On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Bruce T. Clough wrote:
> The omnipotent Andy wrote (is omnipotent in your job description?):
No, but "obsequious" is! :-)
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> Ok, would-be TR4 judges. Anyone care to try to document the change from
> laequered cloth-covered wire to plastic-insulated wire on subassemblies on
> the TR4?....
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> Believe it or not, I'm doing just that for TRA. I'm co-authoring the TRA
> TR4/4A Judging Guidelines. The initial draft, all 150 pages or so, is due
> out at the TRA National Meeting next week. Yes, Art Kelly gets a copy of
> every thing we do. He's one of our "sanity" checkers....
^^^^^^
That, of course, is written into Art's contract with VTR (wait for it):
yes, there is a sanity clause. (rim shot)
> Laquered wire is one of the things we care about, as well as finding a
> good copy of the TR4 rubber footwell mats (everybody threw those things
> away and went to carpet) and several other items (like why does
> CT2966L`s rear axle have a green and white painted dots on the rear
> axle? My guess is that it signified that it was a 3.7 TR4 unit - any
> other ideas? What color flashings would a 4.11 rear carry? ).
> We weren't trying to "out anal" the TR2/3 Judging Guidelines, but I think
> we did...
Uh, Bruce, sounds like it to me! :-) Personally, I'd never want to go that
far in a restoration of my own (he says in the midst of a desperate search
in his barn and his mom's garage to find the proper "spoon-end" wiper
blades for his Herald 948 saloon), but that sort of detail absolutely
fascinates me, and I'm glad to see information on it being compiled.
--Andy
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