmwoodbury at adelphia.net
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] $59000....nope
> 
>  "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at adelphia.net> writes:
> 
> > That great tractor motor up front was sluggish to say the least.  
> 
> I have a transmission out of one somewhere out of some English car.  I
> can't remember what I pulled it out of, but it's a tractor transmission,
> literally, all they did was slap it in the car with a bolted piece of
> steel over reduced 1st gear, so 2nd tractor gear becomes...ta da....1st
> motor carriage gear.  R&D, what's that, a pub in Brighton?
>  
> BCNU,
> http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
> Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant
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