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RE: Akron TR4 parts

To: "'Friends of Triumph'" <fot@autox.team.net>,
Subject: RE: Akron TR4 parts
From: Alexander Joseph H <AlexanderJosephH@Waterloo.deere.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 08:22:52 -0500
Chip...

thanks for the note. I didnt know you were going to be there. I plan to
bring a tent or sleep in the station wagon on Thursday night. It will be
a flying trip but I wouldnt miss the opportunity to catch the Catpusher
perform his Triumph TR3 Terpsichore.(How was that one, Hardy?)


*       Oct  8  Cedar Falls to Yellow Springs (Late)
*       Oct  9  Yellow Springs to Mid-Ohio ((Early)
*       Oct 10 Mid-Ohio to Yellow Springs (?)  
*       Oct 11 Yellow Springs to IRP
*       Oct 12 IRP to Cedar Falls

I hope to be included in Hardy's "overcrew", if that is an option. Is
there anyway I can get credentials for the workers camping area? (Closer
to the smoked ribs) Otherwise I will go to the regular camping area.

Chip, I should consider the axles to match Snook's billet hubs. I hope I
dont regret it, but I have suspended development of our car and am into
a "maintenance mode". Since it is safety thing, this may be dumb on my
part. (My opinion is, for what it is worth, is that it will be difficult
to pull the 'full floating axle' project off and you have the best
proposal on the table)

FOT JOE

P.S. I just got the lastest Triumph Over Triumph...Nice piece, if a bit
sad, with the passing of Ken Richardson...and more recently, his wife. 



> ----------
> From:         Chip Bond[SMTP:spirals@esinet.net]
> Sent:         Wednesday, September 10, 1997 4:30 PM
> To:   Alexander Joseph H; 'Friends of Triumph'
> Cc:   'Larry Dennis'; 'Pete & Caroline Phillips'; 'R John Lye'
> Subject:      RE: Akron TR4 parts
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Joe wrote:
> 
> >I am going to be at Mid-Ohio in October (Catpusher Cavorts at the
> >Runoffs) ......
> 
> This is great news! I'll be paddocked near worker camping in a white 
> motorhome next to EP #37 (I hope) white TR-4. All FOT please consider
> this 
> an invitation to a very low-keyed (hopefully edible) dinner after 
> activities on Thursday evening. I plan to bring some home smoked ribs.
> 
> Beans. Plenty of beverages. I'm pleased that Swanson Williams will be
> with 
> us along with John Lye and a bunch of good friends from the Datsun 510
> 
> camp.
> 
> I was glad to meet J. Harkness at Mid-Ohio last month. I guess he felt
> a 
> little sorry for me and gave me some tips about driving the track (my
> first 
> time there and it really is a handful). Went to the grid on slicks
> beaming 
> optimism. And after 3-4 laps there was a pretty dry line forming.
> Everyone 
> else was on rains. I could see some brightening in the heavy cloud
> cover 
> and was working my way through the pack. I was thinking I had made a
> very 
> astute decision. Then at the braking zone at the end of the
> backstraight 
> (T5-6?) I lost it. I had so much rain-x and no-fog on the visor it
> never 
> even seemed it was raining. Back on track and got through another lap 
> before some excessive wheel-wrenching in the chicane. Two more laps
> and two 
> more spins and I call it a day at lap 13.
> 
> Neat track though and just a wonderful facility.
> 
> Sorry for my prolonged absence. I've been out of town a lot.
> 
> I would like to follow through on the axle order. I've had recent
> interest 
> from J. Harkness, J. Lye, G. Wright, A. Pinell. Between us we will
> meet the 
> minimum. Jack, Bob, Irv, Mike are you still interested? $145 ea +
> freight. 
> TR-4 OR TR-3. 6-8 week delivery. Let me know.
> 
> 
> 

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