Randall et all
Here's the scoop on the Alberta TR3A that cracked it's crank.
Not as good a story as I thought as it seems to be a bit of a George
washington's axe. the car is a 61 3A bought new by the current owner's
brother. He's owned it since 63 0r 64. It has 332,000+ miles on it and
for many years made the trek from Edmonton down to California every
summer. It is un-restored but modified with r & p steering, alternator,
panasports etc.
The crank that gave out was part in a 4A engine that had 198,000+
miles on it. It was installed with only 1004 miles on the engine in
1966. Came from a California wreck. The engine used no oil, had a full
load of coolant and was otherwiswe running strong. It did have a hot
cam.
It is cracked on the #1 counterweight. he doesn't know if it is broken
clean through as the engine is still in the car.
He drove it home 180 miles in that condition. Tough cars!
n Thursday, September 8, 2005, at 07:28 AM, Triumphs@Autox.team.net
daily digest wrote:
> Subject: Re: Hi mileage Triumphs of all kinds!
>
> My 73 TR-6 recently turned the clock to 320,000 miles. A rolling
> restoration all of it's adventurous life.
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