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Re: TR3 bumper spare tire

To: Dave1massey@cs.com, wbmcleod@cox.net, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: TR3 bumper spare tire
From: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:26:23 -0500
>Sort of a chicken and egg situation.  There is no back bumper on the TR3 so
>as to allow access to the spare tire well.  But if the spare tire is 
>mounted
>outside the car there is no need to allow access to the spare tire well 
>since
>there is no spare tire in the spare tire well 'cause it is outside making 
>the
>spare tire well ... oh, never mind!
>
>Dave

I talked to a man who had once had a TR3. The State inspection station said 
that they wouldn't pass the car without a rear bumper. So he put a bar 
between the rear overriders.

Then, on a trip to Florida, he had a flat, and... Oops.

John H.


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