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Re: [TR] TR3 Budget Lock

To: "terryrs@comcast.net" <terryrs@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Budget Lock
From: Michael Marr <mmarr@albiontechnical.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 21:25:43 +0000
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Thread-topic: [TR] TR3 Budget Lock
Nah, it's best to enjoy it with your son. 

Mike

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 30, 2015, at 15:19, "terryrs@comcast.net" <terryrs@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Have a great porter aging in the cellar since just before last Christmas.  
> Promised my son in Kuwait that we would crack it open for the first time when 
> he gets home.  
> 
> If there's any left, you're welcome to a bottle!
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@albiontechnical.com>
> To: terryrs@comcast.net
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 6:46:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Budget Lock
> 
> Don't smoke 'em, but feel free to buy me a porter if we ever meet :)
> 
> Mike
> 
> Michael Marr
> Albion Technical Services
> Mobile:  630-202-0065
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Jul 29, 2015, at 5:41 PM, "terryrs@comcast.net" <terryrs@comcast.net> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Cigar to Michael Marr!
>> 
>> If I lived in the upside down state of Vermont, I'd have tried that first!
>> 
>> Thanks, Michael.
>> 
>> Terry
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@albiontechnical.com>
>> To: terryrs@comcast.net
>> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 6:20:34 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Budget Lock
>> 
>> My spare tyre compartment will hold a 48 spoker with an OEM bias ply tyre, 
>> which I think is a 5.50, if I remember correctly.  It's a while since I 
>> looked at it, but I seem to remember it fits best with the knock off taper 
>> seat oriented downwards.
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> Michael Marr
>> Albion Technical Services
>> Mobile:  630-202-0065
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Jul 29, 2015, at 4:04 PM, "terryrs@comcast.net" <terryrs@comcast.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Budget lock????  All right.  I confess, I put the rear tire well lid on 
>>> with pretty new toilet seat escutcheons about 13 years ago and haven't 
>>> opened it since.  Now I can't remember the fastener used.  Looks like a 
>>> duzi.  Used a long-handled flathead, and found it's a simple lever.  Guess 
>>> that's why it's a budget lock.
>>> 
>>> Sourced a old style 48 spoke wheel, restored it, tubed it, and planted a 
>>> nice narrow tire on it.  Alas, the opening is too narrow to accommodate the 
>>> spline/hub.
>>> 
>>> Are old steel wheels the only option to carry a spare?  Anyone every put 
>>> the spare on the trunk with some ad hoc but cool looking assembly?
>>> 
>>> Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
>>> New Hampshire
>>> 
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