I would agree. I especially like Ted, Richard, and TRF speaking up about
their products. All of these folks take pride in their products, and
have a right to speak up and explain the situation from their point of
view.
I don't know who has the "best" pile, but I can certainly understand
someone deciding to stick with the stock product to maintain
originality. I can certainly imagine the pile being too tall and not
"looking correct" to knowledgeable eyes, when to some others the thicker
stuff was "better" because it felt softer. Kind'a just depends on your
point of view, and how many carpets you've looked at.
But getting back to triple carbs, Richard Good and Dick Taylor may have
independently hit upon something.
Could someone who has triple ZS, take the air cleaners off, and crank it
up to 5K or so and see how high the air cylinders are in the carbs. If
they're all the way up, maybe Richard has made his point about the
triple carbs not being overkill? Or maybe leave the air cleaners on and
stick a pen in the oil dampers and see how high the pen rises with the
air cleaners on? Maybe it doesn't work w/o a load on the engine?
Don
Peter Macholdt wrote:
>
> Al,
>
> Actually, I like having the suppliers on the list describing their products.
> In this case I've learned that if I want a thick pile carpet I'll order from
> Skinner and if I want an original looking carpet I'll look to Charles and
> Diane at TRF. Our concern should be lack of information or one-sided info,
> not the comment and reply seen here.
>
> I also want to say that I have appreciated the input from both Richard Good
> (Good Parts) and Ted Schumacher (TSI). Sometimes it is very helpful to have
> input from the guys who make the stuff.
>
> Peter
> '68 TR250
>
> on 1/22/03 12:45 PM, Paula J. Graffam at pjgraffam@juno.com wrote:
>
> > Listers,
> >
> > Don't you think this discussion is between the Mr. Sherman and Ms. Jones?
> > We should have enough common sense to read postings with a
> > discriminating eye.
> >
> > Al Graffam 74TR6 CT. ( just completed my van den Akker Toyota tranny
> > conversion)
> >
> > On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:10:22 -0500 "Rebecca Jones" <tr6@pghmail.com>
> > writes:
> >> Dear Triumph Guys...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have just read Corey Sherman's note to the list about The
> >> Roadster
> >> Factory's TR6 wool carpet set manufactured by The Magic Carpet
> >> Factory. I am
> >> sorry, but Corey's comments are unfair and untrue, and it would be a
> >> shame to
> >> have The Magic Carpet Factory lose sales, when I am certain that
> >> Dianne
> >> Terlion's carpet set is the very best to be had in the world, and I
> >> am willing
> >> to stake my reputation on this.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Original Jaguar and Triumph carpet did not have a thick pile.
> >> In fact, it
> >> was amazingly thin. The pile was very tight, however, and the rich
> >> look
> >> appeared after the carpet was installed. We are sending today to
> >> Mr. Corey
> >> Sherman original pieces of Triumph carpet from our archives so that
> >> he may
> >> compare original pieces of carpet with the carpet he received from
> >> us.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> By the way, Magic Carpet has worked with the wool carpet
> >> manufacturer in
> >> England to produce carpet colours to match original Triumph colours
> >> of tan.
> >> No other manufacturer of Triumph carpet sets has gone this far to
> >> approach
> >> originality. In addition to having correct colours and really very
> >> high-quality wool carpet material, Magic Carpet's workmanship is
> >> very highly
> >> detailed and second to none in matching original quality. I feel so
> >> strong
> >> that this is true that I will accept my carpet set back from Mr.
> >> Sherman for a
> >> full refund, and I will buy him a set of John Skinner's carpet if
> >> any
> >> impartial group of 6-Pack members says that is better and more
> >> original than
> >> the set he has received from The Roadster Factory.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Mr. Sherman is a very good customer and a serious TR6 enthusiast.
> >> I
> >> respect him very much, but I am sorry that on this occasion he is
> >> mistaken.
> >> He has an apple in his hands, and he is comparing it with an orange
> >> of which
> >> he has only seem a small sample of the skin I do not generally come
> >> on to the
> >> list to join discussions of this kind, but in this case, I feel that
> >> a serious
> >> injustice is in the making. Dianne Terlion works very hard, and she
> >> has
> >> invested her life savings in our hobby. She makes the best, and I
> >> am sure
> >> that other customers will come to her defense.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Charles A. Runyan
> >>
> >> The Roadster Factory
> >>
> >> January 22, 2003
> >>
> >
> >
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