Hi Ron
I think the point is about drivability and reliability. Unlike you, a lot of
us have multiple Triumphs (or other classics), and no modern car so
reliability is paramount, followed by the amount of fun you can have whilst
remaining within the law, (or at least somewhere near it!). Also it would be
a good exercise to look at Triumph as a manufacturer, when disc brakes were
made available, did Triumph say why change? Drums work! When alternators
became available (reliable) same question, fuel injection, radial tyres, and
all the other innovations which Triumph were among the leaders if not THE
leader. Then ask yourself whether Triumph might likely have used it.
If you consider your TR3 an antique I would ask (if it were any of my
business) whether you were the right person to own one. These cars were
initially designed to be used regularly, if not daily, and personally that
is what I like to do. I also know that friends who don't use them regularly
suffer many more problems with mechanical failures, to me this is reason
enough to use them regularly.
I will grant you that my vehicles hail from the 60's and 70's and could
therefore be considered more user friendly, but they are still 30 and 34
years old, and if the TR3 were to my liking I would drive that daily to.
I know a lot of the things Triumph "innovated" already existed, but I mean
in a mass produced way not specialist market way.
Also yes I like the TR3, though it is not to my liking sufficient for me to
own one.
Graham.
Ps I know not about whether an electric motor would make a gramophone any
more pleasant to drive, I have non contact media retrieval devices!
Just my tuppence!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
To: <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 3:07 PM
Subject: Change is sad
I don't know, maybe I'm a bit testy today. For whatever reason, I feel
compelled to rant.
I had a '58 TR 3 from 1968 to 1970, a daily driver. It had been beat on
before I got it but when I owned it, every bulb and every gage worked. In
spite of carbs that ran rich even after a rebuild, it started every time.
The battery didn't go dead. Yes the starter motor failed once and I
crank-started it. I had to replace the regulator at one point too. In the
winter, it started when newer cars didn't. So, why replace the generator.
Just get it working right. Keep it a TR 3. I collect antique phonographs
too. If I pulled out the spring powered motor in a Victor VV VI and put in
a modern electric motor, it wouldn't be a VV VI any more it would be a
frankenphono. I have a modern car with an alternator and I have modern
turntables. I don't think it's right to make antique things modern.
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