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Re: [TR] 1975 TR6

To: "'list Triumph'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] 1975 TR6
From: "Oliver" <sumton@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:15:20 -0600
oh, good.  we've beaten so many other topics to death we've been needing a 
new one . . .


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
To: "'list Triumph'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] 1975 TR6


> On 26 Oct 2008 at 13:05, Mark Steph wrote:
> [some very good points about TR ownership, including]
>> There are 2 very diverse paths people take with these cars:
>> originality vs performance.
>
> I'd say this is a bit restrictive, for there is third path.  Many
> originialty-violating things one might do to the car are for
> reliability, not necessarily for performance in the traditional sense
> of the word.  For example, one might install different seats for
> comfort, a gearbox swap, or alternator swap.  One might say they are
> for performance but only if one extends the definition of
> performance.
>
>
> -- 
> Jim Muller
> jimmuller@rcn.com
> '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+
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