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From: Charles Duckworth <cnlduckwor@ninenet.com>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 10:25 PM
Subject: How/when did the Triumph bug bite you?
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>how some of the others on the lists decided on a
>Triumph vs another make of car.
I was known as a "good mechanic" among my friends, back home in England in
the late 60s. I was always willing to fix things on other people's cars,
with my payment usually being in the form of pints of "Double Diamond" at
the Wharf (a pub) in Grays, Essex. One of my friends bought a red TR3A with
a broken leaf in one of the rear springs. I changed the spring for him,
tuned the SUs etc. etc. and it was a changed car, in his opinion. I loved
the car and worked on it at every opportunity, just so I could drive it. At
that time I was an impoverished student who could just afford a Morris Minor
(1948, 918 cc side valve engine, cost me 12 quid and worth every penny...),
but I promised myself I would own a TR3A at some point in my life, which I
now do, after a brief diversion along the MGA and MGB-GT trails (both of
which were great cars, I might add). My red TR3A was painted a hideous
red/orange color by the DPO and is due for a frame-off resto, but it's so
much fun to drive that I just can't bring myself to start the job. Maybe
when that scored crankpin finally gives up the ghost.....
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