Now, now, Mike. No picking on the old folks. :-)
Michael Ferguson wrote:
>
> Don Spence wrote:
> >
> > It is so called because it is a "vent" and it is located in the
> > "skittle". ( The part of the body sometimes called the "cowl" at the
> > base of the windscreen.)
> > Hence the term "skittle shake" or "cowl shake" when describing the
> > movement of this area during spirited driving, due to the inherent
> > instability of this "peninsula" to which other body parts are attached.
> >
> > As an aside I must say for a group so dedicated to British
> > automobiles... there is an astounding lack of understanding of them.
> > Could I hazard a guess that a lot of you on this list are younger than
> > your cars and as such are rather new to Triumphs, as opposed to the rest
> > of us old farts who grew up with them and thoroughly lived the heritage,
> > glamour and skinned knuckles. :>')
> > Cheerio!
>
> Let me get this straight...a scuttle vent is called a scuttle vent
> because 1) it's a vent and 2) it's located in the scuttle - how very
> clever!! Too bad the rest of us don't have the same in-depth
> understanding of these cars. Thanks for sharing, Don.
>
> Michael Ferguson
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'57 TR3, TS15559L - painting and reassembling....
http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
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