Robert Allen wrote:
>
> Listers,
>
> The snails dropped this in my mailbox today. I've never met the
> gentleman but he can write a snappy letter. I was wondering if any of
> ya'll Teanderthals might want to drop him a note of introduction and
> invite him to bounce questions off of you while he tries to fill all the
> holes in his TF.
>
> He is CC'd here and his address is below.
>
> **************
> Dear Robert,
>
> I am a member of the KCMGCC and own a 1955 TF 1500. We went to Kansas
> City a couple of years ago to the KC All British Car Show, in hopes of
> finding someone that might help, in the way of advice, in my restoring
> of our car. Found some names but since then problems with old injuries
> has left me in a wheelchair most of the time. I can still drive and get
> around but working on the car is almost too much. However, my son and
> several fiends [sic; loved it] have offered to do the work if I just
> tell them what to do. It has been almost 10 years since the car was
> taken down to the frame for a frame-up restoration in order to show the
> car.
>
> I had the frame, engine, transmission, radiator, etc. rebuilt and
> started to put the car back together. That was 3 to 5 years ago. I'm not
> sure if I remember just how some brackets and braces went together.
>
> In order to save time and not have to take items back off, to turn them
> around or over etc., could you let me know of any members who have
> worked on a TF 1500 that have an e-mail address? That way, if we have a
> question about which way something went, we could check with them before
> we put it on. I can have a computer at the shop and one here at home. My
> e-mail address is listed above.
>
> Any help you or anyone can give would be greatly appreciated. This would
> get the car ready sooner so we could start driving it.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Don
> Springfield, Missouri
> doncl@dialnet.net
>
> ***********************************
> My expertise is in proclaiming I can tell the difference between the
> 'TF' and the older ones. Done.
>
> Seems a clear case of the physically-challenged wishing to be led by the
> socially-challenged in resurrecting a car built by the
> mentally-challenged.
>
> Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6
Bob, I'd be only too happy to help with advice etc.. I run a two man
band restoration shop for T-Series cars, and have completed a goodly
number of TFs. I don't know everything, but I do know a bit, and would
be pleased to offer advice where I can.
Geoff Love, The English Connection.
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