Red, some place I have a TRA news letter that gives step by step how this is
done, if you return it, I'll locate it, I need your snail mail. "FT"
----- Original Message -----
From: Hansen, Hans C, III (Red), GLSVC <rhansen@att.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 7:58 AM
Subject: TR3A Side Curtains
>
> Folks --
>
> I have recently acquired a 1958 TR3A, TS41439L. I got it on eBay, the car
> being delivered earlier this week. I am very pleased with what I bought,
> even though it doesn't start right now. The most important factor is that
my
> wife ("The Treasurer") likes the car. It should start once this cold
weather
> breaks and I have more time to work on it. After all, the previous owner
> drove it all summer and fall and drove it onto the car carrier. The car
> spent two and half weeks and over 5000 miles enroute to my home.
>
> But I digress. The side curtains are toast, one with white fabric and the
> other with none at all. I'm interested in your opinions on how to re-build
> these in black. I know TRF can do it for about $450 and several months'
> time. New ones cost $500, $300 on sale. Does anyone have directions on how
I
> can re-build the side curtains; what material to buy and where to get it;
> how to stitch the fabric, etc.? Or do you know of anyone who does this in
a
> reasonable amount of time at a more-than-reasonable cost?
>
> Okay, okay, I'll explain what happens when I try to start it. I thought it
> might have been the cold weather (it was -5 degrees F this morning in
> Connecticut). The battery is a new (6 months) Die Hard. The choke linkage
> was disconnected. The PO said he never needed to use the choke in
Oklahoma.
> Because it was late and all the stores were closed, I used wire to replace
> the missing clevis pins in the linkages. Still no start. There is a strong
> smell of gas and some is slowly dripping from the rear carburetor. I
haven't
> checked to see if I'm getting a spark yet, that's my next step. Any other
> ideas?
> TIA,
> Red Hansen
> '58 TR3A - TS41439
> '74 TR6 - CF13994
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