I do feel need to congratulate the manufacturer's engineering of that handle,
since it's big enough for my wife to clinch with both hands as she,
vociferously, I might add, contemplates the proximity of the pavement and the
girth and ponderous rubber of two-story Peterbilt tires rumbling near her head
as we whizz past them in the slow lane.
One thing, though, that could have been improved. British Leyland could have
built the handle pre-engineered with the indents of knuckle grips instead of
forcing owners' wives to imprint these into the metal manually later.
All that said, she's come to enjoy our rides through New Hampshire country
lanes on sunny summer days, top down and wind flinging through the cockpit.
Note that she doesn't take naps like she does in our other cars.
Benefit for me? No room for paper parcels from shopping mall forays, hence
ready excuse to go for ice cream instead. I am, of course, expressive of sorrow
that we are forced to miss that bonding experience....
Terry Smith, '59 TR3A TS 58667, driving like a dream right now.
New Hampshire
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Macartney" <john.macartney@ukpips.org.uk>
To: "Bob Labuz" <yellowtr@adelphia.net>, "Don Hiscock" <don.hiscock@gmail.com>
Cc: "Triumphs" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 5:17:19 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 question
In today's safety conscious age, I suppose the grab handle does look a bit
out of place, bearing in mind safety belts hadn't registered on the
Standard-Triumph Engineering or Production radars of the fifties and
sixties. So yup, it's a good place to test the uncrackability of your skull
or compression resistance of front teeth :) But if anyone gets the
opportunity of checking out a pre-war MG PA/PB or even a J2, not only did
the passenger have the opportunity of smashing themselves against the grab
handle, they had the added pleasure of an ignition key and main lighting
switch ensuring the 'job' was really done properly!
Jonmac
-----Original Message-----
From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bob
Labuz
Sent: 14 August 2015 19:26
To: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Andrew Uprichard
<auprichard@uprichard.net>
Cc: Triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 question
Don and Andrew,
I always called the "Panic Bar"
Bob
On 08/14/2015 01:32 PM, Don Hiscock wrote:
Those are for the passenger grab rail. They attach with sort of an
Acme-style slotted, countersunk screw.
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Andrew Uprichard
My last several cars have been small-mouth or early 3As. I
am now restoring a 1961 3A which has an all-metal front scuttle. Under the
scuttle lip and likely to be covered by the dash capping, there are 4 sets
of two captured speed nuts set in at angles (see pic). Anyone know what
these are for?
Andrew Uprichard
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