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61. Re: [TR] height challenge(d) and TRs (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:52:15 -0800; At six foot six, I gotta agree with you about TRs and height, Ron. It only took moving my TR3B seat back an inch or so to give me enough legroom to stretch out straight! Here's the modification under; /html/triumphs/2012-11/msg00245.html (9,568 bytes)
62. Re: [TR] Restoration source (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:47:51 -0500; Lawrie recently rebuilt the original Lucas DR2 motor from my TR3B, and did a fine job. It had a heavily corroded end plate and frozen rear bushing. All of it was taken care of perfectly. Before: http; /html/triumphs/2012-11/msg00269.html (10,972 bytes)
63. [TR] Earls Court demolition planned (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:21:37 -0500; The traditional home of the British Motor Show, the site where most of our cars were premiered, is planned to be torn down. A group is working to save the venue. http://www.classicandsportscar.com/ne; /html/triumphs/2012-12/msg00085.html (8,950 bytes)
64. Re: [TR] Internal Bonnet Release System for TR3/A/B? (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 06:57:14 -0600; Dave, I'm with ya on the elegance of the TR3 Dzus system. Triumph's move away from the remote release used in the earliest TR2s was an improvement IMO. The carriage key system works nicely. To the op; /html/triumphs/2012-12/msg00110.html (12,690 bytes)
65. [TR] TR3S LeMans 1959 -- Links to two unpublished photos (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:05:01 -0500; Two photos of the TR3S racers at LeMans in June, 1959, unpublished as far as I know and recently added to my small collection of ephemera, offered as an early Christmas present to those on the list w; /html/triumphs/2012-12/msg00112.html (9,735 bytes)
66. [TR] Interesting sidescreen TR racer on eBay closing tonight (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:04:09 -0600; Anybody following this one? A pretty well known car in the UK many years ago, I understand. Interesting look. Closes later tonight. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRIUMPH-TR2-RACE-/300833631353?clk_rvr_id; /html/triumphs/2012-12/msg00118.html (7,848 bytes)
67. Re: [TR] Internal Bonnet Release System for TR3/A/B? (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:37:20 -0500; The original inspiration of the key fob Dzus tools I spoke ofearlier was a guy who had an inch and a half of 1/4-inch bar stock filed on one end to fit the Dzus and drilled on the other end to fit on; /html/triumphs/2012-12/msg00125.html (11,612 bytes)
68. Re: [TR] Ebay vs. mail order TR part prices (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:05:45 -0500; eBay really wants to be Amazon. That's at the heart of a lot of their recent changes to "simplify" shipping to bidders -- er... "buyers" in new eBay-speak. They're trying more and more to become a st; /html/triumphs/2012-12/msg00128.html (11,400 bytes)
69. Re: [TR] Ebay vs. mail order TR part prices (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:28:59 -0600; I have a friend who consults with eBay on advanced concepts from time to time. It's his assessment that eBay wants to be Amazon based on a number of brainstorming sessions with them around a conferen; /html/triumphs/2012-12/msg00130.html (14,069 bytes)
70. Re: [TR] Ebay vs. mail order TR part prices (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:19:55 -0500; Sure, but eBay could have put a minimum on final value above which shipping was not included in fees. Those items with near zero cost and high shipping are often under ten bucks or so. If final value; /html/triumphs/2012-12/msg00132.html (10,859 bytes)
71. Re: [TR] Returning to the "Triumphs" list (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 13:40:25 -0600; Welcome back, Creig. I expect you'll soon be up to your ears in TRs... Maybe not so many TR250s, though. They're pretty hot and not getting any less popular these days. I still think about my very fi; /html/triumphs/2013-01/msg00020.html (10,297 bytes)
72. Re: [TR] Penetrating oils (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 07:24:26 +0200; X2 on PB Blaster. The stuff works the best of all the things I've tried over the years. For the toughest jobs repeated applications and soak times over a month can help, as Randall notes. A can lasts; /html/triumphs/2013-01/msg00228.html (10,685 bytes)
73. Re: [TR] Winter Warning From Standard Triumph (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:39:30 -0600; Good for you, Cosmo! A few falls on black ice have left me gunshy and I rarely go out on the bike below freezing these days. I was in central Finland a weekend ago where the temperature was -28C (-18; /html/triumphs/2013-01/msg00357.html (10,736 bytes)
74. Re: [TR] bad link (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:48:18 -0600; 70+ F in Saint Louis yesterday and today. Good days to get the TR3B out and the oil hot. Of course, now the storms and tornado watches are looming -- there's a price to be paid here for those tempera; /html/triumphs/2013-01/msg00370.html (9,998 bytes)
75. Re: [TR] TR6 Seat frame common problems - TR3 (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2013 10:06:51 -0600; I put the TRF horsehair/fabric kits (RFK258) on my TR3B last year and am perfectly satisfied with the results. So close to the originals one can't tell the difference. http://trf.zeni.net/webcatalog/; /html/triumphs/2013-02/msg00008.html (9,694 bytes)
76. Re: [TR] Apologies (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 19:37:11 -0500; Good point. I *will* recommend Gmail to anyone thinking about it. I've been a user since the start (when one had to be invited to open an account) and it's a superb email service. Don ** triumphs@aut; /html/triumphs/2013-02/msg00041.html (9,662 bytes)
77. Re: [TR] tr4 doors (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:21:14 -0600; Yeah, but won't that obscure and unrecognized "third pedal" on the floorboards keep today's theives from driving away pretty well? Don ** triumphs@autox.team.net ** Archive: http://www.team.net/archi; /html/triumphs/2013-02/msg00098.html (9,925 bytes)
78. [TR] Interesting TR3 Mistral special in Belgium show (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:18:03 -0500; Neat looking car: http://www.classicandsportscar.com/news/classic-car-events/one-off-triumph-special-steals-the-show-in-belgium ** triumphs@autox.team.net ** Archive: http://www.team.net/archive; /html/triumphs/2013-02/msg00114.html (8,015 bytes)
79. [TR] 1933 Triumph Gloria ad from UK dealer (photos after link) (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 00:56:30 -0500; One doesn't see many pre-war Triumphs at all (especially here in the US), and few as fully restored as this one. Great pictures for those who aren't familiar with our marque's early models. For sale; /html/triumphs/2013-03/msg00040.html (8,162 bytes)
80. Re: [TR] Explain This Overheating (score: 1): Author: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:06:16 -0400; We talked about waterless coolants here a few months ago as well, if my memory isn't completely gone. We talked at length about how boiling point is *not* heat capacity, and although the glycol-based; /html/triumphs/2013-03/msg00139.html (11,327 bytes)

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